Obama wants to let the thugs run wild.
I’m thinking along some different lines - letting the thugs run wild, but then adding another element.
Now that this equipment is already pre-positioned for use,
and then he bans LOCAL police from using it -
when he gives the “go” signal for the zombies to stream out of the cities into the suburbs and conservative areas,
FEDERAL law enforcement will have the equipment available to protect the criminals from the property owners that are defending themselves.
Obama wants the problem to use as an excuse to grow government.