Posted on 08/16/2014 8:07:05 PM PDT by EveningStar
After a decade of sending military equipment to civilian police departments across the country, federal officials are reconsidering the idea in light of the violence in Ferguson, Missouri.
The public has absorbed images of heavily armed police, snipers trained on protesters and tear gas plumes. Against that backdrop, Attorney General Eric Holder said that when police and citizens need to restore calm, "I am deeply concerned that the deployment of military equipment and vehicles sends a conflicting message."
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said police responses like that in Ferguson have "become the problem instead of the solution." Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., said he will introduce legislation to curb the trend of police militarization.
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ABOUT TIME! Sell it to the Americans!!!!
What rock does Gen. Holder live under?
Stop making far more than needed.
But then where will the excess military gear go to? Why, the Brownshirts, of course!
he lives under his racist rock where whitey is wrong and blacks looting, rioting, doing robbery and attacking cops is alright, hell he let black racist off at the voting place in PA
By Monday morning the governor of Missouri will be begging the feds to give him some Abrams tanks and an F-15 squadron.
We aren’t going to be able to stop the proliferation of the military weapons to local police forces.
It’s important, however, to change those things we can, and in this case one thing to change is our perception of those weapons.
We need to begin thinking of them as resources for our side, resources being maintained and fueled for us to use when they are needed.
Yeah, keep those billions of rounds of .40 HP to the FEDs. They know how to use it!
It’s about time.
Now they just need to work on the attitudes in law enforcement that are the root problem.
Good riddance to Obama’s well equipped domestic army.
The ruling class needs well-armed Gestapo-like government organizations to maintain its tyrannical grip on the serfs...
There isn't a single politician, already elected or soon-to-be elected, who cares about restoring the freedoms of the former Constitutional Republic.
There is only one solution (besides Apophis).
Mark Steyn makes a good point. Ferguson can afford riot gear, etc., but not dash cams?
http://www.steynonline.com/6524/cigars-but-not-close
No. More! More efficient weapons, gear and geardos in every jurisdiction. Raise taxes, fees and fines to make it happen! Then move them all to jurisdictions away from their homes to make it more interesting. For example, swap the Detroit police with those in Orange County, CA. Give them immunity against litigation by anyone at any price, and watch the picture show! [For the extra fun pack, issue flamethrowers to ‘em!]
Send the stuff to the depts of education, interior and the IRS instead.
If it looks like a soldier, walks like a soldier, it`s a soldier, not a cop.
I don’t recall that most libs had much of a problem with the Elian Gonzalez, Waco, and Ruby Ridge incidents.
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