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chyron8472
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Date created
29-Aug-2017, 11:51 AM

TV’s Frink said:

You violated the thread rule right down to the specific example.

DuracellEnergizer said:

  • No ridiculous doom saying (like all non-Trump supporters will be rounded up and executed)

Reported.

As did I.

Anyway, did you guys discuss lifting of the ban on military-style police equipment yet? I was running an errand yesterday and heard NPR talking about it. Basically, the police are allowed to request certain equipment, some of while is military in style or grade, such as grenade launchers, armored vehicles that look like tanks, or attack helicopters; and Obama banned them from requesting certain things.

Apparently, Trump lifted said Obama-era ban, but from what they said on the radio only a few police forces have requested armored vehicles that look like tanks (while most request armored vehicles that don’t); while no police anywhere ever has remotely put in a request for certain things like attack helicopters, even before Obama banned them. The point was made that just because police can request equipment, it doesn’t mean they do.

http://www.npr.org/2017/08/28/546743742/trump-administration-lifts-limits-on-military-hardware-for-police

(Article in link apparently includes an audio clip of the segment I listened to.)