oh look #Ohio cops fucked up and now the governor says they need a new “scenario-based police training facility”

https://youtu.be/VMHUtqwNfvM

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#Maine police have been armed with nearly $10M worth of #military equipment

by Nick Schroeder, June 15th 2020

"A #Pentagon program has outfitted state and local law enforcement agencies in Maine with nearly $10 million worth of surplus #military equipment since its inception.

"A vast quantity of rifles, riot gear, armored vehicles, computers, night-vision scopes and cold-weather gear deemed surplus by the Department of Defense has been transferred to civilian law enforcement agencies across the U.S. through the federal Defense Logistics Agency. The program, known as the #1033program, has equipped campus police, Maine’s warden service and police departments in several small Maine towns with large concentrations of military-grade and tactical equipment.

"It’s alarmed advocates who warn against a creeping militarization of municipal police forces. Michael Kebede, a lawyer with the #ACLU of Maine, called the accumulation of military equipment 'disturbing.'

"Such 'weapons of war' have been used in drug searches and raids since the first Bush administration launched the 'War on Drugs' in the 1990s, Kebede said.

“'The primary targets tend to be black and Latino people,' he said.

"The Obama administration restricted the 1033 program in 2014 after law enforcement agencies in #Ferguson, Missouri, deployed armored vehicles and other equipment obtained through it to suppress #AntiRacist uprisings after police shot and killed Michael Brown. The #Trump administration reversed those restrictions in August 2017, after heavy police union lobbying."

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Read more:
https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-police-have-been-armed-with-nearly-10m-worth-of-military-equipment

#Militarization of the police has been going on for a while -- and it's just getting worse!

Report: SWAT Teams Armed With Military Equipment Spend Most of Their Time Waging the Drug War

The ACLU finds that SWAT teams spend more time kicking down suspected drug offenders’ doors than rescuing hostages or stopping gunmen.

By Steven Hsieh, June 24, 2014

"The scope of police militarization in America would not be possible without the help of the federal government. Programs run by the Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security provide millions of dollars’ worth of military equipment to police departments every year, while grant money from the Justice Department is often used to buy weapons and body armor. For example, the North Little Rock Police Department in Arkansas received thirty-four semi-automatic rifles from the DOD, along with two MARCbots (military robots used in Afghanistan), ground troop helmets and a Mamba tactical vehicle."

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Read more:
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/report-swat-teams-armed-military-equipment-spend-most-their-time-fighting-drug-war/

Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica: "There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
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