Militarization of the police, a key ingredient to a complete dictatorship.
WASHINGTON ? President Donald Trump is preparing to lift restrictions on surplus military equipment that can be passed on to local law enforcement agencies in spite of past concerns that armored vehicles and other gear were escalating confrontations with protesters.
Documents obtained by The Associated Press indicate Trump was preparing to sign an executive order undoing an Obama administration directive that restricted police agencies? access to grenade launchers, bullet-proof vests, riot shields, firearms, ammunition and other surplus military equipment.
Trump?s order would fully restore the program under which ?assets that would otherwise be scrapped can be repurposed to help state, local, and tribal law enforcement better protect public safety and reduce crime,? according to the documents.
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