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Great, now explain what gear the police were getting before Obama that they could now possibly be getting if Trump reverses this that you believe creates extra danger?

Stingray, Hailstorm, IMSI Catchers...

You know all thr cool stuff your local PD signs an NDA to keep secret from the taxpayers.

That doesnt youch the rise in "standard" SWAT and no knock raids over minor drug possession or the correlating rise in wrong address SWAT raids that often result in either an officer or an innocent homeowner getting killed- or little babies getting flashbanged to the face.

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Posted by HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay

Member since Feb 2017

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Posted on 8/28/17 at 11:30 am to NYNolaguy1

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Stingray, Hailstorm, IMSI Catchers...

Examples of those being used by police, let alone against "innocent civilians"

Some of you people are just stupid. Criminally stupid. In other countries, the police are not armed to face riots and such because they don't need to be , those types of events and handled by the military, but by law that can't happen in this country, so instead we let our police have access to the level of equipment that they need to handle such situations.

We have four options.

1. Expect the police to respond to riot situations and other dangerous events with an incorrect payload to handle the situation

2. Expect the police to say "frick it" and not respond to events that they don't have the tools to handle

3. Allow the military to handle what are clearly police situations when they arise.

4. Arm the police so that they can handle situations which require specialized weapons and tactics.

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