Cops Have So Much Extra Military Gear They’re Giving It Away To Ukraine Freedom Fighters

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Cops Have So Much Extra Military Gear They’re Giving It Away To Ukraine Freedom Fighters

14 March 2022

Cops love military gear. For years, they’ve cultivated a mindset that pits them against the public in a war against crime — a “war” that justifies any collateral damage to the public and its trust in its protectors. The federal government has embraced this combative stance, handing out excess military gear to law enforcement agencies, provided they’re willing to say things about “terrorism” or “war on drugs.” This transfer of military power costs nearly nothing (if you don’t count the public’s trust… and really, nobody in law enforcement thinks that’s worth tabulating). If you’ve got a self-proclaimed war on your ...

Cops Have So Much Extra Military Gear They’re Giving It Away To Ukraine Freedom Fighters

Cops love military gear. For years, they’ve cultivated a mindset that pits them against the public in a war against crime — a “war” that justifies any collateral damage to t…

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Cops in America Have So Much Militarized Gear, They are Sending It to Ukraine

14 March 2022

There is no question that police in the land of the free have become the Standing Army that the founders warned us about. Armed to the teeth with tactical gear fit for the battlefield in Afghanistan, American cops are prepared for war domestically. In fact, they are over prepared, and they have so much military gear that they are now sending their surplus to be used in Ukraine to battle the Russians. “Many of our Department of Defense (DOD) and State Department contacts have asked the law enforcement community for equipment to help the Ukrainian people push back against this ...

Cops in America Have So Much Militarized Gear, They are Sending It to Ukraine

American cops have so much military gear that they can afford to give their taxpayer funded items to the Ukrainians to fight Russia.

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