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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsPolice "Desperately Outgunned" by Nonviolent Criminals, Obama Study Shows
http://www.chronicle.su/society/patriotism/police-desperately-outgunned-by-nonviolent-criminals-obama-study-showsWASHINGTON Raped by images of rioters menacing barely-armed peace officers, President Barack Obama received results from a comprehensive review of the Department of Defense program which hands down military-grade equipment to police departments in need.
What the study found was concerning: Obama said the shocking results of his study revealed police departments are not receiving enough decommissioned body armor, mine-resistant trucks, flashbang hand grenades and silencers, and forces nationwide are desperately low on illegal fully automatic rifles.
Executive of Freedom James Clapper said the findings deliver a staggering blow to police forces across the country operating in a culture of growing intimidation and fear.
Were taking their legs right out from under them, Clapper said in a statement. Without the advanced weaponry they need, our boys in blue are powerless to overcome ecstasy and pot dealers poisoning our youth from behind their videogames and Led Zeppelin regalia.
Clapper said police forces are unable to escalate many situations beyond baseline paranoid hostility.
Just the other day, one of our men went in without a gas mask and lost his bearings in a cloud of marijuana smoke. He couldnt even shoot a dog that was asleep on the rug, threatening the safety of our fellow officers.
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Police "Desperately Outgunned" by Nonviolent Criminals, Obama Study Shows (Original Post)
ReverendDeuce
Sep 2014
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antiquie
(4,299 posts)2. Unfunny in the extreme.
ReverendDeuce
(1,643 posts)3. Exactly why isn't it? I really want to know...
It's brutally funny if you ask me.
antiquie
(4,299 posts)4. I think it is quite obvious.
If you can't see it, I'm not going to try to explain and start a flame war.