Is Trump right to militarise US Police?

Trump signs executive order lifting Obama-era ban on police departments getting surplus military equipment – including armored vehicles and grenade launchers
President Trump is set to sign an executive order Monday that will overturn a military equipment ban for law enforcement officials
Attorney General Jeff Sessions discussed the plan during the annual meeting of Fraternal Order of Police in Nashville, Tennessee
Under the plan, an Obama-era executive order would be overturned
Trump's new order will reinstate police departments' ability to obtain firearms, bayonets, 50-caliber ammunition, riot shields – and even grenade launchers
Obama's executive order was first put into place amid controversy following a militarized police response to 2014 race riots in Ferguson, Missouri

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malizz · 70-79, M

He doesn't know what he is doing; these weapons will be used against his own supporters to suppress dissent from establishment opinions.

Gauntlets28 · 26-30, M

@malizz He never knows what he's doing though does he? He's kind of made it clear in the last year how much he's winging it. 🙄

sogdianrock · 61-69, M

hi malizz
good point.
The guns in private hands are the biggest reason to militarise The Police. The guns are owned by Trump supporters who are also going to be the core group displaced by robotisation.
Best wishes
:)