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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Gauntlets28 · 26-30, M

Jesus Christ, grenade launchers? What possible use could a police force have for those??
Were they using that sort of hardware before the ban then? That's unthinkable!

sogdianrock · 61-69, M

hi Gauntlets28
There is no possible legitimate use of a grenade launcher by a Police Department. Logically all that is left is illegitimate uses. The US Constitution is often said to enshrine Citizen's rights and freedoms. How will it protect them from Their President and Police?
Bst wishes
:)

Virgo79 · 61-69, M

@Gauntlets28 I never saw those at any military surplus, lol.