Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoThe police need this for...?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoA lot of police departments are just… gifted this shit by the military industrial complex. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militarization_of_police They don’t have a need for it, but it looks cool parked at the county fair. The problem is, once they have it, they reach for reasons to use it.
minus-squareBigPotato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoDOD doesn’t want to pay upkeep and it was designed for roadside bombs in remote mountains not Iranian drones. Might as well give it to the cops, in case one of their supporters accidentally hits it while trying to bomb a women’s shelter or something.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThey’re specifically not to be used on roads because they don’t fit, rollover if sneezed at and destroy our roads but fuck it they’re police right?
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoWhat are you talking about, that would fit perfectly parked in the bike lane
A lot of police departments are just… gifted this shit by the military industrial complex.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militarization_of_police
They don’t have a need for it, but it looks cool parked at the county fair.
The problem is, once they have it, they reach for reasons to use it.
DOD doesn’t want to pay upkeep and it was designed for roadside bombs in remote mountains not Iranian drones.
Might as well give it to the cops, in case one of their supporters accidentally hits it while trying to bomb a women’s shelter or something.
They’re specifically not to be used on roads because they don’t fit, rollover if sneezed at and destroy our roads but fuck it they’re police right?
What are you talking about, that would fit perfectly parked in the bike lane