do the right thing<\/a> for the wrong reasons, do you get partial credit?<\/p>\nHeadline: President Obama isn\u2019t going to let local police use tanks anymore, because Black Lives Matter.<\/p>\n
First, what authority does the President have to tell local police what they can and cannot use? Isn\u2019t this a Congressional decision, or a state legislative decision, or a city council decision? Where does Article I say anything about local cops?<\/p>\n
Second, why did the federal government give local police military equipment like that in the first place, if they aren\u2019t capable of using it wisely? What else aren\u2019t they capable of using wisely, that we should take back? Assault rifles? Grant money? <\/p>\n
Third, why are we taking away tanks when nobody has ever been injured by a tank? Why not take away Glocks since that\u2019s what racissss cops use to actually do the killing? Oh wait, reading further, riot shields will require special dispensation. For a Defensive tool. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s as if he expects voters to read the headlines and begin to cheer, without reading any further.<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
to be fair, expecting that behavior has never let him down before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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