Remember, it was just a few months ago that President Trump, aided and abetted by his trusty Department of Justice henchman Jeff Sessions, rolled back restrictions on the government's military recycling program to the delight of the nation's powerful police unions.
Under the auspices of this military "recycling" program, which was instituted decades ago, more than $4.2 billion worth of equipment has been transferred from the Defense Department to domestic police agencies.
There are now reportedly more bureaucratic (non-military) government civilians armed with high-tech, deadly weapons than U.S. Marines.
In the hands of government agents, whether they are members of the military, law enforcement or some other government agency, these weapons have become routine parts of America's day-to-day life. As investigative journalists Andrew Becker and G.W. Schulz reveal, "Many police, including beat cops, now routinely carry assault rifles. Combined with body armor and other apparel, many officers look more and more like combat troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Thanks to Trump, this transformation of America into a battlefield is only going to get worse.
Get ready for more militarized police.
More police shootings. More SWAT team raids.
More violence in a culture already drenched with violence.
Enough is enough.
You want to talk about gun violence?
According to the Washington Post, "1 in 13 people killed by guns are killed by police."
Growing numbers of unarmed people are being shot and killed by police for just standing a certain way, or moving a certain way, or holding something--anything--that police could misinterpret to be a gun, or igniting some trigger-centric fear in a police officer's mind that has nothing to do with an actual threat to their safety.
Enough is enough.
With alarming regularity, unarmed men, women, children and even pets are being gunned down by twitchy, hyper-sensitive, easily-spooked police officers who shoot first and ask questions later.
Americans are being shot and killed by police"
For standing in a "shooting stance."
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