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Originally Posted by New Era
This is the reality we in the US face. Social and municipal services continue to be cut, but police budgets continue to receive funding for "special projects" that lead to further militarization of the force. Its crazy. A municipality I worked for eliminated Animal Control and all calls went to the Police Department. You'll never guess what happened? The incidents of animals getting shot sky rocketed. Why? Because cops aren't prepared for or trained to handle that situation either, but they know how to handle a threat, and that's to put it down with extreme force.
San Diego Unified School District Police got one of these bad boys from the Feds.
Imagine what could have been done for the community if that $733,000 was spent on mental health professionals instead of a piece of military hardware for a school district!!! The warrior mentality continues to spread because we equip them and threat them like they are military. Defund this #### and give the money to social services. Our communities will be much better off for it and kids with autism won't be shot as a result. |
While I don't disagree with the demilitarization, to be fair, they didn't pay $733k as you said. They got it for free from the DOD's Excess Property Program.
But the sight of it at a school is pretty alarming. The world changed with Columbine and Bank of America no doubt.
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