Flying Squid@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 21 days agoSure, but how many books can you kill at one time?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up11.26Karrow-down18
arrow-up11.25Karrow-down1imageSure, but how many books can you kill at one time?lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 21 days agomessage-square143fedilink
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·21 days agoThey bought it? I thought they are surplus from the army?
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·21 days agoThere’s always money changing hands. If not, there’s no way to steer some into the pockets of politicians, their friends, or their owner donors.
minus-squareuriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·21 days agoMRAPs are army surplus. This looks like a recreational vehicle they bought for monster truck rallies.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·21 days agoThis says it’s an MRAP and that they didn’t pay anything for it: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/prosper-police-departments-emergency-vehicle/3560134/
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 days agoWhich is a lie, they are responsible for shipping costs, conversion cost, and maintenance. They probably spent 150-200k just getting in and set up.
minus-squareGigasser@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 days agoWhat the fuck are the cops even gonna do with an MRAP. The vehicle is made for resisting mines and IEDs, most police will never come across that shit.
minus-squareuriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 days agoUsing the 2014 Ferguson unrest as an example, they drive around in minority neighborhoods wrecking the streets, sidewalks and parks, whoop and hollar and lob CS-gas grenades willy-nilly so the whole neighborhood can’t breathe.
They bought it? I thought they are surplus from the army?
There’s always money changing hands. If not, there’s no way to steer some into the pockets of politicians, their friends, or their owner donors.
MRAPs are army surplus. This looks like a recreational vehicle they bought for monster truck rallies.
This says it’s an MRAP and that they didn’t pay anything for it: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/prosper-police-departments-emergency-vehicle/3560134/
Which is a lie, they are responsible for shipping costs, conversion cost, and maintenance.
They probably spent 150-200k just getting in and set up.
What the fuck are the cops even gonna do with an MRAP. The vehicle is made for resisting mines and IEDs, most police will never come across that shit.
Using the 2014 Ferguson unrest as an example, they drive around in minority neighborhoods wrecking the streets, sidewalks and parks, whoop and hollar and lob CS-gas grenades willy-nilly so the whole neighborhood can’t breathe.