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More scary stuff coming out of the White House (www.whitehouse.gov)

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Sec. 4. Using National Security Assets for Law and Order. (a) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of agencies as appropriate, shall increase the provision of excess military and national security assets in local jurisdictions to assist State and local law enforcement.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Sec. 4. Using National Security Assets for Law and Order. (a) ... shall increase the provision of excess military and national security assets in local jurisdictions to assist State and local law enforcement

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this implying they're planning on using the military against civilians?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

They scrape the lettering off of the tanks that say "military" and they'll say "police" now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

It means your local pig will get a fucking tank.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

At the very least it means more APCs/MRAPs in the hands of local police, at the worst, yes military police enforcing god knows what.