American Cops Are More Heavily Armed than Front Line U.S. Combat Soldiers In Active War Zones
WashingtonsBlog.com
May 12, 2015
Why Are Domestic Law Enforcement More Heavily Armed than Our Soldiers?
Rafael Rivera – who served in the U.S. Army for seven years – writes:
The police in Ferguson have better armor and weaponry than my men and I did in the middle of a war. And Ferguson isn’t alone — police departments across the US are armed for war.
The Hill notes:
[Senator] McCaskill pointed out that in some places local police departments are more heavily armed than the National Guard.
Business Insider points out:
Someone identifying himself as an 82nd Airborne Army veteran, observing the Ferguson police scene, comment[ed] that “We rolled lighter than that in an actual warzone”
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