George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽They will try to tell you, “Resistance is futile.” It is never so.
tessarakt@georgetakei Your government is allowed to use specifically military weapons in the interior?
hex@tessarakt @georgetakei no, but the law doesn't mean a whole lot right now.
AccordionBruce@Hex @tessarakt @georgetakei
The Defense Logistics Agency has the mission of disposing of obsolete/unneeded excess property turned in by U.S. military units around the world
Congress authorized the transfer of excess DOD property to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.
https://www.dla.mil/Disposition-Services/Offers/Law-Enforcement/Program-FAQs/
So local law enforcement ends up with leftover armored cars to mount raids on people’s homes
Rather than, you know reducing crimes
#USpol
@AccordionBruce @Hex @georgetakei I never fully grasped the term law enforcement. I recently heard it in one of the legal podcasts dealing with the Trump administration, and it was somehow distinct from policing.
mwguy@tessarakt @AccordionBruce @Hex @georgetakei By connotation law enforcement is suppose to be broader than policing. Policing brings up the idea of cops on a beat or on patrol. While Law Enforcement includes ideas like regulation, financial crimes etc... But on paper they're essentially synonyms.
BLM "tarnished" the brand of policing/police so it's really more of a PR move than a real technical differentiation.
Rens@mwguy @tessarakt @AccordionBruce @Hex @georgetakei
Cops did the "tarnishing" all by themselves. BLM just shone a light on just how bad the rot was.
@shadur @tessarakt @AccordionBruce @Hex @georgetakei Very true, I tried to convey that by putting "tarnish" in quotes. Sorry if it came off wrong.