They will try to tell you, “Resistance is futile.” It is never so.
@georgetakei Your government is allowed to use specifically military weapons in the interior?
@tessarakt @georgetakei no, but the law doesn't mean a whole lot right now.

@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

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@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.

@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.

@mwguy @AccordionBruce @Hex @georgetakei In German legal parlance, Polizei used to mean all kinds of defending against hasards to public security. Like construction police or fire police, and the general "police authorities". In colloquial language, people will only understand it as "the police", i.e. the states' police organisations.