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As US troops left Iraq, their combat gear went to police (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The troop withdrawal created a ton of surplus armament. Through the so-called “1033 program,” police departments can acquire excess military gear from the Pentagon for free.

Source: https://www.stephensemler.com/p/how-the-iraq-war-turbocharged-police

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

no... this is literally what happened. the us military has been giving local police assloads of hardware for decades, and thats why you have cops running over dogs with APCs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe, but this plot doesn’t show that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

am I losing it? the picture says the name of the federal program