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09-04-2017 | 10:37 AM
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Stopping a rogue tractor at the feed store might not be possible without it.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...bate/10221551/
09-04-2017 | 02:10 PM
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"Americans should ... be concerned unless they want their main streets patrolled in ways that mirror a war zone," wrote Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., co-author of a USA TODAY article earlier this year. "We recognize that we're not in Kansas anymore, but are MRAPs really needed in small-town America?"
He is probably concerned that the weight of a MRAP might cause the small town to flip over. (Yep, that's the same guy)
He is probably concerned that the weight of a MRAP might cause the small town to flip over. (Yep, that's the same guy)
09-04-2017 | 05:20 PM
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"Americans should ... be concerned unless they want their main streets patrolled in ways that mirror a war zone," wrote Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., co-author of a USA TODAY article earlier this year. "We recognize that we're not in Kansas anymore, but are MRAPs really needed in small-town America?"
He is probably concerned that the weight of a MRAP might cause the small town to flip over. (Yep, that's the same guy)
He is probably concerned that the weight of a MRAP might cause the small town to flip over. (Yep, that's the same guy)
09-04-2017 | 06:14 PM
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Local police have no business having MRAPs.
09-04-2017 | 09:06 PM
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09-05-2017 | 06:26 AM
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After Katrina, the search and rescue task was far greater than the National Guard could handle, even with every Hummer in its armory (MRAPs had not yet been developed). We were grateful when local cops got through the flooded streets in surplus military vehicles, handing out MREs and restoring security.
Looters, however, may have felt a microaggression.
Looters, however, may have felt a microaggression.
09-05-2017 | 07:43 AM
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After Katrina, the search and rescue task was far greater than the National Guard could handle, even with every Hummer in its armory (MRAPs had not yet been developed). We were grateful when local cops got through the flooded streets in surplus military vehicles, handing out MREs and restoring security.
Looters, however, may have felt a microaggression.
Looters, however, may have felt a microaggression.
Do we stock up on MRAPS for black swan events like Katrina? You don't build a church just for Christmas. Oh wait, that's what JetBlue told me about why we're understaffed all summer. Never mind.
09-05-2017 | 10:12 AM
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If I were a police chief, I would not "stock up on MRAPS"; but neither would I turn down a free one that the military no longer wanted. Rather than scrapping it, why not loan it to the city and recall it if needed in wartime? A natural disaster is not the only situation in which it might be found useful.
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