Habanero Prez To Reverse Obama's Ban On Local Police Military Gear Use

WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 29: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media briefly as first lady Melania Trump looks on prior to their Marine One departure from the White House August 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump was traveling to Texas to observe the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump Plans To Allow Local Police To Use Military Equipment Again

This man would ban water if Obama invented swimming. The cheeto-in-chief now wants to allow local police departments to use military style equipment, something that stopped after police used excessive military gear in response to Ferguson protests a few years back. What do they need tanks and military weapons during protests for??

USA Today reports:

The new plan takes effect immediately and fully rolls back an Obama administration executive order that blocked armored vehicles, large-caliber weapons, ammunition and other heavy equipment from being re-purposed from foreign battlefields to America’s streets.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who led the  campaign for the program’s reinstatement, outlined the President Trump’s new executive order Monday in an address to the Fraternal Order of Police, the nation’s largest police union, suggesting that Obama’s directive was a concession to political pressure applied by civil rights advocates.

Jeff Session further explains that military style equipment is being use right now in Houston to assist residents.

“We will not put superficial concerns above public safety,” Sessions told the group gathered in Nashville, Tenn. “All you need to do is turn on a TV right now to see that for Houstonians this isn’t about appearances, it’s about getting the job done and getting everyone to safety.”