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For even more context, this isn’t just a normal truck. It’s an MRAP, a vehicle better associated with the US military. (Having a military brat moment.)
This is what you get when law enforcement gets access to leftover military equipment. Kenosha’s LEOs have long history with it. https://twitter.com/omarjimenez/status/1298449437648400385
This is what you get when law enforcement gets access to leftover military equipment. Kenosha’s LEOs have long history with it. https://twitter.com/omarjimenez/status/1298449437648400385
This is a quick article from 2014 raising the issue of Kenosha's law enforcement officers getting access to surplus military equipment. https://www.cbs58.com/news/law-enforcement-defends-need-for-military-grade-equipment
Piece from June 2020 about Wisconsin law enforcement agencies taking $45MM in surplus military equipment, including armored vehicles like that MRAP.
If we want to stop the militarization of police, we could start by not giving them military castoffs. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/06/16/wisconsin-police-departments-have-more-than-45-million-surplus-military-equipment/3180445001/
If we want to stop the militarization of police, we could start by not giving them military castoffs. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/06/16/wisconsin-police-departments-have-more-than-45-million-surplus-military-equipment/3180445001/
And btw, "MRAP" stands for "Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected". We don't need something like that at a protest.
These are the kinds of vehicles you use when you're facing an armed, actually dangerous enemy. Not people wanting to be treated like people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRAP
These are the kinds of vehicles you use when you're facing an armed, actually dangerous enemy. Not people wanting to be treated like people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRAP
(But, then again, maybe that *is* dangerous when all of your power is derived from not treating people like people. 
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