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Two law enforcement agencies will be returning their Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) [vehicles] to Uncle Sam, with the announcements arriving almost simultaneously.
Davis, Calif., city officials have directed the police department to return a surplus U.S. military armored vehicle to the federal government after residents, citing images seen during protests in Ferguson, Mo., expressed fears of militarization.
The Davis Police Department now has 60 days to get rid of a $689,000 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored vehicle, which police acquired through a U.S. Defense Department program, and must consider other rescue vehicle options.
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Over in San Jose, CA, it's a completely different story. Rather than having an MRAP pried from law enforcement's clutches by city reps, the San Jose Police Department gave it up voluntarily to protect its relationship with the people it serves.
San Jose police spokeswoman Sgt. Heather Randol told KCBS the decision was made based on concerns for potential damage to the department's image and community relationships.
"We want to keep their trust. We don't want them to feel we are going off on another path with our police department," she said. "We want them to feel comfortable about the tools that we use."
(Score: 2) by khallow on Thursday September 04 2014, @03:51AM
There are two things to note here. First, God didn't take all the evil people and stick them in one generation. If a whole generation didn't turn out well, then there has to be some reason for it. My guess is the TV. Baby boomers were the first generation raised on TV. And of course, we're ranting away using more advanced technology that shares some of the same problems.
Second, the WWII generation created some of the structural problems that plague the US such as a huge, costly, and ineffective social safety net. And one can't blame the decline in a bunch of urban areas and urban ethnic groups (particularly, African Americans) on baby boomers' rise to power since the start of these problems predates them by decades. There's also the war on drugs, the military industrial complex, and urban sprawl (which may or may not be a problem depending on your point of view).
As to Gen-X through Millennials, you signed up for it. The skyrocketing costs of college aren't a mysterious secret nor what you'd get at the end - assuming you graduated. I probably could tolerate some degree of student loan forgiveness at the expense of banks. They should be rewarded for preying on the most gullible. But in the end, nobody forced college students to borrow a pile of money.
I believe a lot of us can. It's a big part of why I lean heavily libertarian.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 04 2014, @06:44AM
And rock music, also you forgot the lack of faith in god and how no christian....
(Score: 2) by khallow on Friday September 05 2014, @12:04AM
No, the TV is very different from those other things. Currently, we have some idea that certain activities when done as children, tend to change how our minds develop and thus, change our behavior as adults. Having a heavily used push entertainment tool around as a child might well result in more narcissistic behavior as an adult.
(Score: 3, Informative) by urza9814 on Thursday September 04 2014, @01:45PM
Could also be lead. [telegraph.co.uk]
(Score: 2) by khallow on Friday September 05 2014, @12:07AM
Older generations would have been and probably were also affected. Introduction of TV seems to be more in line with buswolley's complaint (assuming there actually is anything to it in the first place).
(Score: 2) by khallow on Friday September 05 2014, @12:13AM
Sorry, I should have said Phoenix666 not buswolley.