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@9G3PBHW DisagreementsCounter Arguments3yrs ago

This is already the case; police are trained to only use military equipment in extreme situations.

That doesn't prevent any deaths.

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 @9G3R7TM from Florida  agreed…3yrs3Y

Police shouldn't have access to military equipment at all. And the perspective on what counts as an extreme situation is one sided apparently given how many times it's been used in non extreme situations.

 @9TYJFHK from Illinois  disagreed…2yrs2Y

#1 Informed Demilitarize the Police

So something like radios or ATAK(a smartphone on a vest) should be off limits?

Or do you only mean the "military equipment" which you arbitrarily consider too dangerous?

 @9G3R4DZ from New York  agreed…3yrs3Y

Police should not use military equipment, who gets to decide what an emergency is, and how can you possibly say this one prevent deaths every single person who has ever died from police intervention could’ve been prevented

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