"Over 8,000 law enforcement agencies have utilized the 1033 program to access more than $6 billion worth of military equipment such as night-vision goggles, machine guns, armored vehicles, bayonets, grenade launchers, and military aircraft ...
... One study found that use of paramilitary-style teams by law enforcement increased by more than 1,400 percent since 1980."
Or, just apply your eyes and look at the photos of St. Louis police with sniper rifles trained on crowds of people during the Ferguson protests. One is here:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/police-aca...
"The majority of law-enforcement academies in the United States are loosely modeled on military boot camps."
https://www.charleskochinstitute.org/issue-areas/criminal-ju...
"Over 8,000 law enforcement agencies have utilized the 1033 program to access more than $6 billion worth of military equipment such as night-vision goggles, machine guns, armored vehicles, bayonets, grenade launchers, and military aircraft ...
... One study found that use of paramilitary-style teams by law enforcement increased by more than 1,400 percent since 1980."
https://cjmasters.eku.edu/sites/cjmasters.eku.edu/files/21st...
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Or, just apply your eyes and look at the photos of St. Louis police with sniper rifles trained on crowds of people during the Ferguson protests. One is here:
https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/08/14/ferguson-and...