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Plus, who's going to buy all that nifty "war on drugs" gear when the police no longer have "free money" to purchase? Republicans will definitely shoot this dow

Plus, who's going to buy all that nifty "war on drugs" gear when the police no longer have "free money" to purchase? Republicans will definitely shoot this down for the reasons you mentioned, and I'm sure will also hear from local constituents concerned that they're neighborhood will now be overrun with drug dealers due to this policy change.

masklinn 12y ago
> Plus, who's going to buy all that nifty "war on drugs" gear when the police no longer have "free money" to purchase? FWIW it's generally gifted/granted to local police, though they do have to pay ownership costs.
wiredfool 12y ago
Holder’s action comes as members of both parties in Congress are working together to craft legislation to overhaul civil asset forfeiture. Last Friday, Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), along with Reps. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.) and John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), signed a letter calling on Holder to end Equitable Sharing. It actually seems to be a bipartisan thing right now.
- Amezarak 12y ago
  > It actually seems to be a bipartisan thing right now. Virtually everything these past few years has been bipartisan, up to the point it became higher-profile and associated with Obama who (rightly or wrongly) is an incredibly polarizing figure. It goes all the way back to Obamacare, which was solidly bipartisan (I mean in Congress, not merely in concept) and which Republicans in committee had a veto pen over, particularly in the Senate. Until it fell directly into the spotlight and became too associated with Obama's platform. This has happened over and over and over since 2008.
drzaiusapelord 12y ago
>Plus, who's going to buy all that nifty "war on drugs" gear when the police no longer have "free money" to purchase? The federal laws that grants military surplus to local police is very, very generous. The sunk cost is next to nothing. Maintenance costs are pretty much it. The militarization of police continues even without this money.
- jbattle 12y ago
  My uncle was a police commander and some of these donations actually became onerous. The one I remember him mentioning were gas masks. As I remember the force was required to have them and while they were given the masks through some grant there's some part of the mask (filter cartridge) had to be replaced every N months and actually cost the department a considerable sum

masklinn 12y ago

> Plus, who's going to buy all that nifty "war on drugs" gear when the police no longer have "free money" to purchase? FWIW it's generally gifted/granted to local police, though they do have to pay ownership costs.

wiredfool 12y ago

Holder’s action comes as members of both parties in Congress are working together to craft legislation to overhaul civil asset forfeiture. Last Friday, Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), along with Reps. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.) and John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), signed a letter calling on Holder to end Equitable Sharing. It actually seems to be a bipartisan thing right now.

Amezarak 12y ago
> It actually seems to be a bipartisan thing right now. Virtually everything these past few years has been bipartisan, up to the point it became higher-profile and associated with Obama who (rightly or wrongly) is an incredibly polarizing figure. It goes all the way back to Obamacare, which was solidly bipartisan (I mean in Congress, not merely in concept) and which Republicans in committee had a veto pen over, particularly in the Senate. Until it fell directly into the spotlight and became too associated with Obama's platform. This has happened over and over and over since 2008.

drzaiusapelord 12y ago

>Plus, who's going to buy all that nifty "war on drugs" gear when the police no longer have "free money" to purchase? The federal laws that grants military surplus to local police is very, very generous. The sunk cost is next to nothing. Maintenance costs are pretty much it. The militarization of police continues even without this money.

jbattle 12y ago
My uncle was a police commander and some of these donations actually became onerous. The one I remember him mentioning were gas masks. As I remember the force was required to have them and while they were given the masks through some grant there's some part of the mask (filter cartridge) had to be replaced every N months and actually cost the department a considerable sum