No place in Berkeley for police armored car

[alp227]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

City and UC Berkeley officials announced Thursday that they, along with their counterparts in the city of Albany, have canceled a joint request for a $170,000 Armored Emergency Rescue Vehicle from a federally affiliated nonprofit group. . Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates said the big question wasn't whether local police could find such a vehicle useful -but why in the world the application was made to begin with.

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[permatex]

1. Kudos to these city officials

the police in this country are far to militarized already, WTF do the police need with armored vehicles? Fucking ridiculous!!!

[kestrel91316]

4. They are an excellent means of enforcing Free Speech Zones (TM).

Along with a few armed drones.

[gopiscrap]

7. Agreed!

[xtraxritical]

2. The National Guard already has plenty of these vehicles.

[Vidar]

3. Good for Berkley. Andy made Barney keep his bullet in his pocket for a good reason.

[Crowman1979]

5. Glad they put a stop to the further militarization of the police.

[permatex]

6. Now if only the rest of the country would follow their lead.