Update, Sept. 1, 2017, 1:55 p.m.: This story has been updated with a quote from Sheriff Mike Bouchard of Oakland County, Michigan.
The Trump administration made false assertions to justify an
executive order expanding police forces’ access to military equipment
such as tanks and grenade launchers.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Monday that President
Trump would make defensive gear available to police again by undoing a
policy from the Obama administration. Trump then signed an executive order
whose title emphasized that branding: “Restoring State, Tribal, and
Local Law Enforcement’s Access to Life-Saving Equipment and Resources.”
“He is rescinding restrictions from the prior administration that
limited your agencies’ ability to get equipment through federal
programs, including life-saving gear like Kevlar vests and helmets and
first-responder and rescue equipment like what they’re using in Texas
right now,” Sessions said in the speech.
But that’s not what the Obama administration’s restrictions did, according to documentation from a unit inside of Sessions’ own Justice Department, the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
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Source: ProPublica
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