Breaking: Trump Administration Intends to Hyper-militarize State and Local Law Enforcement
NOVANEWS
By Black Alliance for Peace
The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) condemns the announcement yesterday by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions before a gathering of the National Fraternal Order of Police (NFOP) that the administration of President Donald Trump intends to remove the restrictions on the government’s 1033 Program—transfer of deadly military grade equipment to local and state police forces.
According to BAP national organizer Ajamu Baraka,
“Since President Baraka Obama‘s administration’s so-called restrictions were merely a publicity stunt that had no measurable impact on the flow of deadly weapons going to police forces, the Trump administration’s announcement is intended to send another public message—that it intends to make war on Black and Brown people in...