Police illegally sell restricted weapons, supplying crime
www.cbsnews.com
These high-powered weapons are only meant for police. How are they ending up in criminals' hands?

A CBS News investigation found dozens of law enforcement leaders — sheriffs, captains, lieutenants, chiefs of police — buying and illegally selling firearms, even weapons of war, across 23 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., from the Deep South to the Midwest, Northeast and California coast.

  • masquenox@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    “If I’m guilty of this, every cop in the nation’s going to jail,”

    I guess those anarchists were onto something when they said all violence flows from the state.

    Funny how that turned out.,

    • Maggoty@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      14 days ago

      This isn’t even the state, this is massive corruption. This is literally what we highlight in other countries when we talk about corruption.

      • masquenox@lemmy.world
        1·
        14 days ago

        This isn’t even the state

        Yes it is. Who trains, arms, funds and protects these pigs from the populace they terrorize?

        • Maggoty@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          14 days ago

          The state wants that power to itself though. These corrupt cops are violating that principle.

          • masquenox@lemmy.world
            1·
            13 days ago

            The state wants that power to itself though.

            This is that power working as intended. What did you think the 2nd amendment was really all about? You can’t have white supremacist and well-armed militias ready to repress the population if you don’t arm them in the first place.

            This is just business as usual, and these piggies will get off with barely a slap on the wrist because they were performing their function as intended.