Trump will sign an executive order on Monday that repeals the limits Obama placed on the access to some military surplus items in 2015. Policing experts in a report for the Justice Department found that the police actions “inflamed tensions” and violated constitutional rights. WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump will repeal restrictions that former President Barack Obama placed on police access to excess military gear, allowing the the federal government to immediately resume handing out free bayonets, grenade launchers, tracked armored vehicles such as tanks and other equipment to law enforcement departments around the country. But some law enforcement officials have suggested they could be used as utility knives, a view the Trump administration has adopted. “In the absence of leadership from this administration, state and local governments must create their own guidelines for limiting the acquisition of military equipment, and how it can be used.”

Source: Huffington Post August 28, 2017 14:10 UTC