Obama restricts 'military' gear going to police

It would be interesting to see how much of that military gear will be requisitioned last minute by the police in the days leading up to the ban.

Reducing police brutality aside, this move scares me a little because it transfers a lot of power from local governments to the Feds.

Seems MRAPs are still allowed. That's fair I suppose, depending on need. I just wish they'd attach a condition that recipients must not plaster "Special Operations" (or similar bullshit) on the vehicles.

Fortunately surplus camouflage uniforms were restricted, though there's nothing stopping police from purchasing their own camouflage uniforms independently.

This seems like nonsense from start to finish. The idea that somehow tracked vehicles are worse than wheeled vehicles is sort of silly. The army's newest brigades are comprised of Strykers, after all, which are wheeled. Police departments probably don't want tracks anyway, since they're expensive to maintain.

I thought the problem was failing to integrate some groups in society.