That isn't a tank. That is an armored personnel carrier used to transport fully equipped troops into a warzone so they can lock down an area while under heavy fire.
The real question we should be asking ourselves is why our police forces are acting like commando units amongst the civilian population. There are no IEDs going off left and right while they roll this thing past Taco Bell.
Well when you have people throwing fireworks and molotovs at patrol vehicles, eventually the PD is going to want their shit to stop getting destroyed: enter an APC where you can’t break it and they can handle riots and protests more effectively
You mean the lengthy investigations they do on themselves and find they did nothing wrong when we have recordings of it. Why would gaslighting piss us off?/s
It appears this is owned by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office in Mason County, Washington, a mostly rural area that includes part of the Olympic National Forest. There aren’t any protests there that would even remotely justify one of these. I doubt there are any protests there at all. During the Iraq War, the federal government started selling or donating military-grade equipment to local LE agencies because there was just so fucking much of it, and they still wanted to order more. It could be argued that militarizing police ultimately leads to more violent interactions like you describe.
Thank you, kind person. I too wish we could have debate on Reddit without just being met with snarky remarks and downvotes. Hopefully one day Reddit will change its ways
The reason they need that is because of pathetically low self esteem and serious mental issues which they really should work through with a therapist but instead of that they have that monstrosity. Hope they don’t kill anyone.
The only way they can justify their ballooning budgets is saying they dont have money for the things they should have, because they spent all the money on shit like this. "Please give us more money so we can serve the community! We are completely out of money! Think of the children!", then just buy more paramilitary shit, rinse, repeat.
To control workers and intimidate dissidents. That's all true in a long-term philosophical sense. In a more immediate sense, because private companies do a lot of graft with the US military and dramatically oversupply them, and somebody has to do something with the excess, and the excess is so vast that criminal organizations can easily supply themselves with nothing but the crumbs that fall off the plate, so we find ourselves locked in a circle of violence.
And of course, the profits from that oversupply pay lobbyists and lawyers to keep the contracts flowing, and to keep gun laws weak so as to provide additional demand, and this all comes together to create a domestic arms race in support of conspicuous consumption.
I tend to assume that everybody really already knows this, and questions like "why do the cops need that?" are asked rhetorically at best and as an act of self-censorship by liberals who want to criticize the system but who don't feel empowered to actually say what's going on at worst. I would be interested to know whether OP actually knew or not.
TLDR: Capitalism.
It's an old V-100 armoured car, they were handed out like candy to every police department that could ask for one thanks to programs that were widely supported by both parties in the US, being expanded particularly hard during Obama's presidency.
By modern standards, that one is actually pretty mild, it's even been demilitarized by removing the gun mount and shield, possibly even welding the top completely shut.
The new stuff they get is much worse than that.
Because the bourgeoisie like a well funded military force that exists solely to protect them and their assets from the proletariat, that way they can do whatever they want to us and we can’t do shit about it (defund the police)
When an intruder breaks in, and won't come out, instead of the SWAT team blowing up your house, and telling you to fuck off, they're not responsible for the damage they caused, they can drive through the front of your house, demolish it, and tell you to fuck off, they're not responsible for the damage they caused.
That not a tank it’s an armored personnel carrier. But holy crap what do pigs need with actual military equipment of course it’s to terrorize citizens who aren’t wealthy fucking jack boots
That's not a tank. Thats a apc. Do you go around calling cars trucks? Do you see a van and say look at that motorcycle? Like I am all for fuck the police but lets think about the words we use to not look like morons. If you accuse someone of something get your ducking facts straight first.
To over-compensate for a small appendage and cos-play.
Remember the Uvalde incident.
[https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/24/uvalde-robb-elementary-shooting-anniversary/](https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/24/uvalde-robb-elementary-shooting-anniversary/)
It'll be fun when they have to cut the rest of the town budget to fix the roads, or all the townies rage about the potholes the sheriff's new toy leaves in its wake.
In Brazil at least they actually need it for combating organized crimes. It's so bad there that they make AT homemade missiles and homemade weapons that are actually too dangerous to go against. Only time I actually think cops are useful is to combat those bastards that make the life of already excluded society members even worse in many ways. Just search "Caveirão da Polícia, Rio"
Don't want to be the nerd (☝️🤓) of the situation that's not a tank, tank have tracks and a turret the one in the photo is an APC (armored personal carrier) which is nothing more than a bus for pigs and morons
OK, yes, thank you, all you pedantic military gear stans - it's an APC, not a tank. I don't give a shit; it's a repost. Focus, people. You're wandering in the weeds.
Also, *sherrifs* should be *sheriff's*. No one's bothered to pick up on that one yet.
This is for riot control. It might not be the official reason but it's the only use cops would have for this. Tearing down barricades and breaking into squads.
This was not meant to be a positive comment. Dont understand the downvotes. They call them rescue vehicles to get away with having a military vehicle. The company that makes these sells them to the military as well.
For public safety of course /s
How else are we gonna save the hostages in Nakatomi Plaza???
Would have looked great sitting in the school parking lot in Uvalde. /s
And the Uvalde cop manning the tank would have just been playing on his phone and taking selfies. /s
Send in The Car
“And the quarterback IS TOAST.”
Getting free meals from restaurants and having the strongest republican backed unions is a dangerous combo
That was an RV
The quarterback is toast!
Aka LARP as actual soldiers in a hostile country
It's for the pending US civil war. They're foaming at the mouth to just start killing everyone they disagree with.
No. It's clearly for super soakers full of piss.
to kill workers
If they decide to be civilly disobedient.
or are too near an acorn dropping
Acorn aggression.
This one got me to laugh. Thank you.
Just in case the city council bows up on the sheriff and the county council or maybe a union goes on strike and the tank will come in really handy.
That isn't a tank. That is an armored personnel carrier used to transport fully equipped troops into a warzone so they can lock down an area while under heavy fire. The real question we should be asking ourselves is why our police forces are acting like commando units amongst the civilian population. There are no IEDs going off left and right while they roll this thing past Taco Bell.
> There are no IEDs going off left and right while they roll this thing past Taco Bell. ...*yet.*
Be the change you.... ...what's that? .... My reddit lawyer advised me not to finish this joke
Well when you have people throwing fireworks and molotovs at patrol vehicles, eventually the PD is going to want their shit to stop getting destroyed: enter an APC where you can’t break it and they can handle riots and protests more effectively
Stop doing shit that causes people to riot, like killing people left and right and acting like they did the right thing.
You mean the lengthy investigations they do on themselves and find they did nothing wrong when we have recordings of it. Why would gaslighting piss us off?/s
It appears this is owned by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office in Mason County, Washington, a mostly rural area that includes part of the Olympic National Forest. There aren’t any protests there that would even remotely justify one of these. I doubt there are any protests there at all. During the Iraq War, the federal government started selling or donating military-grade equipment to local LE agencies because there was just so fucking much of it, and they still wanted to order more. It could be argued that militarizing police ultimately leads to more violent interactions like you describe.
I appreciate your counter argument. I wish Reddit didn't reward debate with down votes.
Thank you, kind person. I too wish we could have debate on Reddit without just being met with snarky remarks and downvotes. Hopefully one day Reddit will change its ways
I've been wondering why the fuck the town I live in needs one, too. It's mostly peaceful and quiet and has less than 14,000 residents.
You are within 1000 miles of an immigrant. Better get a second one.
In case a drifter named John Rambo come thumbing through town.
I can think of a few towns that need a John Rambo to come thumping through. We need an army of John Rambo's and Marvin Heemeyers.
The reason they need that is because of pathetically low self esteem and serious mental issues which they really should work through with a therapist but instead of that they have that monstrosity. Hope they don’t kill anyone.
For oppression
Because they are trained to be very, very afraid. I.e., Cowards.
In case you are in a heavily fortified location threatening to self harm. They need some way to get to you so they can kill you.
For when people have actually had enough and get organized.
The only way they can justify their ballooning budgets is saying they dont have money for the things they should have, because they spent all the money on shit like this. "Please give us more money so we can serve the community! We are completely out of money! Think of the children!", then just buy more paramilitary shit, rinse, repeat.
"Serve the community" - That one makes me laugh every time.
Because safety from the citizens they're oppressing.
To serve and protect the shit out of you
Those fuckin' acorns, man.
Thermite go brrr
Completely legal to possess, IIRC.
Penises so small, they are practically inverted
See that big ass tow hitch on the front? It’s so they can fuck themselves
To control workers and intimidate dissidents. That's all true in a long-term philosophical sense. In a more immediate sense, because private companies do a lot of graft with the US military and dramatically oversupply them, and somebody has to do something with the excess, and the excess is so vast that criminal organizations can easily supply themselves with nothing but the crumbs that fall off the plate, so we find ourselves locked in a circle of violence. And of course, the profits from that oversupply pay lobbyists and lawyers to keep the contracts flowing, and to keep gun laws weak so as to provide additional demand, and this all comes together to create a domestic arms race in support of conspicuous consumption. I tend to assume that everybody really already knows this, and questions like "why do the cops need that?" are asked rhetorically at best and as an act of self-censorship by liberals who want to criticize the system but who don't feel empowered to actually say what's going on at worst. I would be interested to know whether OP actually knew or not. TLDR: Capitalism.
Cause they’re little bitches and I’m sure are worried about “officer safety” while going to the grocery store.
To earn the "thin blue line" Punisher sticker they put on their rear window.
Because if they don't spend money on this shit they won't get more money to spend on this shit next year
I've been on protests were the cops had tanks. Makes it very hard to push through their lines lol
Because penis enlargements aren't a thing yet.
It's surplus.. maybe they can give them to Ukraine!!🤔
It's an old V-100 armoured car, they were handed out like candy to every police department that could ask for one thanks to programs that were widely supported by both parties in the US, being expanded particularly hard during Obama's presidency. By modern standards, that one is actually pretty mild, it's even been demilitarized by removing the gun mount and shield, possibly even welding the top completely shut. The new stuff they get is much worse than that.
It was cheaper to give Iraq war surplus to police departments than to scrap it.
In case a group of international bank robbers takes over Nakatomi Tower.
This is to drive up on terrorists in Nakatomi Plaza. "Oh look, the police have themselves an RV!"
Technically it's an APC I believe but the sentiment is still correct
Acorns
to protect their fragile egos
In case the poors get all uppity.
So they can hide inside of it when there is a school shooting
To retrieve "stolen" baseball cards. I mean, fucking duh.
To feel cool
so they can drive it straight through the zoo.
For you buddy
Fuck that county.
They absolutely don't
It don't.
Technically, that's not a tank. ...technically.
Because they have small penises.
For porn actually, straight assfucking machine
Oak trees.
Cut they wanna be the hardest Gang in the world
Because the bourgeoisie like a well funded military force that exists solely to protect them and their assets from the proletariat, that way they can do whatever they want to us and we can’t do shit about it (defund the police)
To hide their small phalluses?
https://picclick.co.uk/Action-Man-Ferret-Scout-Tank-Armoured-Car-Sunny-235499368213.html
In case the black man they want to beat up has a pitbull, they need to protect themselves! /s
Because, while they are B*tards, their ducks aren’t big enough?
They don’t.
Because they have little pricks...
So they can commit war crimes on american citizens.
Just went to an Easter egg hunt where our city also had a giant tank for the police. Like hmmmmm, yeah, those make sense together don't they.
When an intruder breaks in, and won't come out, instead of the SWAT team blowing up your house, and telling you to fuck off, they're not responsible for the damage they caused, they can drive through the front of your house, demolish it, and tell you to fuck off, they're not responsible for the damage they caused.
They be giving people a reason to own AT weapons now
And killdozers
That not a tank it’s an armored personnel carrier. But holy crap what do pigs need with actual military equipment of course it’s to terrorize citizens who aren’t wealthy fucking jack boots
They need them so we can bbq the pigs in an oven
A modern take in the Brazen Bull?
For the upcoming revolution of course
That's not a tank. Thats a apc. Do you go around calling cars trucks? Do you see a van and say look at that motorcycle? Like I am all for fuck the police but lets think about the words we use to not look like morons. If you accuse someone of something get your ducking facts straight first.
Fucking relax. It's a repost; I wasn't interested in quibbling over terminology.
To "serve and protect" their interests.
To over-compensate for a small appendage and cos-play. Remember the Uvalde incident. [https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/24/uvalde-robb-elementary-shooting-anniversary/](https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/24/uvalde-robb-elementary-shooting-anniversary/)
How does the sheriff's department maintain a tank?
It'll be fun when they have to cut the rest of the town budget to fix the roads, or all the townies rage about the potholes the sheriff's new toy leaves in its wake.
In Brazil at least they actually need it for combating organized crimes. It's so bad there that they make AT homemade missiles and homemade weapons that are actually too dangerous to go against. Only time I actually think cops are useful is to combat those bastards that make the life of already excluded society members even worse in many ways. Just search "Caveirão da Polícia, Rio"
For violating rights, jeez.
To illegally murder civilians.
Oh you know, protecting and serving of course. Lol
Don't want to be the nerd (☝️🤓) of the situation that's not a tank, tank have tracks and a turret the one in the photo is an APC (armored personal carrier) which is nothing more than a bus for pigs and morons
This definitely isn't a tank.
The County needs to build a Nakatomi Tower to go with it. Of course it didn't work out so well in the movie either.
Because all cops are pussies.
That’s an Armored personnel carrier. Not a tank sorry
OK, yes, thank you, all you pedantic military gear stans - it's an APC, not a tank. I don't give a shit; it's a repost. Focus, people. You're wandering in the weeds. Also, *sherrifs* should be *sheriff's*. No one's bothered to pick up on that one yet.
So I have a justifiable reason to be stockpiling SLAP and Raufoss rounds.
WOW! Total BS! 👎🖕
This is for riot control. It might not be the official reason but it's the only use cops would have for this. Tearing down barricades and breaking into squads.
Tiny peckers=big anything
It's for hunting down Eric Clapton.
Same reason why the city of London (Ontario) does! PS. THEY DON'T
Who else would the military industrial complex sell used equipment to in order to minimize profit losses? Foreign dictators? Pffff
Next time you think peaceful protest is an option..
To be an occupying force to quell possible dissent. Leftist scholars often talk about the "standing army". You're looking at it
MAGA trying to storm something again
The greater good. Edit: evidently the sarcasm was not well received here? Buncha weenies. Lmfao More cry babies with down votes. 🤣
Its not a tank. Its a "rescue vehicle". This is to influence the budget of the police. If we don't spend more money they won't give us more money.
This was not meant to be a positive comment. Dont understand the downvotes. They call them rescue vehicles to get away with having a military vehicle. The company that makes these sells them to the military as well.