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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 28 Aug 2017

    Police departments will now have access to grenade launchers, armored vehicles and bayonets http://nyti.ms/2vycbZu 

    1:35 PM - 28 Aug 2017
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      2. Emmra‏ @emmra15 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        Bayonets?? Someone please explain when a police officer would need a bayonet.

        11 replies 17 retweets 162 likes
      3. Joe Pugliese‏ @jobojobo518 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @emmra15 @nytimes

        Defending confederate statues

        4 replies 9 retweets 188 likes
      4. Emmra‏ @emmra15 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @jobojobo518 @nytimes

        Haha

        1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
      5. KE‏ @Kim585 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @emmra15 @jobojobo518 @nytimes

        My AK-47 bayonet makes a pretty good back-scratcher. But something tells me that's not what Trump had in mind.

        0 replies 3 retweets 21 likes
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      2. Pat Eells‏ @Obvi_Dank 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        Police state 101

        4 replies 16 retweets 194 likes
      3. Tyron Tachi‏ @Clem_C 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Obvi_Dank @nytimes

        Without the relevant training and restraint!

        8 replies 19 retweets 196 likes
      4. Terry‏ @nexteardrop 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Clem_C @Obvi_Dank @nytimes

        My thoughts exactly.

        1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
      5. Matunos 🧙🏻‍♂️‏ @matunos 30 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nexteardrop @Clem_C and

        honestly i can't think of a police usage scenario that justifies either grenade launchers or bayonets

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Pat Eells‏ @Obvi_Dank 30 Aug 2017
        Replying to @matunos @nexteardrop and

        Routine traffic stops

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Prof George Newhouse‏ @GeorgeNewhouse 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nytimes @margaret_tmsinc

        Bayonets? What is this WWI

        1 reply 5 retweets 30 likes
      3. Tanni Chatterjee‏ @ChatterjeeTanni 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @GeorgeNewhouse @nytimes @margaret_tmsinc

        No WW3

        1 reply 2 retweets 25 likes
      4. Ânthoný‏ @aboinGusman 29 Aug 2017
        Replying to @ChatterjeeTanni @GeorgeNewhouse and

        Nah, civil war II

        1 reply 2 retweets 21 likes
      5. Tanni Chatterjee‏ @ChatterjeeTanni 29 Aug 2017
        Replying to @aboinGusman @GeorgeNewhouse and

        That too

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Marybeth ODonnell‏ @MBCitizenusa 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        @SenSchumer @NancyPelosi @SpeakerRyan @SenMajLdr This is ridiculous..please legislate/oversight the dispensation of military surplus stat!!!

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      2. Daniel Atwood‏ @AtwoodDaniel 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        Someone just needs to keep a list of everything trump is doing (read: undoing) so that next dem pres can fix it all

        2 replies 2 retweets 18 likes
      3. Pat Eells‏ @Obvi_Dank 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @AtwoodDaniel @nytimes

        http://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind  is on top of it

        0 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
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      2. froggy‏ @arielmhiggins 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        That's sick.DT is turning more and more into an enemy of the people.Dictator style:using the police to cntl the ppl with armed force.

        8 replies 14 retweets 61 likes
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      2.  👠 👞  👡 {{{Shoe Thrower}}}  👞  👢 👟‏ @shoe_thrower 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        Frightening direction we are heading. Getting closer to our own version of Kristallnacht.

        4 replies 2 retweets 29 likes
      3. Ânthoný‏ @aboinGusman 29 Aug 2017
        Replying to @shoe_thrower @nytimes

        Waiting for the Reichstag fire

        2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      4. Alex B‏ @MedievalKnevial 29 Aug 2017
        Replying to @aboinGusman @shoe_thrower @nytimes

        And you know people will fall for it too. We never learn from history.

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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