[Video] Rand Paul speaks out against police militarization at senate hearing 9/9/14

[jct74]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9WnztevfbI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9WnztevfbI

[Warlord]

that was good

[specsaregood]

he said "titty"

[specsaregood]

Randal NAILS him @ 4:48.

[supermario21]

Sigh at the comments on his FB page...Things like "What are the cops going to do when ISIS is on the streets?"

[GunnyFreedom]

Sigh at the comments on his FB page...Things like "What are the cops going to do when ISIS is on the streets?"

Pretty sure that's one of the main reasons why America's Founders supported a popular militia.

[twomp]

Sigh at the comments on his FB page...Things like "What are the cops going to do when ISIS is on the streets?"

Was it posted the part time interventionists on our forums? It wouldn't surprise me. They are absolutely TERRIFIED of ISIS.

[mad cow]

Sigh at the comments on his FB page...Things like "What are the cops going to do when ISIS is on the streets?"

Behead them with bayonets?

[Crashland]

I just lost it at 3:10 LOL


Paul: 12,000 bayonets have been given out. What purpose are bayonets being given out for?

Estevez: Senator, bayonets are available under the program. I can't answer what a local police force would need a bayonet for.

Paul: I can give you an answer--NONE.

Estevez: Ok.

[Brett85]

Sigh at the comments on his FB page...Things like "What are the cops going to do when ISIS is on the streets?"

That's what the 2nd Amendment is for and why private citizens should be armed.

[Crashland]

he said "titty"

It was a nice recovery though.
*pictures Santorum making the same mistake, getting flustered and turning beet red*

[Shane Harris]

nice!

[Foreigner]

This was great, he humiliated them in a clever way.

[twomp]

Great job Senator Paul!

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111222140534/uncyclopedia/images/b/bf/Audience-clapping.gif

[surf]

beautiful. his father's congressional videos were epic, particularly his floor speeches. Rand does well here, the 3:10 mark is great, and I love how he can scold them in a subtle way

[surf]

anyone know if the mrap shootout (mentioned in video) that "saved" police was a drug case?

[jct74]

Rand Paul Blasts FEMA! “What purpose are bayonets being given out for?”

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Senator Rand Paul publicly denounced the militarization of police as a response to the events in Ferguson, Missouri. Paul spoke before a meeting of the Senate Homeland Security Committee at a hearing on Tuesday to ask questions about the type of equipment that local police are attaining from the Department of Defense.

The Assistant Administrator of FEMA for Grant Programs, Brian Kamoie, responded to Senator Paul that the categories of personal protective equipment for police officers contain a prohibition for the use of riot suppression. Kamoie promised to investigate the incidents in Missouri to determine whether there was a misuse of equipment against civilians.

Paul appeared angry about the use of MRAP trucks in towns as small as 3,900 people. The Kentucky senator put the FEMA representative and the Obama administration on blast for handing out thousands of bayonets to local police. “What purpose are bayonets being given out for?”

“I can’t answer what a local police force would use a bayonet for,” Alan Estevez said. “We’re going to look at what we’re providing under the administration’s review of all these programs.”

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read more:
http://libertyviral.com/rand-paul-blasts-fema-what-purpose-are-bayonets-being-given-out-for/

[nobody's_hero]

These hearings are so pointless. You never get anything but the run-around. "I'll have to wait to see what the Dept. of Justice finds in their investigation." Then you ask the D.O.J. and they say go ask the people who approve grants.

That's fucking bureaucracy for you.

[idiom]

These hearings are so pointless. You never get anything but the run-around. "I'll have to wait to see what the Dept. of Justice finds in their investigation." Then you ask the D.O.J. and they say go ask the people who approve grants.

That's fucking bureaucracy for you.

He should be asking, "In your opinion which person should be losing their job for distributing bayonets to police forces?'

[Crashland]

He should be asking, "In your opinion which person should be losing their job for distributing bayonets to police forces?'

Yeah. Who the hell was the one who made that call? We will never find out, unfortunately.

[idiom]

Yeah. Who the hell was the one who made that call? We will never find out, unfortunately.

Start firing randomly, then the finger pointing will start.

Its a prisoners dilemma, the bureaucrats have amazing self control. But the moment you start firing people because of something that they know was someone else's fault they will break.

[osan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9WnztevfbI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9WnztevfbI

He seems to have missed a fine opportunity to pin Estevez's hide to the barn door. At the beginning Paul cited that military equipment was to be used strictly for counter-terrorism. Later, Estevez cites drug trade as a permitted use and Paul let it pass. It can be difficult to see every opportunity in real time, but this could have been very interesting had Paul pressed Estevez for an explanation.

[osan]

anyone know if the mrap shootout (mentioned in video) that "saved" police was a drug case?

Anyone know if the mrap shootout that "saved" police ever even happened?

[specsaregood]

He seems to have missed a fine opportunity to pin Estevez's hide to the barn door. At the beginning Paul cited that military equipment was to be used strictly for counter-terrorism. Later, Estevez cites drug trade as a permitted use and Paul let it pass. It can be difficult to see every opportunity in real time, but this could have been very interesting had Paul pressed Estevez for an explanation.

Paul called him on that at @4:48

[jct74]

he said "titty"

where?

[specsaregood]

where?
@2:33-2:34

And im juvenile enough to suggest that somebody autotune that.