30 April 2014 (03:29 UTC-07 Tango)/29 Jumada t-Tania 1435/10 Ordibehesht 1393/02 Wu-Chen(4th month) 4712
“Why? Why would the city the size of Mason City need an armored tank like this?”-resident of Mason City, Iowa, population 28-thousand
“I think to have something like this made available to us, why shouldn’t we?” -Mike Lashbrook, deceptive Mason City police chief
“There are no mines, no ambushes and no IED’s buried under the streets in our United States of America. MRAPs were designed for uncivilized societies and war zones, and to see them on our streets in our local community is an affront to American civility. This trend must end! And Idaho is where we take a stand and say No! NO to the police chiefs who flex their department’s macho machines in their ultra masculine showdown with an imagined enemy.“–Tony Snesko, candidate for Idaho State Senator
More and more ex-military Mine Resistant Armored Protected (MRAP) vehicles are being seen in small rural communities across the U.S. Just last week I drove past a sand colored MRAP while driving down Garret Way in Pocatello, Idaho.
No, it can’t be for Pocatello or Bannock County, because Bannock County already spent big bucks on a brand new armored BearCat (similar to those armored cars seen patrolling Boston Strong). So what was the MRAP doing in Pocatello?
I found some reports that said the U.S. Department of Defense Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO) is giving away MRAPs to rural towns. If that’s the case why did private donors waste all their money (at least $200-thousand USD) buying a brand new BearCat for the Bannock County Sheriff’s Department?
The most recent recipient of a free ex-military MRAP is the Willimantic Police Department in anti-2nd Amendment Connecticut. It’s strange that they got a free MRAP, a Willimantic cop even contradicted himself when he tried to explain the necessity for such a monster vehicle: “This is not a violent city. But we have a lot of narcotics here, a lot of high risk warrants. We have the need here, and now we have the equipment.”-Stan Parizo Jr, SWAT team leader
I’ve also discovered that many websites are calling all heavily armored wheeled vehicles MRAPS. To be sure the BearCat could be qualified as an MRAP, but it is not used by the military. What I saw last week is specifically a military issued MRAP, possibly first generation as I’ve yet to find a pic of the beast on the internet, finding only pics of newer MRAPS (It looked similar to the British empire made BAE Caiman. I knew I should’ve whipped my camera out!).
Other reports I found said the free ex-military MRAPs are only “on loan” from the Department of Defense. A Mason City, Iowa, reporter was surprised to find out that two of three city council members were totally unaware that their small police department just got a free “on loan” MRAP!
The following list are small cities that have received supposedly free, possibly “on loan” ex-military MRAPs:
Eureka, California, population 27-thousand
Watertown, Connecticut, population 22-thousand
Willimantic, Connecticut, population 17-thousand
Caldwell, Idaho, population 47-thousand, on waiting list for free MRAP
Boise, Idaho, population 212-thousand, British empire BAE Caiman category 1 MRAP. In November 2013, the city NAZI cops used their MRAP, as well as calling neighboring Nampa’s MRAP, to arrest one man suspected of kidnapping. The cops claimed they had reason to believe the man was armed with high velocity guns and even bombs!
Nampa, Idaho, population 84-thousand, British empire BAE Caiman category 1 MRAP. Nampa cops claim they need the MRAP because they shot up their Cold War era armored truck. They wanted to test the armor on the truck and they claim they were able to shoot through it with handguns and BB guns! That’s bullshit because a BB gun can’t even penetrate your skin, I know because I pulled a BB out of the skin of a childhood friend who was shot with one point blank in the throat!
Preston, Idaho, population 5100 (yes, this is the town used in the movie Napoleon Dynamite), International MaxxPro category 1 MRAP. Preston’s Police Department consists of six cops!!! Here’s how the ignorant Mormon Preston police chief justified having an MRAP: “There isn’t much violent crime in Preston, but how much does it take? There wasn’t much crime in that little Connecticut town before Sandy Hook, but it would have been nice if they would have had an MRAP on the day of the school shooting.”-Ken Geddes
Please explain how having an MRAP would’ve changed what happened at Sandy Hook! The deed was done by the time cops arrived on scene!
Justice, Illinois, population 13-thousand
Madison, Indiana, population 12-thousand
Mason City, Iowa, population 28-thousand
Dundee, Michigan, population 3900
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, population 16-thousand
North Augusta, South Carolina, population 22-thousand
Walla Walla, Washington, population 32-thousand, reports out of Walla Walla say their new free MRAP cost taxpayers $733-thousand!
The Washington Post has its own list.