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The equipment is not the only problem. But it is a very big problem, and it’s the easiest to solve. So let’s solve it.

>>aboots+(OP)
If it's easy to solve, then it should be a footnote in a much more difficult to tackle solution.

Right now, this reads very much like a deflection of the core issues at hand. This will not alleviate the core issue at all in the long term, but gives the appearance that lawmakers are "doing their best" to solve the problem. That they've "taken first steps" and that protests should stop.

No.

This is an extremely common tactic and will lead to no long term changes.

While it is hard to argue against what you're saying, your comment is actually doing the same thing as what the lawmakers are doing - detracting the conversation from the core issue.

>>hysan+W3
That’s a great point. To your point, tackling the root of the problem should address the military hardware issue. I yield the point.

>>hysan+W3
To not have demilitarization of the police as a prominent item on any list of required changes would be insane. But obviously it is only one of many changes needed.

"This is an extremely common tactic... "

So what? Trolls don't get to win just because they are clever. Required changes are required whether or not this or that group wants to use a given change as a talking point or to manipulate the greater goals.