Why is the PPB spending money on equipment that they could have been getting for free?

So that tank the JJTF was rolling around SE Portland prior to May Day in 2013, that belonged to the FBI then?

There's some useful military surplus equipment. Why not take advantage of it? Obama warned us of homegrown, domestic terrorists, right? We see all kinds of crisises like school shootings, paranoid gun nuts, and the occasional street thug carrying larger than average caliber, automatic weapons. Do you want the police to be over-powered by these types? However, if they screw up royally they should definitely be held accountable.

Whatever the case we need to live in fear. It's the responsible thing to do.