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The Concord (NH) PD has applied for a Lenco BEARCAT, according to the Union Leader, the application states Groups such as the Sovereign Citizens, Free Staters and Occupy New Hampshire are active and present daily challenges, in addition to organized groups, it cited several homegrown clusters that are anti-government and pose problems for law enforcement agencies.
The NHCLU Executive Director Devon Chaffee said, Its far from clear to us why an armored vehicle would be necessary to address what are generally, by and large, non-violent movements that in fact provide little or no threat to the security of our state.
Concord PD Requests a BEARCAT to Deal With ?Domestic Terrorists?, Including Free Staters and Occupy New Hampshire? - Free Keene
In other words, the Concord Police Department needs an armored military vehicle to protect them from non-violent "domestic terrorist" organizations like the Free State Project.
From the Free State Project's website:
The Free State Project is an effort to recruit 20,000 liberty-loving people to move to New Hampshire. We are looking for neighborly, productive, tolerant folks from any and all walks of life, of all ages, creeds, and colors, who agree to the political philosophy expressed in our Statement of Intent, that government exists at most to protect people's rights, and should neither provide for people nor punish them for activities that interfere with no one else.
A New Strategy for Liberty in Our Lifetime | Free State Project
I don't know about you, but they sound mighty dangerous to me.