White House Orders Review of Programs That Arm Police With Military Gear

The White House is ordering a review of the programs that transfer military hardware to local police departments, according to news reports. The review will examine the decade-old program that has allowed hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of hardware, ranging from body armor to mine-resistant trucks, to be transferred from the military to state and local police departments to help fight terrorism and the war on drugs

The high-level review comes in the midst of continued tensions in Ferguson, Missouri, where police deployed heavy weaponry — including body armor, automatic weapons, mine-resistant trucks and other equipment, to try to control crowds protesting the Aug. 9 death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager who was shot by a white policeman Read more...

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