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Monday, August 25th, 2014

Obama Orders Review of Police Militarization

Author:     STEVE HOLLAND, ANDREA SHALAL
Source:     Reader Supported News
Publication Date:     24 August 14
 Link: Obama Orders Review of Police Militarization
Stephan:   This potentially at least is still more good news. I think Ferguson so alarmed people across the country, no matter their political leanings, that savy politicians have begun to think about what the Militarization of the Police Trend, really leads to. The police state that America has become was on display, and it wasn't pretty. It's hard to take the moral highground in international relations when your country looks like it is policed by the Gestapo.
The Ferguson police department riot squad moving towards a protester. (photo: Getty Images)

The Ferguson police department riot squad moving towards a protester. (photo: Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered a review of the distribution of military hardware to state and local police out of concern at how such equipment has been used during racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.

The president ordered the examination of federal programs and funding that enable state and local law enforcement to purchase such equipment, a senior Obama administration official said on Saturday.

Images of police wielding military-style guns and armor have shocked many Americans following clashes that were triggered by the fatal shooting of a black teenager, Michael Brown, by a white police officer in Ferguson two weeks ago.

Obama wants to know whether the programs, which were expanded after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, are appropriate and whether state and local law enforcement are given proper training, the official said.

The review will be led by White House staff including the Domestic Policy Council, the National Security Council, the Office of Management […]

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