The Wire / Yahoo News: Obama's Cautious First Step Toward Demilitarizing the Police [Or 'The Left Never Sleeps.' Ironically a lot of this equipment is left over from our Empire Wars, so the Pentagon gets rid of it to police departments, whose hands are so politically tied that they almost always just use it as a show of force as they stand by while businesses are being looted and burned down--which of course all boils down to 'Militarization!' and 'Racism!']

Obama's Cautious First Step Toward Demilitarizing the Police

Amid high tensions between urban communities and the officers that police them, the Obama administration on Monday made its first move toward limiting the use of heavy military equipment by local law enforcement agencies.

Releasing the findings of a three-month review of federal programs, the White House called for police officers to receive more training before using military equipment acquired from the government, and it asked Congress for $263 million for body cameras, training, and other resources for local law enforcement. The 19-page report also recommended that civilian officials be required to sign off on requests by police departments for military gear....

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