When local law enforcement agencies in Ferguson, Missouri, approached protesters in what looked like military-style tanks, wearing riot gear and camo outfits, they started a national conversation ...
Amid widespread criticism of the deployment of military-grade weapons and vehicles by police officers in Ferguson, Mo., President Obama recently ordered a review of federal efforts supplying equipment ...
One of the most overblown and poorly thought-out federal policy changes in recent years reduced law enforcement’s access to the 1033 program. Authorized in 1990, this program allowed police to scoop ...
Update: The story and the list of military-style gear obtained by area law enforcement agencies was updated at 10:05 a.m. July 20 with additional information from the Raleigh Police Department. As ...
In 1997, Congress codified the federal 1033 program to transfer surplus equipment from the military to civilian law enforcement agencies for domestic counter-drug and counter-terrorism activities. Two ...
The images of protesters meeting police in the streets of cities across the United States this past week have drawn a stark contrast for some watching the scene unfold on television. Increasingly, ...
In 2014, the ACLU reported that police departments in Arizona had collectively amassed a military arsenal that included: 712 rifles, 64 armored vehicles, 42 forced-entry tools, 32 bomb suits, 704 ...
When unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, Missouri, by a white police officer in August, images of cops in battle gear spraying protesters with tear gas circulated on ...
On Thursday on Capitol Hill, the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is holding a hearing on the Department of Defense’s Excess Property Program. Also known as the “1033 ...
Our names are Heather Keane, Allie Jones, Bridget Cratty, Cal Palmaccio, Liam Owen, Joe Scanlon, and Lila Grimard. We are students at Nashoba Regional High School, where we are working together on a ...
Surfside Beach, South Carolina is on the frontlines of climate change. Rising sea levels have left daunting prospects for the city’s heavily tourism-dependent economy. In a population of 4,000, ...
The images of protesters meeting police in the streets of cities across the United States this past week have drawn a stark contrast for some watching the scene unfold on television. Increasingly, ...
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