Free Thought Project – by Jay Syrmopoulos
Washington, DC — This week the Trump administration announced that they were lifting an Obama administration ban on certain military grade weapons being sold to state and local police for pennies on the dollar. While there is a growing awareness that local law enforcement has received massive amounts of surplus military hardware under the federal 1033 program, authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act, exactly what equipment local law enforcement agencies have been stockpiling has remained largely obscured from the public’s view. Continue reading “Unconcerned About Trump’s Militarization of Police? This Database Shows What Your Local Cops Have”