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hschulein

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Mon Aug 18, 2014, 10:18 AM Aug 2014

Mike Malloy - The Murder Of Dissent: Militarized Police



The militarized response to protests and media coverage in Ferguson, Missouri has forced the federal government to rethink its policy of sending military hardware to police departments.

“I am deeply concerned that the deployment of military equipment and vehicles sends a conflicting message,” said Attorney General Eric Holder after police manhandled demonstrators, gassed a media crew, and used rubber bullets on protesters and journalists.

Following criticism by Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, and the introduction of legislation to curtail police militarization by Georgia Democrat Rep. Hank Johnson, Sen. Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said his committee will a design a program to determine if the Defense Department’s surplus equipment is being used appropriately.

Mike talks about the militarization process of the US Police Department, in light of the events in Ferguson, Missouri.

Full story: http://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-police-state-crushing-dissent-with-militarized-cops-protecting-the-government-from-people/5396278

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