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.<br /><br />“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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Mike talks about the militarization process of the US Police Department, in light of the events in Ferguson, Missouri.<br /><br />Full story: http://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-police-state-crushing-dissent-with-militarized-cops-protecting-the-government-from-people/5396278
