Reversal of Ban on Military Equipment
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From the Right
Trump Rescinds Ban on Transfer of Some Military Equipment to Local PolicePresident Trump rescinded limits imposed by the Obama administration on the transfer of equipment from the military to state and local police departments, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a speech Monday.
From the Center
White House reverses Obama ban on police getting military equipmentThe Trump administration is lifting a controversial ban on the transfer of surplus military equipment to state and local police departments, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Monday.
From the Left
Trump to restore program sending surplus military weapons, equipment to policePresident Donald Trump plans to resume the transfer of surplus weapons, vehicles and other equipment from the nation’s military to its state and local law enforcement agencies, reviving a program that was sharply curtailed by President Barack Obama two years ago. The program launched in 1990 but was greatly limited after public reaction to images of heavily militarized police in the streets of Ferguson, Mo., and other sites of civil unrest.
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