Obama Restricts Police Equipment
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Obama to Limit Military-Style Equipment for Police ForcesPresident Obama on Monday will ban the federal provision of some types of military-style equipment to local police departments and sharply restrict the availability of others, administration officials said.
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Obama bans some military equipment sales to local policePresident Obama has banned the sale of some kinds of military equipment to local law enforcement agencies in response to widespread criticism of a paramilitary-like response to riots in a St. Louis suburb last August.
From the Right
Obama announces restrictions on distribution of military-style equipment to policePresident Obama is banning local police departments from receiving a range of military-style equipment from the federal government -- from grenade launchers to bayonets to certain armored vehicles -- as he implements the recommendations of a panel that examined the controversial gear giveaways in the wake of the Ferguson riots.
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