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Fake Police Department Fooled Pentagon Into Giving Them $1.2 Million Worth Of Weapons

July 25, 2017 Asa J 7751 Views 1033 Program, copblock, copblock.org, department of defense, Fake Cops, fake police department, Government Accountability Office, Government watchdog, Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group, military equipment, night vision googles, open the books, pentagon, pipe bombs, Police State, scopes, The Militarization of Local Police Departments, training rifles, Wayne McElrath, Zina Merritt

A government watchdog group that posed as fake cops and set up a fake police department were able to acquire

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Feds Transferred $2.2B Worth Of Military Equipment To Police Since 2006

May 12, 2016May 12, 2016 Asa J 1354 Views 1033 Program, Adam Andrzejewski, airplanes, Arizona, armored vehicles, bayonets, California, copblock, copblock.org, Dept. of Defense, executive order, foia request, freedom of information act request, helicopters, Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group, M14 rifles, M16 rifles, militarization, militarization of police, military gear, military surplus equipment, mine detectors, mrap, open the books, pentagon, Police State, police state daily, President Obama, Tennessee, Texas, The Militarization of Local Police Departments, Virginia, Working Group

The federal government has transferred around $2.2 billion worth of military gear to local police departments around the country since

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2015 And The Myth Of The War On Cops

January 2, 2016January 2, 2016 Asa J 1951 Views 1033 Program, Accountability, ACLU, american civil liberties union, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, department of defense, Dishonesty, Drug war, fake war on cops, law enforcement support office, Myth Of The War On Cops, national law enforcement officers memorial fund, pentagon, police deaths, Police State, swat, swat raids, The Guardian, U.S. Government’s Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, War Comes Home, War on Cops

2015 saw several high-profile killings of officers around the county, leading police supporters and pundits the nation over to rail against a

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How “Protect & Serve” Became “Search & Destroy”

October 15, 2014October 13, 2014 CopBlock 960 Views 1033 programs, bearcat, brave new films, claire mccaskill, cop block, copblock.org, Darren Wilson, ferguson, incentives, mrap, National Defense Authorization Act, pentagon, petition, police accountability, Police brutality, police militarization, protect and serve, robert greenwald, search and destroy, swat raid, war on drugs

The information and video below were shared by Mike, who’s involved with Brave New Films. Ever wonder why police look

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The Scariest Non-Lethal Weapons of Our Police State

August 18, 2011May 9, 2013 CopBlock 572 Views Afghanistan, arms, copblock, copblock.org, crowd control, Double Standard, pentagon, Police State, policing, weapons

Via the website, AlterNet: The US is at the forefront of an international arms development effort that includes a remarkable

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