Report: Local Law Enforcement Receiving Billions in Weapons From Pentagon
“They will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.” – George Washington, Farewell Address (1796)...
A New “Surge” Expands Unconstitutional Federal Involvement in Local Police
WASHINGTON (Nov. 2, 2019) – Invoking military language used during the Iraq war, President Trump announced a national police “surge” to crack down on violent crime. Trump announced the crime-fighting initiative during the International Association of... Executive Order Takes Window Dressing off Police Militarization Program
WASHINGTON (Aug. 28, 2017) – Yesterday, President Trump released an executive order that will once again open the door for local police departments to obtain certain surplus military equipment through a controversial federal program. The reversal of an Obama...