This is just ridiculous
Someone seriously needs to ask why the local cops need military equipment.
See comment section for the possible reasons why.
Don't think it can't happen here, the camps have already been built.
Dick Cheney had that done, and it wasn't done for just nothing, you can bet on it.
Troops officially came home from Iraq on Dec. 31, 2011, but they were coming back in a steady stream since 2010, and they were bringing their equipment with them.
The website Public Intelligence diagrams the stark increase in military dollars transferred to our federal, state and local law enforcement agencies from 2010.
The amount in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 came to about $223 million, then in 2011, with withdrawal from Iraq in the air, that amount more than doubled to $498 million.
The slated amount for 2012 is about $558 million, but Public
