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Mika

(17,751 posts)
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 10:21 PM Aug 2014

Ferguson PD & LEEP (Law Enforcement Exchange Program) trained w/ Israeli anti-terra forces


Police In #Ferguson Used Training From The Israeli Government

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“The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), a neoconservative think tank that claims to have hosted some 9,500 law enforcement officials in its Law Enforcement Exchange Program (LEEP) since 2004.

“LEEP ‘takes delegations of senior law enforcement executives to Israel to study methods and observe techniques used in preventing and reacting to acts of terrorism’ and ‘sponsors conferences within the United States, bringing Israeli experts before much larger groups of law enforcement leaders,’ according to JINSA’s brochure.

“Former St. Louis Police Department police chief Joseph Mokwa is listed as havingtraveled to Israel as part of a LEEP conference in February 2008.”



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