Surplus military equipment is going to ... a coroner?

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http://hamptonroads.com/2014/10/surplus-military-equipment-going-coroner

Surplus military equipment is going to ... a coroner?
By Michael Kunzelman
The Associated Press
© October 6, 2014

BATON ROUGE, La.

Doug Wortham used a Defense Department giveaway program for law enforcement to stock his office with an assault rifle, a handgun and a Humvee - even though the people in his custody are in no condition to put up a fight.

They're dead.

Wortham is the Sharp County, Ark., coroner. He says the Humvee helps him navigate the rugged terrain of the Ozarks foothills, but he struggled to explain why he needs the surplus military weapons he acquired more than two years ago.

"I just wanted to protect myself," he said.

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