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In reply to the discussion: It is time for Eric Holder to do his job. [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)80. K&R. And it's time for Obama to do his.
And that job extends beyond pretty speeches.
When do these programs end?
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The entire Democratic leadership opposed Grayson amendment to stop arming cops with DOD weapons
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025390424
Police Militarization (including the Obama administration's role)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/aclu-police-militarization-swat_n_2813334.html
It's almost certain that if the police agencies cooperate, the ACLU will find that the militarization trend has accelerated since Kraska's studies more than a decade ago. All of the policies, incentives and funding mechanisms that were driving the trend then are still in effect now. And most of them have grown in size and scope.
The George W. Bush administration actually began scaling down the Byrne and COPS programs in the early 2000s, part of a general strategy of leaving law enforcement to states and localities. But the Obama administration has since resurrected both programs. The Byrne program got a $2 billion surge in funding as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, by far the largest budget in the program's 25-year history. Obama also gave the COPS program $1.55 billion that same year, a 250 percent increase over its 2008 budget, and again the largest budget in the program's history. Vice President Joe Biden had championed both programs during his time in the Senate.
The Pentagon's 1033 program has also exploded under Obama. In the program's monthly newsletter (Motto: "From Warfighter to Crimefighter" , its director announced in October 2011 that his office had given away a record $500 million in military gear in fiscal year 2011, which he noted, "passes the previous mark by several hundred million dollars." He added, "I believe we can exceed that in FY 12.
Then there are the Department of Homeland Security's anti-terrorism grants. The Center for Investigative Reporting found in a 2011 investigation that since 2001, DHS has given out more than $34 billion in grants to police departments across the country, many of which have been used to purchase military-grade guns, tanks, armor, and armored personnel carriers. The grants have gone to such unlikely terrorism targets as Fargo, N.D.; Canyon County, Idaho; and Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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How soon can a suit be filed? Wilson should find no peace anywhere. Two letters come to mind. OJ
kelliekat44
Nov 2014
#3
Voting rights...I think that's how his savior Liz would get elected if she ever ran
BeyondGeography
Nov 2014
#33
Actually the OP is on record wanting the election of Obama overturned in favor of McCain
Cali_Democrat
Nov 2014
#8
HAHAHA...So a deleted post is the same as wanting the election of a Democratic President overturned?
Cali_Democrat
Nov 2014
#24
Your true nature was illuminated when you said you wanted Obama's election overturned
Cali_Democrat
Nov 2014
#29
Out of all the elections to overturn, you wanted Obama's election overturned
Cali_Democrat
Nov 2014
#35
Again....you think a deleted post is the same as wanting the election of a Dem president overturned
Cali_Democrat
Nov 2014
#50
I agree. Manny made a direct response to Cali, I want to hear a direct response to Manny's .....
marble falls
Nov 2014
#82
You need to find someone else. He is too busy with he civil rights charges against Zimmerman.
Township75
Nov 2014
#46
You got it exactly right manny. No one else has been able to get justice, its up to the DOJ to do...
marble falls
Nov 2014
#81