Rand Paul Wants To Start Demilitarizing Police Forces Around The Country

“As we rebuild the trust between communities and the police, we have to address the role that the federal government has played in supplying law enforcement with battlefield equipment. Our bill would ban the transfer of certain equipment and put safeguards in place to ensure that federal funds are used appropriately.”

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  CARIMAH TOWNES & IAN MILLHISER for Think Progress report:  Days after President Obama announced the federal government will no longer offer local law enforcement certain military-grade equipment, Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced a bill that would force state and local law agencies to return

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Texas SWAT Attacks 81-Year-Old Man, Breaks His Hip, Denies Him Medical Assistance

“Things like this don’t happen in a vacuum. There’s nothing that we’ve been able to get that identifies the officers, that identifies the action that occurred…”

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An 82-year-old man was shocked to find a Texas SWAT team storming his home. Before Herman Crisp could even ask any questions the uniformed officers, clad in military gear, knocked him down, broke his hip and denied him medical assistance. Herman Crisp explained in an interview with local KTBC news that the Georgetown SWAT deputies threw

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VIDEO: Navy Vet Pulled Over By SWAT Cops In Full Camo, Driving Armored Personnel Carrier

The deputies say they pulled him over on the basis that he made an “improper hand signal” when he flipped them off.

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A 23-year-old Florida man was pulled over by camouflaged deputies in an armored personnel carrier (APC) after he showed them his middle finger out the window of his car Saturday. A video out of Gainesville, Florida shows the man being given a warning by the camouflage-wearing deputies dressed in full gear for patrol near the University of

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VIDEO: SWAT Team Kills Innocent Man In ‘Drug Raid’ That Found Just $2 Of Marijuana

Jason Westcott had no criminal record to speak of, and yet he died in a SWAT “drug raid” on his house which yielded only $2.00 in marijuana.

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Jason Westcott had no criminal record to speak of, and yet he died in a SWAT “drug raid” on his house which yielded only $2.00 in marijuana. It all started when a confidential informant lied to police about Westcott. That informant, who approached the Tampa Bay Times in July using the name Coogle, was a 50-year-old felon and drug

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WATCH: “My Son-In-Law Was Killed By The SWAT Team I Founded” Former Sheriff Turned Activist, Speaks Out

“SWAT teams have been infiltrated by bullies with badges and guns who foster a mentality that killing criminals reduces recidivism”

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illiam “Dub” Lawrence

Reports Davis County, UT — William “Dub” Lawrence is a former city police officer, former US Marine, and former Sheriff of Davis County who has awaken to the reality of Police State USA. Sadly this awakening was sparked by the murder of his son-in-law by a SWAT team that he created. In September 2008, he watched helplessly as the same SWAT

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Watch: Police Send SWAT Team After Son Asks Them To Check On Depressed Father

Police say he brandished a gun, but a neighbor accuses them of using excessive force.

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Reports: Nassau County police, in Florida, have been accused of using excessive force on a 56-year-old man, who may have possibly been suicidal. William Desmond Jr. became the victim of a SWAT raid after he refused to leave his house for police when they appeared unannounced to do a “wellness check.” The stand-off allegedly lasted for

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