Claire McCaskill to head militarization hearing

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Source: Politico

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill announced Thursday that she will lead a hearing in September looking into the militarization of local police departments, after recent tensions between law enforcement and protesters have rocked her state.

The hearing, which will be held by the McCaskill-chaired Financial & Contracting Oversight Subcommittee, follows the Democrat’s calls for demilitarization in Ferguson, Missouri. The St. Louis suburb has witnessed unrest, at times becoming violent, since the Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.

“We need to demilitarize this situation — this kind of response by the police has become the problem instead of the solution,” McCaskill said, while in Ferguson last week.

According to a release, the hearing will look into programs that have provided local police with military equipment.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/claire-mccaskill-ferguson-missouri-militarization-110235.html

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This is why we need to elect Democrats to Congress and state legislatures. Would Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin, Darrell Issa, Trey Gowdy, etc. have held such a hearing?

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1. I am glad.

1. Delighted that the hearings will happen.
2. She is inexplicably brave to be doing this.

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