An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt ... Fayetteville was not alone. While militarized police forces squared off with mostly peaceful protesters across America that week, more than 1,000 ...

It would further blur the line between police and military — two institutions designed for fundamentally different purposes.

One of the earliest policy impacts of that movement was a May 2015 federal ban on transferring certain militarized equipment to local police departments. The ban largely began in response to ...

As tens of thousands of Americans took to U.S. streets over the past two weeks to protest the brutal killing of George Floyd in police custody, one image has become an icon of this cultural moment ...

Both sent military units into the streets to replace police. Both focused on military ... Read next BI Tech Memo An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down.

The NDAA authorizes police and sheriffs departments to procure excess military weapons and equipment from the Department of Defense. While some military-grade weapons, such as Bradley fighting ...

The Hess police cruiser reflects the militarization of local police departments. By 2020, the Department of Defense’s Federal Excess Property program (1033 program) had disbursed $7 billion in ...