{"id":9079,"date":"2014-11-25T14:12:46","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T18:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=9079"},"modified":"2014-11-25T14:12:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T18:12:46","slug":"washington-bails-on-demilitarization-after-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/11\/washington-bails-on-demilitarization-after-ferguson.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Washington Bails on Demilitarization After Ferguson&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pandersonpllc\/status\/537232288447471616\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seasons Greetings<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lawmakers vowed changes to the Pentagon programs that deliver military-grade equipment to local police after images of cops climbing out of armored vehicles with military-grade weapons filtered out of Ferguson, Missouri, in August.<\/p>\n<p>But months later, the chaotic 1033 program \u2014 which sends surplus military gear built for combat to local police forces with little oversight \u2014 hasn\u2019t changed at all.<\/p>\n<p>The 113th Congress will end without substantive changes to the program. The White House hasn\u2019t announced the results of its policy review. The flow of billions in technology designed for the battlefield to local police forces will go on unabated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/evanmcsan\/washington-bails-on-police-demilitarization\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seasons Greetings: Lawmakers vowed changes to the Pentagon programs that deliver military-grade equipment to local police after images of cops climbing out of armored vehicles with military-grade weapons filtered out of Ferguson, Missouri, in August. 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