Sunday, August 24, 2014

(*) Washington: United States President Barack Hussain Obama has demanded a inspection of the disposal of military hardware to state and regional police out of worry at how specific machinery has been used amid racial tension in Ferguson, Missouri.

The president demanded the investigation of federal business and funding that empower state and local law administration to buy such material, a senior Obama government authoritative told on Saturday.
Appearance of local police handling military-style guns and shield have startled numerous Americans subsequent riot that were sparked by the deadly firing of a black teenager, Michael Brown, by a white police cop in Ferguson 2 weeks ago.
Barack Obama wish to know if the scheduled, which were extended later the September. 11, 2001, strike, are convenient and if state and local law administration are given appropriate coaching, the official added..
The inspection will be directed by White House panel along with the Domestic Policy Council ( DPC ), the National Security Council ( NSC ), the Office of Management and Budget, and important US bureau along with the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice and Treasury, and conducted in coordination with Congress.
Obama indicate he would inspect the schedules at a White House news meeting on Monday when he said he desired to make clear police were buying machinery they really required because there is "a vast contrast among our military and our local law administration and we do not want those lines confused."


A increasing number of lawmakers have raised matter about the militarization of US police forces through bill govern by the Pentagon, Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security.
Democratic politician Claire McCaskill of Missouri, who heads the lapse subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced programs this week for a hearing in Sep about the bills.





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