Durbin: Pentagon should review police gear program

By Matthew Daly

Published September 5, 2014 11:15pm ET

Durbin: Pentagon should review police gear program — FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2014 file photo, a police tactical team moves in to disperse a group of protesters in Ferguson, Mo. that was sparked after Michael Brown, an unarmed black man was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer. Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill. on Friday asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to review a program that provides high-powered rifles and other surplus military equipment to civilian police departments across the country. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File) | Jeff Roberson

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s No. 2 Democrat on Friday asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to review a program that provides high-powered rifles and other surplus military equipment to civilian police departments across the country.

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