The Congressional Black Caucus voted to preserve police militarization

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

And now they're wailing about the police response in Ferguson. So how many of them have been in the pockets of the military industrial complex?

In June of this year, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) introduced an amendment to halt the Pentagon's 1033 program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars of military-grade weapons and equipment to local police annually. The amendment overwhelmingly failed, and just seven out of 41 voting members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) supported it.

That vote has drawn controversy in the wake of this summer's protests and grotesquely militarized police response in Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson's own congressman is Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.); he is a member of the CBC, and he voted against demilitarizing police.

The Congressional Black Caucus voted to preserve police militarization - The Week