{"id":3951,"date":"2015-08-11T09:36:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T15:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/?p=3951"},"modified":"2015-08-11T09:36:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T15:36:53","slug":"ferguson-forced-to-return-humvees-as-us-military-gear-still-flows-to-local-police-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/ferguson-forced-to-return-humvees-as-us-military-gear-still-flows-to-local-police-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferguson Forced to Return Humvees as US Military Gear Still Flows to Local Police"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jon Swaine<\/a>\u00a0in Ferguson, Missouri,\u00a0Spencer Ackerman<\/a>\u00a0in New York and\u00a0Sabrina Siddiqui<\/a>\u00a0in Washington<\/p>\n

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Exclusive:<\/strong>\u00a0Pentagon reclaims vehicles meant for war one year after troops took to streets, but Ferguson remains exception to military-police rule<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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\u00a0A member of the national guard walks by a Humvee in Clayton, Missouri in November 2014 following a night of rioting in nearby Ferguson. Photograph: Jim Young\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The city of Ferguson, Missouri, is being forced by the\u00a0Obama administration<\/a>\u00a0to return two military vehicles that it obtained from the Pentagon, amid widespread concern and criticism over the deployment on American streets of equipment intended for war zones.<\/p>\n

The US Department of Defense will reclaim a pair of Humvees that were given to the beleaguered St Louis suburb under a controversial program to distribute surplus weapons, vehicles and other gear, according to several government officials involved in the process.<\/p>\n