2014 was the year a little-known program called 1033 came under a harsh spotlight. 1033, officially called the Department of Defense Excess Property Program, is why protesters walking down the street in Ferguson, Mo., were accompanied by mine-resistant ambush protected armored vehicles, known as MRAPs. How did we ever get to the point where we think states need MRAPs? Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., asked at a September hearing on police oversight. In June, the House voted on an amendment to a DoD appropriations bill that would have halted the program from transferring a slew of military-style weapons to local law...
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