Congress Members Who Approve Militarization of U.S. Police Receive 73% More Money from Defense Industry
WashingtonsBlog.com
August 20, 2014
Congress Is For Sale to the Highest Bidder
Americans of all stripes oppose the militarization of U.S. police forces.
For example:
A December 2013 Reason-Rupe poll found that 58% of Americans thought that police militarization has gone too far
A new Pew research poll shows that a plurality of people think that the police have gone too far in Ferguson, Missouri
So why does Congress continue to approve militarization? For the same reason that Congress members vote for NSA spying on Americans and go easy on Wall Street criminals: money.
Maplight reports that congress critters opposing Congressman Grayson’s bill to demilitarize police receive 73% more money than those voting for it:
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