[theguardian] A Defense Department program quietly militarizing US-police forces for years.

[theguardian] A Defense Department program transfers military-grade weapons and vehicles to local law enforcement- quietly militarizing American police forces for years. A total of $4.2bn worth of equipment has been distributed by the Defense Department to municipal law enforcement agencies, with a record $546m in 2012 alone.
US-police are looking more and more like the military http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/07/militarization-local-police-america