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How Do Police Departments End Up With Military Equipment?

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A member of the Emergency Response Team at the Nike Women's Half Marathon in Washington, D.C., this year.

Ross Reynolds talks with Al Jazeera America correspondent Sebastian Walker about why police departments in the United States are acquiring military equipment.

Year started with KUOW: 2006