US law enforcement agencies have received hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of military equipment

2014 In the year of the Ferguson unrest, the police received $377.2m of military equipment

Acquisition value of

military property

transferred

$300m

200

1997 Clinton introduced 1033 programme, allowing Department of Defense to sell or transfer equipment to police

100

$0m

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

2014 In the year of the Ferguson unrest, the police received $377.2m of military equipment

$300m

Acquisition value of military property transferred

200

1997 Clinton introduced 1033 programme, allowing Department of Defense to sell or transfer military equipment to police

100

$0m

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020