The Disturbing Reason Ferguson Police Look Like Soldiers From 'Call of Duty'
The answer is simple and more than a little disturbing: The Pentagon is giving them weapons.
USA Today reports that the Ferguson police are part of a federal program called "1033." Established in the early 1990s, 1033 lets the U.S. government distribute "hundreds of millions of dollars of surplus military equipment" to "civilian police forces" across the country.
What does this mean? Instead of the traditional gun-and-badge combo, local cops look increasingly like they're ready to storm the beach at Normandy.
