SENATE HEARING: RAND PAUL SAYS POLICE MILITARISATION 'OUT OF CONTROL' – AS IT HAPPENED (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 12:37

Demonstrators outside the Ferguson, Missouri, police department on 30 August. Photograph: Michael B Thomas/AFP/Getty Images

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