Senate Homeland Security Holds Hearing On Federal Programs Equipping Police Departments

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 09: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) listen to witnesses talk about military equipment given to local law enforcement departments by the federal government during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing about at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. In the wake of the Ferguson, MO, police response to peaceful protests, senators on the committee were critical of the federal grant programs that allow local and state law enforcement agencies to buy armored vehicles, assult rifles, body armor and other military equipment. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)