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Ferguson police response spotlights domestic use of military equipment

Police in Ferguson, Missouri, were seen using tanks, combat gear and assault rifles, showing the type of equipment given to police departments that were once used on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. In the past year the Department of Defense has given local law enforcement over 600 MRAPs, the armored vehicles designed to withstand roadside bombs. Jan Crawford reports.
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