The Literal War On Drugs

The Literal War On Drugs
An Iraqi member of the Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT) looks on during a ceremony marking Iraqi police forces 92nd anniversary in the capital Baghdad on January 9, 2014. The ceremony takes place as fighting between Iraqi security forces and militants rage in Iraq's Anbar province. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
An Iraqi member of the Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT) looks on during a ceremony marking Iraqi police forces 92nd anniversary in the capital Baghdad on January 9, 2014. The ceremony takes place as fighting between Iraqi security forces and militants rage in Iraq's Anbar province. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

Contrary to what you may have heard, the armored vehicles that appeared on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, during the unrest that followed the police shooting of Michael Brown did not come from the Pentagon.

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