| The Iran-Contra affair of the 1980s may be one of the root causes of modern day police militarization, which was on display in spectacular fashion last August in Ferguson, MO. An offspring of the decades long war on drugs, some contend, the rise of military-grade assault weapons and vehicles in local police forces can be traced to the CIA condoned importation of cheap drugs from Nicaragua. RT's Lindsay France explores the connections.
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