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Will banning military-style gear for police reduce tensions?
Images of protests in Ferguson, New York and Baltimore showed police officers in military gear, pointing rifles and using tear gas. Today President Obama announced a ban on selling certain military-style gear to local police. Judy Woodruff talks to Charles Ramsey, co-chair of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing and Richard Beary of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
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