Militarized Police: From 1990 to 2014 the Pentagon gave $5 Billion (5,000,000,000$) in "surplus" equipment including "tactical" (ie, lethal) equipment to US Police Departments with the majority of these donations occurring between 2010-2014

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2014/12/03/the-pentagon-finally-details-its-weapons-for-cops-giveaway