The White House just made the announcement in May. But the caveat in the announcement was the key word "some." Washington will no longer provide police departments with "some military style weapons, equipment, vehicles and gear. But that "some" leaves a lot to be desired when it gives departments a free pass on military style assault weapons.

All of this comes as President Obama heads to Camden, New Jersey this Monday afternoon in a meeting between youth groups and law enforcement officials.

But many critical of police brutality are saying this is all a meaningless show to make it look like the federal government is doing something to stop the onslaught from unchecked, brutal police officers across the nation.

A case in point, the White House initially defended the militarization of police departments, even amidst the abuses that took place in Ferguson. More recently, however, the administration said that military outfitting of departments represented a "substantial risk of misusing or overusing" these items and "undermine trust" in the police by members of the community.

The Associated Press said that the White House announced that "effective immediately, the federal government will no longer fund or provide armored vehicles that run on a tracked system instead of wheels, weaponized aircraft or vehicles, firearms or ammunition of .50-caliber or higher, grenade launchers, bayonets or camouflage uniforms. The federal government also is exploring ways to recall prohibited equipment already distributed."