John,

With an oversupply of mine-resistant,
ambush-protected vehicles and Humvees now patrolling cities,
towns and university campuses across the country to quell
peaceful protests, America’s streets look more like warzones
these days. But this isn’t a new phenomenon — this is the product
of local police departments stockpiling free military-grade
weapons for decades.

Through controversial programs within the
Department of Defense and the Pentagon, surplus assault weapons,
drones and other military-grade weaponry that is often
inappropriate for deployment on our streets, is being transferred
directly to local law enforcement with reckless abandon.

It’s beyond time for this to end. That’s why I am
leading a letter of two-dozen House Democrats calling on
President Joe Biden to issue an executive order banning the
transfer of certain military-grade weapons and equipment to law
enforcement agencies across the country.

If you agree, will you add your name as a citizen
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John — Just 10 miles from
where George Floyd was killed by a knee on his neck, Daunte
Wright was shot and killed after being pulled over for a basic
traffic stop.

In Virginia, Army Lt. Caron Nazario is pressing
charges after being pepper sprayed and harassed by police
officers who refused to reveal why they had pulled him over. If
Black soldiers in uniform are not safe from a militarized and
ginned up policing force — then who is?

These violent policing incidents keep happening
because police officers have been trained to see themselves as
warriors — not protectors. While there is no single solution that
can fix this problem, an important first step in changing the
"warrior" policing mentality is shutting down the pipeline that
transfers free military-grade weaponry to law enforcement
agencies, regardless of training or need, and emphasizing
de-escalation and community policing instead.

That’s why wrote the Stop Militarizing Law
Enforcement Act that was included in the George Floyd Justice in
Policing Act. And why I’ve now penned a letter to President Joe
Biden urging him to issue an executive order banning the transfer
of certain surplus military-grade weapons to federal, tribal,
state and local law enforcement agencies. If you agree, will you
add your name as a citizen signer?
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Yours,

Hank

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Congressman Hank Johnson is a former defense
attorney, DeKalb County commissioner, small business owner, and
magistrate judge who now serves in Congress as a champion for the
middle class.

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