John,

I want to share a hard truth: The House of
Representatives voted down my amendment limiting the transfer of
military-grade weapons to local law enforcement agencies. I’m as
disappointed as you that a majority of the House chose to
continue funneling military weapons and equipment straight from
the battlefield to Main Street. But we cannot stop, we came
extremely close and I am confident that if we are determined and
if we organize, we will prevail.

The language in my amendment -- which is the same
as my stand alone legislation “The Stop Militarizing Law
Enforcement Act” -- had already passed the House TWICE as part of
the “George Floyd Justice in Policing” bill. But that police
accountability bill also died in the Senate last week after
bipartisan negotiations collapsed.

What is particularly galling was the late, eve of
vote letter from the National Fraternal Order of Police sent to
House members exhorting them to vote ‘No’ on my amendment.

The FOP letter falsely claimed military equipment
sent to police is ‘demilitarized’ and that there are no examples
of police misuse.

Anyone who saw what happened in the aftermath of
Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson in 2014, Standing Rock
protestors fighting for indigenous rights and clean water in 2016
and peaceful protestors in Layfayette Square in 2020 knows the
truth.

There is no doubt in my mind this deceitful letter
adversely impacted 22 of my Democratic colleagues who joined with
all but two Republicans in voting against my amendment. The
American people – their constituents – want weapons of war off
our streets but powerful interests once again used their undue
influence to stop what is right.

But, John, this fight is
not over, far from it. I will keep working to pass this
commonsense reform measure – and I am confident our efforts will
prevail in the end.

Can
you show your support with a donation? Powerful special interests
want to muzzle me. I need your help to take them on and win.
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Let me be clear: It’s a temporary setback, not a
defeat.

I know we are on the right side of history to stop
militarizing police, and I refuse to give in to vested interests
using lies to maintain their access to military weapons.

John, thank you for standing with me. Any
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Thank you,

Hank Johnson

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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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