Progressive Lawmakers Push Biden to Stop Transferring Military Weapons to Cops

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'Militarized law enforcement increases the prevalence of police violence without making our communities safer,' 22 members of Congress assert in a letter urging the Biden administration to end the transfer of military weaponry to police.

"Police militarization has never made our communities safer," Pressley tweeted."It's time to stop transferring military-grade weapons to local police."

"Militarized law enforcement increases the prevalence of police violence without making our communities safer," the lawmakers wrote in the letter. the Policing Project at the New York University School of Law,"since its inception in 1990, the 1033 program has transferred more than $7.5 billion worth of surplus military equipment to subnational policing agencies," over 11,000 of which have registered for the program.

 

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inovajon They will keep stockpiling the blue…so they can police the masses when we revolt from food shortages and an economic collapse that’s coming. Train has already left the station a long time ago.

New rule No one gets to dress up like a soldier unless they have the balls to die like one when the time comes

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