Here is a timeline of the work I’ve done since the tragic police shooting in #Ferguson, MO:
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THE HISTORY: Systemic racism permeates too many of our police departments in this country and has existed in policing for generations. The work for true justice and real police reform began long before the police shooting death of #MichaelBrown. #SayHisNamepic.twitter.com/9cGqLPrNv6
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Aug. 9, 2014:
#MichaelBrown is shot and killed by a police officer—touching off protests that are met by an overly militarized police. These actions led to my Stop Miliarizing Law Enforcement Act gaining traction because small town America shouldn’t resemble a war zone.Show this thread -
Aug. 20, 2014: Laying the groundwork to reform the Pentagon’s 1033 Program that gives military-grade weapons to local law enforcement departmerns: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/upshot/data-on-transfer-of-military-gear-to-police-departments.html?rref=upshot&abt=0002&abg=1&_r=0 …pic.twitter.com/mkIO1FMoB5
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Aug. 28, 2014: With the streets of Ferguson looking like a war zone, police took on the look of soldiers clad in camouflage and riot gear as they aimed their assault weapons at peaceful demonstrators from the turret of an armored personnel carrier: https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/editorials/stop-police-militarization …pic.twitter.com/E4DneifQ39
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Sept. 16, 2014: We introduced bi-partisan: The Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act, a bill to de-militarize police; place restrictions on and bring transparency measures to the DOD Program that transfers surplus military equipment to state and local law enforcement agencies.
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1996-2020: In a fundamentally misguided effort to stop Americans from using drugs, the Congress allowed the DOD to provide surplus military equipment – often from warzones overseas – to local police for free. To date, more than $5 billion in this equipment has been transferred.
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March 4, 2015: I reintroduced the bipartisan bill to de-militarize police: https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-johnson-reintroduces-bipartisan-bill-de-militarize-police …
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March 17, 2017: I reintroduced a bipartisan bill to reform Pentagon’s 1033 Program that distributes surplus military-grade weapons to local law enforcement departments without civilian governmental approval: https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-johnson-reintroduces-bipartisan-bill-reform-pentagon-s-1033-program …
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@realDonaldTrump is giving police forces weapons of war. This is dangerous. (Dec. 19, 2017: Op-Ed in The Guardian) https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/editorials/president-trump-giving-police-forces-weapons-war-dangerous …pic.twitter.com/OsVx6qpoQN
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March 13, 2019: Rep. Johnson reintroduces bipartisan bill to de-militarize police: https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-johnson-reintroduces-bipartisan-bill-de-militarize-police-0 …
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@MSNBC dsisuccing my four police bills that would help hold police accountable when they use exessive force/violence against civilians: (May 31, 2020) https://youtu.be/tQunFl89lW4@AliVelshiShow this thread -
June 8, 2020: Rep. Johnson’s Reform Policies Included in House Leadership’s Justice in Policing Act: https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-johnson-s-reform-policies-included-house-leadership-s-justice …
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@Newsweek June 11, 2020: The Government Is Arming Police for War. Reform Can Start Right There | Opinion:https://www.newsweek.com/government-arming-police-war-reform-can-start-right-there-opinion-1510028 …Show this thread -
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@senatemajldr July 8, 2020: The police have still not been demilitarized. But this could change if@senatemajldr takes up the#GeorgeFloyd#JusticeinPolicing Act, passed by@HouseDemocrats over a week ago.pic.twitter.com/szFvkEsQYV
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