Rep. Hank Johnson on Twitter: ".@MSNBC dsisuccing my four police bills that would help hold police accountable when they use exessive force/violence against civilians: (May 31, 2020) https://t.co/Y5D7vpDIGG @AliVelshi"

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Rep. Hank Johnson‏Verified account @RepHankJohnson Jul 8

Here is a timeline of the work I’ve done since the tragic police shooting in #Ferguson, MO:

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Rep. Hank Johnson‏Verified account @RepHankJohnson Jul 8

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.

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Rep. Hank Johnson‏Verified account @RepHankJohnson Jul 8

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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Rep. Hank Johnson‏Verified account @RepHankJohnson Jul 8

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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Rep. Hank Johnson‏Verified account @RepHankJohnson Jul 8

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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Rep. Hank Johnson‏Verified account @RepHankJohnson Jul 8

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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Rep. Hank Johnson‏Verified account @RepHankJohnson Jul 8

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 … @washingtonpostpic.twitter.com/dbwVDMv73u

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Rep. Hank Johnson‏Verified account @RepHankJohnson Jul 8

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 … @RepBobbyRush @RepJayapal @RepJerryNadler

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Rep. Hank Johnson‏Verified account @RepHankJohnson Jul 8

.@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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Rep. Hank Johnson‏Verified account @RepHankJohnson Jul 8

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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Rep. Hank Johnson‏Verified account @RepHankJohnson Jul 8

.@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 @AliVelshi

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