Email Congress and the President: No More War Weapons to Police

The evidence is overwhelming. Militarizing police does not reduce crime or save lives. In fact, the main difference that militarizing police makes is that the police kill more people.

Cities and states have had enough. Several have now banned some or all military weaponry and/or the military-style training of police departments.

But we need Congress to act, to ban the transfer to any police department of weaponry from the U.S. military.

Click below to email your Representative, your two Senators, and the President.

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Background:
>> World BEYOND War: "Ban Militarized Policing in Your Locality"
>> Alison J. Cole: "Police Militarization Research Compendium"
>> The Conversation: "Police with lots of military gear kill civilians more often than less-militarized officers"
>> Costs of War: "The Wars Are Here: How the United States' Post-9/11 Wars Helped Militarize U.S. Police"
>> Peace Direct: "Racial Justice and Building Peace in the United States"