De-Militarize the Police

Donald Trump has just undone limitations on a program that unloads old war weaponry on domestic police departments.

Please sign this petition to the U.S. Congress:

It's time to stop allowing presidents to make and unmake the law on police weaponry. Congress must ban the provision of any weapons of war or war training to police.



1-25 of 16978 signatures
Number Date Name Location Please add comment.
16978 3 weeks ago Rob Rocco Avon Lake, OH
16977 3 weeks ago roxy harrington holmen, WI
16976 1 month ago Tamar Dick Bethlehem, PA
16975 1 month ago Tamar Dick Bethlehem, PA
16974 3 months ago Anonymous Arlington , TX
16973 3 months ago Anonymous Arlington , TX
16972 5 months ago Nadia Mousa Union City, CA
16971 6 months ago Paul Stills Santa Monica, CA
16970 6 months ago Connie Jean Santa Monica, CA
16969 6 months ago Zack Stills Santa Monica, CA
16968 6 months ago Jennifer Heckart Ardmore, PA
16967 6 months ago Nadia Mousa Union City, CA
16966 6 months ago Timothy Johnston San Francisco, CA
16965 7 months ago Andre Willey Huntington Beach , CA
16964 7 months ago Shannon Martinez valparaiso, IN
16963 7 months ago Dimitar Rangelov Macomb, MI Militarizing the police moves them further into an 'us vs. them' mentality.
16962 7 months ago charles card newburyport, MA
16961 7 months ago jessica casanova elizabeth, NJ
16960 7 months ago Anonymous Brighton, MA
16959 7 months ago Eleanore Celeste Cohn-Eichner Sitka, AK
16958 7 months ago Abraham Alrai Saint Paul, MN
16957 7 months ago E Wheeler Greenfield, MA
16956 7 months ago Anonymous Frederic, WI
16955 7 months ago Anonymous Auburn, WA Police need to focus more on de-escalation.
16954 7 months ago David Morais Metairie, LA
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Background:
> Hank Johnson, The Guardian: President Trump Is Giving Police Forces Weapons of War. This Is Dangerous.
> White House: Executive Order
> Tennessean: Jeff Sessions in Nashville outlines plan to send surplus military weapons, equipment to local police
> Washington Post: 5 countries where most police officers do not carry firearms — and it works well
> Deadly Exchange