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Trump Wants to Re-Militarize the Police. Montana Is Having None of It.

August 31, 2017

That's certainly what Representative Hank Johnson, the Democrat who introduced the "Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act" in the House, argues. After Sessions' announcement on Monday, Johnson told me Trump "has no understanding of how the 1033 program can destabilize the very democracy he was elected to lead." Echoing Obama's rationale for the restrictions, the congressman said, "I worry about police agencies arming up to a point where they appear to citizens to be occupying forces."