Rep. Hank Johnson didn't like the Pentagon's surplus military transfer program long before Ferguson, Missouri, turned into a war zone. The Georgia Democrat, a member of the House Armed Services ...

The bright red line between domestic policing and our military is being blurred and represents an existential threat to our freedoms, our democratic values — and our way of life. President Donald ...

The militarization of police - is it real, or a made up term by cop haters in an effort to discredit the service? Why do officers now look more like special forces than traditional cops? Tactical ...

A Democratic lawmaker has reintroduced legislation aimed at limiting the flow of military grade equipment from the Pentagon to law enforcement agencies across the United States. The proposal targets a ...

Representative Hank Johnson (D-Ga.-4), re-introduced legislation on March 10, 2026, aimed at restricting the Department of Defense’s ability to transfer surplus military hardware to domestic law ...

WASHINGTON • Sen. Claire McCaskill will chair a Sept. 9 hearing to explore what she describes as the “militarization of state and local police departments,” as some police groups have stepped up their ...

Police militarization penetrated a number of aspects of American life — even law enforcement attached to K-12 public schools participated in 1033. The violent repression of the Ferguson protests in ...

University of California police will be replenishing and increasing their stockpile of military-grade weapons and equipment — including drones, bullets and thousands of pepper-ball rounds — as part of ...