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| http://www.schatz.senate.gov/view/we-need-to-demilitarize-the-police_sen-brian-schatz | We Need to Demilitarize the Police | Sen. Brian Schatz | 2020-08-05 | 2020 | 2020-08 | Democrat | House | HI | Brian Schatz | S001194 | www.schatz.senate.gov | legacy | American communities are not battlefields. The American people are not enemy combatants. And groups on the left and right agree: it's time to start to demilitarize the police. Senator Schatz introduced an amendment that would limit the transfer of tear gas and other weapons of war to police, as well as ban police from using military equipment from the 1033 program against peaceful demonstrators. To hear more about what we're up to, connect with us on: Twitter ? @SenBrianSchatz Instagram ? @SenBrianSchatz Facebook ? @SenBrianSchatz Online ? www.schatz.senate.gov | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |