Americans are being policed with military-grade weapons. This has to stop | Hank Johnson and Michael Shank

Predator drones and armored personnel carriers have become commonplace in US cities. Congress has the power to fix this America’s main streets are a warzone. This should trouble every American, irrespective of their political leaning. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are near impossible to realize when our streets are policed so militarily. Our nation’s founders would be outraged, so as we commemorate the 250th anniversary this year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it

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