Congressman Hank Johnson Abwezeretsanso Bipartisan Bill ku De-Militarize Police

Wolemba Hank Johnson, Marichi 9, 2021

Congressman amayesetsa kuyambiranso pulogalamu ya Pentagon ya 1033 yomwe imapereka zida zankhondo kumadipatimenti oyang'anira zamalamulo kwaulere.

WASHINGTON, DC - Lero, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) adayambitsanso bipartisan Stop Militarizing Law Enforcing Act ya 2021 zomwe zitha kuyika malire ndi kuwonekera poyera pa "pulogalamu ya 1033," yomwe imalola Dipatimenti Yachitetezo (DOD) kusamutsa zida zankhondo zochulukirapo kumaofesi apolisi.

Bipartisan bill idayambitsidwa ndi 75 cosponsors. Kuti muwone bilu, dinani PANO.

"Madera athu akuyenera kutetezedwa, koma aku America ndi makolo athu oyambitsa adatsutsa kusokoneza kusiyana pakati pa apolisi ndi asitikali," atero a Johnson. "Chomwe chakhala chikuwululidwa bwino - makamaka pambuyo pa kuphedwa kwa George Floyd - ndikuti magulu akuda ndi a Brown amapangidwa njira imodzi - ndi malingaliro ankhondo - ndipo madera azungu komanso olemera amapatsidwa njira ina. Tawuni ina isanasanduke malo achitetezo okhala ndi mfuti zophulitsira mfuti komanso mfuti zapamwamba kwambiri, tiyenera kuyambiranso pulogalamuyi ndikuyambiranso za chitetezo cha mizinda ndi matauni aku America. ”

Rep. Johnson, wamkulu wakale wa boma ku Georgia, adati pali china chake cholakwika ndi mabungwe oyang'anira zamalamulo opyola olamulira awo - monga County Commission, board kapena Council - kuti alandire zida zankhondo popanda kuyankha kulikonse kwanuko.

Kudzera mu Defense Logistics Agency's Law Enforcing Support Office, yomwe imayang'anira pulogalamu ya 1033, department of Defense yasamutsa $ 7.4 biliyoni mu zida zankhondo zochulukirapo - nthawi zambiri kuchokera kumabwalo ankhondo akunja - kupita kumisewu yathu, pamtengo wokhawo wotumizira.

Lamulo la Stop Militarizing Law Enforuction Act:

  • Pewani kusamutsidwa kwa zida zosayenera kupolisi yakomweko, monga zida zankhondo, zida zamiyambo yayitali, zophulitsa ma grenade, ma drones okhala ndi zida, magalimoto ankhondo, ndi ma grenade kapena mabomba ena ofanana.
  • Afunseni kuti olandila atsimikizire kuti amatha kuwerengera zida zonse zankhondo ndi zida zawo. Mu 2012, gawo la zida za pulogalamu ya 1033 lidayimitsidwa kwakanthawi DOD itapeza kuti sheriff wakomweko adapereka gawo lankhondo lambiri Humvees ndi zina. Ndalamayi ikanaletsa kuperekanso mphatso ndikufunira olandila kuti aziwerengera zida zonse ndi zida za DOD.
  • Lamuloli likuwonjezera zofunikira pakukhazikitsa njira zomwe zimayendetsedwa ndikuwongolera kusamutsidwa kwa zida, kugwiritsa ntchito mfundo zowonetsetsa kuti mabungwe apolisi sangapitirire zida zogulitsanso, ndikumafotokozera momveka bwino ma drones.

Othandizira (75): Adams (Alma), Barragan, Bass, Beatty, Beyer, Blumenauer, Bowman, Brown (Anthony), Bush, Carson, Castor, Cicilline, Clark (Katherine), Clarke (Yvette), Cohen, Connolly, DeFazio, DeGette, DeSaulnier, Eshoo, Espaillat, Evans, Foster, Gallego, Garcia (Chuy), Garcia (Sylvia), Gomez, Green, Grijalva, Hastings, Hayes, Huffman, Jackson Lee, Jayapal, Jones (Mondaire), Kaptur, Khanna, Larsen, Lawrence Brenda), Lee (Barbara), Levin (Andy), Lowenthal, Matsui, McClintock, McCollum, McGovern, Moore (Gwen), Moulton, Norton, Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Payne, Pingree, Pocan, Porter, Pressley, Mtengo, Raskin, Rush, Schneider, Scott (Bobby), Scott (David), Schakowsky, Sewell, Speier, Takano, Tlaib, Tonko, Torres (Ritchie), Trahan, Veasey, Velazquez, Watson-Coleman, Welch.

Kuthandiza Mabungwe: American Federation of Teachers, Beyond the Bomb, Campaign for Liberty, Center for Civilians in Conflict, Center for International Policy, Center of Conscience & War, Church World Service, CODEPINK, Mgwirizano Wothetsa Chiwawa Cha Mfuti, Chitetezo Chokha, Mpingo wa Dona Wathu wa Charity of the Good Shepherd, Madera aku US, Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Defending Rights & Dissent, The Feminist Foreign Policy Project, Komiti Ya Anzanu Palamulo Ladziko, Gays Against Guns, Government Information Watch , Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Akatswiri Akale ka Mtendere ndi Demokalase, Ufulu Wachibadwidwe Choyamba, Japan American Citizens League, Jetpac, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, Justice ndi Global, Justice for Muslim Collective, Massachusetts Peace Action, National Advocacy Center ya Sisters of the Mbusa Wabwino, Mgwirizano Wadziko Lonse Wotsutsana Ndi Ziwawa Zam'banja, Mgwirizano Wadziko Lonse wa Akazi & Mabanja, Ntchito Yoyambira Padziko Lonse ku Inst itute for Policy Study, New Internationalism Project ku Institute for Policy Study, Tsegulani Boma, Oxfam America, Pax Christi USA, Peace Action, Poligon Education Fund, Progressive Democrats of America, Project Blueprint, Project On Government Oversight (POGO), The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Kubwezeretsanso Chachinayi, Kuganizira Mfundo Zakunja, RootsAction.org, Secure Families Initiative, Security Policy Reform Institute (SPRI), Southern Border Communities Coalition, Stand Up America, United Methodist Church - General Board of Church and Society , US Labor Against Racism and War, Veterans for American Ideals, Women's Action for New Directions, World BEYOND War.

Zomwe akunena:

"Ndi anthu opitilira 1,000 ophedwa ndi apolisi chaka chilichonse, tiyenera kukhala tikuyang'ana kuletsa apolisi, osati kuwapatsa zida zankhondo zowopsa. Zachisoni, ndizomwe tikupanga ndi Program ya 1033, "adatero José Woss, Woyang'anira Nyumba Yamalamulo ku Komiti Ya Anzanu pa National National Legisl. "Monga Quaker, ndikudziwa kuti moyo uliwonse ndiwofunika ndi kuti Mulungu amakhala mu moyo wawo. Ndizowopsa kuti owonetsa mtendere amtendere komanso nzika zamasiku onse zimawoneka ngati ziwopsezo mdera lankhondo. Khalidwe lachiwerewere komanso zachiwawa zomwe zikuwonetsedwa m'malo amtundu ndizoyipitsitsa. Pulogalamu ya 1033 ilibe malo m'misewu yathu, iyenera kutha. "

"Kupondereza apolisi ndi gawo lofunikira pofikira zolinga zakuthana ndi tsankho komanso kuthana ndi nkhanza za apolisi," adatero. Yasmine Taeb, loya wa anthu komanso womenyera ufulu. "Apolisi ankhondo atathandizidwa ndi zida zankhondo asokoneza madera athu, makamaka magulu athu amitundu. Gulu lankhondo lokakamiza likulimbikitsa kusankhana mitundu, Islamophobia ndi xenophobia, ndipo zimathandizira kukonza gulu lomwe miyoyo ya anthu akuda ndi a Brown ilibe nazo ntchito. Yakwana nthawi yoti Congress ikhazikitse lamulo loti Militarizing Law Enforcing Act ndikuletsa kusamutsa zida zankhondo malinga ndi pulogalamu ya 1033. ”

"Monga bungwe lothandiza anthu padziko lonse lapansi, a Oxfam amadzionera okha momwe zida zosaletseka zikuwonjezera kuphwanya ufulu wa anthu padziko lonse lapansi," adatero. Noah Gottschalk, Global Policy Lead ku Oxfam America. "Tikuwona zomwezi kuno ku US, komwe zida zankhondo zomwe zidasinthidwa kudzera mu pulogalamu ya 1033 sizinapangitse anthu kukhala otetezeka, koma zidalimbikitsa chiwawa chowonjezeka kwa anthu wamba - makamaka anthu akuda komanso omwe adasalidwa kale - m'manja mwa omwe akumenya nkhondo kwambiri apolisi. Ndalama za nthumwi ya Johnson ndiye gawo lofunikira pakusinthira mchitidwe wakuphawu ndikuganizira za tsogolo la apolisi, chitetezo cham'madera ndi chilungamo ku United States. ”

"Council on American-Islamic Relations imathandizira kwambiri a Congressman Hank Johnson's Stop Militarizing Law Enforment Act. Pakuwunikiranso momwe angakhazikitsire ndalama zoyendetsera boma, maboma ndi mizinda, CAIR imalimbikitsa Congress kuti igwire ntchito ndi akuluakulu osankhidwa kuti afufuze njira iliyonse yosinthira yomwe ingachepetse ndikuwononga apolisi, "adatero. Council on American-Islamic Relations Director of Government Affairs department a Robert S. McCaw.

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