Ua toefaailoa mai e le sui faipule o Hank Johnson le tulafono a le Bipartisan i leoleo e de-Militarize

Saunia e Hank Johnson, Mati 9, 2021

E galue le Konekeresi e faʻamalosi i le Pentagon's 1033 Program e tuʻuina atu ai meatau o le militeri i matagaluega o loʻo faʻamalosia e le tulafono.

WASHINGTON, DC - O le aso nei, o Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) na toe faʻalauiloa mai le bipartisan Taofi Militarizing Tulafono Faʻamalosia Tulafono o 2021 o le a tuu ai tapulaʻa ma manino auala i luga o le "1033 polokalama," lea e faʻatagaina ai le Matagaluega o le Puipuiga (DOD) ona faʻaliliu atu sili atu militeri meafaigaluega i tulafono faʻamalosia ofisa.

O le pili a le vaega lua na faʻalauiloa mai ma le 75 tusi lagolago. Ina ia matamata i le pili, kiliki IINEI.

"O matou pitonuu e manaʻomia ona puipuia, ae o Amerika ma o matou faʻavae tama na teteʻe i le faʻanumeraina o le laina i le va o leoleo ma le militeli," o le tala lea a Johnson. “O le mea na matua manino lelei - aemaise ai lava i le maeʻa ai o le fasiotiga o George Floyd - o le nuu o Black ma Brown e faʻamamaina se auala se tasi - ma le mafaufau lelei o fitafita - ma papaʻe ma sili atu le aʻoaʻoina o nuʻu ua poloa i seisi auala. Ae le i liua se isi taulaga i se warzone ma meaalofa o grenade launchers ma maualuga-caliber fana, e tatau ona tatou toe faʻamalosia i lenei polokalame ma toe asia le tatou vaʻai i le saogalemu o Amerika taulaga ma taulaga. "

O le sui o le komesina o le itumalo i Georgia, na saunoa ai, o Johnson, e iai lava se mea e le atoatoa i ofisa o le tulafono, e aloese mai ai ma le pulega, e pei o le komisi o le itumalo, komiti poʻo le fono, e maua ai aupega o taua e aunoa ma se tali atu i ai.

E ala atu i le Defense Logistics Agency's Law Enforcement Support Office, lea o loʻo vaʻavaʻaia le polokalame 1033, ua faʻamatuʻu atu ai e le Matagaluega o le Puipuiga le $ 7.4 piliona o tupe faasili a le militeri - e masani ona maua mai i taua i fafo - i o tatou auala, mo na o le tau o le lafoina atu.

O le Taofi Militarizing Tulafono Faʻamalosia Tulafono e:

  • Puipuia le lafoina o mea faigaluega e le talafeagai mo leoleo i le lotoifale, pei o meatau a le militeri, masini faifai mamao uumi, fanafana afi, armone drone, faʻafitafitaina taʻavale afi, ma grenades poʻo ni mea faʻapapa.
  • Manaʻomia tagata mauaina faʻamaonia e mafai ona latou teuga tupe mo uma militeli meatau ma masini. I le 2012, o le vaega o meatau o le polokalame 1033 na taofia mo sina taimi le tumau, ina ua maeʻa ona maua e le DOD, o se leoleo o le atunuʻu na tufatufaina atu le tele o le ami a Humvees ma isi sapalai. O lenei pili o le a faʻasa ai le toe tufatufaina atu ma manaʻomia ai i latou e mauaina le teuga tupe mo aupega ma masini uma a le DOD.
  • O le pili o loʻo faʻaopopo ai manaʻoga e faʻamalosia ai auala vaʻavaʻaia e tausisi pea ma faʻatonutonu le fesiitaʻiina o mea faigaluega, faʻatino faiga faʻavae e mautinoa ai e le mafai e ofisa o leoleo ona soona faʻaaoga mea faigaluega mo le toe faʻatau atu, ma faʻamalamalamaina sili atu drones.

Fonotaga (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, Tau, Raskin, Rush, Schneider, Scott (Bobby), Scott (David), Schakowsky, Sewell, Speier, Takano, Tlaib, Tonko, Torres (Ritchie), Trahan, Veasey, Velazquez, Watson-Coleman, Welch.

Lagolago Lagolago: American Federation of Teacher, Beyond the Bomb, Campaign for Liberty, Center for Civiles in Conflict, Center for International Policy, Center on Conservation & War, Church World Service, CODEPINK, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Common Defense, Congregation of Our Lady of Alofa le Leoleo Mamoe Lelei, US Provinces, Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Defending Rights & Dissent, The Feminist Foreign Policy Project, Friends Committee on National Legal, Gays Against Guns, Government Information Watch , Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Tusitalafaʻasolopito mo le Filemu ma le Faʻatemokarasi, Aia Tatau a Tagata Muamua, Iapani Amerika Tagatanuu Liki, Jetpac, Siufofoga Iutaia mo le Filemu gaioiga, Faʻamasinoga o le Lalolagi, Faamasinoga mo Mosalemi Tuufaatasi, Massachusetts Peace Action, National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Lelei Leoleo Mamoe, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Partnership for Women & Families, National Priorities Project i le Inst Itute mo Faiga Faʻavae Faʻavae, Polokalame Faʻavaomalo Faʻavaomalo i le Inisitituti mo Faʻatonutonu Faiga Faʻavae, Tatala le Malo, Oxfam Amerika, 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, Restore The Fourth, ReThinking Foreign Policy, RootsAction.org, Secure Families Initiative, Security Policy Reform Institute (SPRI), South Border Communities Coalition, Stand Up America, The United Metotisi Ekalesia - General Board of Church and Society , US Labour Against Racism ma Taua, Fitafita tuai mo Amerika Manatu, Tamaʻitaʻi gaioiga mo Fou Faʻasinoga, World BEYOND War.

Mea o loʻo latou fai mai ai:

"I le sili atu ma le 1,000 maliu i lima o leoleo i tausaga uma, e tatau ona tatou vaʻai e taofi leoleo, ae le o le faʻaauupegaina i latou i ni fitafita fitafita. Ae paga lea, o le mea saʻo lena o loʻo matou faia ile Polokalame 1033, ”o le tala lea José Woss, Pule o le Fono Faitulafono i le Komiti a Uo i le Tulafono Faʻavae. "I le avea ai ma se Quaker, ou te iloa o soʻo se tasi le olaga e taua ma le Atua e nofo i o latou agaga. E maofa ai tagata filemu o le au tetee ma tagata o aso uma e pei o ni taufaamataʻu i totonu o se taua. Le faʻaleagaina ma le faʻasauā o loʻo faʻaalia i totonu o nuʻu o lanu e sili atu le leaga. O le polokalame 1033 e leai se mea i totonu o tatou auala, e tatau ona faʻaiʻu. ”

"O le faʻaleagaina o leoleo o se laʻasaga taua i le lautele lautele o sini o le faʻamutaina o le faʻailoga tagata ma taofia le faʻasauā o leoleo." Yasmine Taeb, Loia a tagata aia tatau ma alualu i luma activist. "O le faʻamalosia e leoleo o loʻo lagolagoina e auupega o taua ua faamataʻuina ai o tatou nuu, aemaise foi o tatou nuu lanu. O le militariina o tulafono a le lotoifale faʻamalosia tulafono faʻamalosia faʻavae faʻailoga lanu, Islamophobia ma xenophobia, ma fesoasoani i le tausiga o se sosaiete e le afaina ai olaga o tagata Black ma Brown. Ua tea nei le taimi mo le Fono Faitulafono e pasia ai le Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act ma faamutaina le fesiitaʻi o meatau a le militeli i lalo o le 1033 Program. "

"I le avea ai o se faavaomalo fesoasoani agaalofa, ua vaʻaia lava e Oxfam le faʻafefea o le le faʻatonutonu o le tafe o meatau faʻamalosia ai aia tatau a tagata soifua ma mafatiaga i le lalolagi atoa," fai mai Noa Gottschalk, Faiga Faʻavae a le Lalolagi i Oxfam Amerika. "O loʻo matou vaʻaia nei lava faiga masani i le US, lea o auupega o taua na faʻamatuʻu mai i le Polokalame 1033 e leʻi saogalemu ai tagata, ae ua atili ai ona faʻatupuina sauaga faʻasaga i tagata lautele --ae maise Black ma talaʻaga faʻasolitulafono nuʻu - i lima o le tele militarized. malosiaga o leoleo. O le pili a le sui o Johnson o se laʻasaga taua i le suia o lenei tulaga mataʻutia ma le toe mafaufauina o le lumanaʻi o leoleo, saogalemu o tagata lautele ma le amiotonu i le Iunaite Setete. "

“E lagolagoina malosi e le Fono a Amerika-Isilama sootaga a le Konekeresi Hank Johnson le taofi o le Militarizing Law Enforcement Act. I le toe iloiloina pe faʻafefea ona fausia sili atu na o le feterale, setete ma taulaga tulafono e faʻamalosia ai paketi, CAIR unaʻi le Konekeresi e galulue ma tagata filifilia e suʻesuʻe i filifiliga uma mo le toefuataʻiga e fua i lalo ma faʻavaivaia malosiaga o leoleo, "o le tala lea. Fono i luga o Amerika-Isilama Faʻatonu Faʻatonu o le Malo Mataupu Matagaluega Robert S. McCaw.

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