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As @TheBlackCaucus and @HouseJudiciary continue to craft a comprehensive legislative response, I want to highlight a few other bills I cosponsor that are ready for action now:
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1. @RepHankJohnson's Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act, which would end the transfers of certain military equipment to local law enforcement. In 2017 President Trump fully restored DOD's program that transferred more than $6 billion in military equipment to our streets.
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@JacksonLeeTX18's End Racial Profiling Act, which prohibits federal, state, and local law enforcement from racial profiling.Show this thread -
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@RepJeffries' Eric Garner Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act, which makes the use of chokeholds by law enforcement unlawful through an amendment to civil rights statute.Show this thread -
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@RepCohen's National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act, which would require federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to collect and publish data on the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers.Show this thread -
5. And his Police Training and Independent Review Act, which authorizes the DOJ to award grants to States that require law enforcement officers to be trained on ethics and racial bias, cultural diversity, and police interaction with the disabled, mentally ill, and new immigrants.
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@RepGwenMoore's Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act requires a state or local government that receives funding under the JAG program to train law enforcement officers on de-escalation techniques and require law enforcement to use such techniques.Show this thread -
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@RepJasonCrow's Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act, which provides incentives for local police departments to voluntarily adopt performance-based standards to minimize incidents of misconduct, improve operations and enhance community accountability.Show this thread -
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@RepRoKhanna's PEACE Act, which would change the use of force standard for federal officers to require that force must be necessary, as a last resort, to prevent imminent death or serious bodily injury.Show this thread -
Congress must act. We have legislation ready now, and we have more on the way. This is a rare moment of stark right and wrong. I urge
@senatemajldr McConnell, and all my Republican colleagues, to think long and hard before choosing a side.Show this thread
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