I am running for Congress in a time that multiple crises intersect in our society. I am then compelled to look for solutions that can be implemented at the federal level, just as Bernie Sanders. #BLM #BlackLivesMatter
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A few days ago on Twitter Bernie said, "Every killing of a person held in police custody must be investigated by the Department of Justice.", this is something I couldn't agree more on but we need to go even further.
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Deaths by Law Enforcement Officers, must be both be investigated and prosecuted as Federal crimes.https://nbcnews.to/36VSCxR
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The prosecution is essential as local prosecutors are so dependent on local police testimony that they channel defense attorneys in Grand Jury presentations. https://ideas.dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=dlr …
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That plus Police Bill of Rights and very loose state laws on police use of force that it results in less than 1% indictment 0.3% conviction in police cases.https://www.vox.com/identities/2016/8/13/17938234/police-shootings-killings-prosecutions-court …
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Finally, let us note that 25 states have passed Stand Your Ground laws which fundamentally devalue human life and, which in practice are Jim Crow laws in that the murder of blacks by whites is the most common result. https://www.usccr.gov/pubs/2020/04-06-Stand-Your-Ground.pdf …
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Justice demands that the right to life and the equality of all people be restored by making murder a Federal crime. Our founding fathers were privileged white men who never imagined the day where where such a law would be necessary. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/01/george-floyd-death-police-violence-in-the-us-in-4-charts.html …
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Will our Congress pass such legislation? I can pretty much guarantee that such legislation will not pass if no one proposes it.
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