[Freedom March NYC\Black Women]
The vigil for Black women will be held in collaboration with: Justice for Black Girls; Black Women’s March; NAN Youth Huddle; Until Freedom; Girl Vow; Black Chef Movement; Fuel the People; and more.
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Qualified Immunity
Rep. Pressley Objects to Massachusetts Qualified Immunity Bill Changes
[Qualified Immunity\ Massachusetts]
Rep. Pressley: I urge the Massachusetts Senate to fight to preserve the language in the original bill. We will not be intimidated by scare tactics and misinformation from the police union and other special interest groups.”
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NAACP: We Support the “George Floyd Justice in Policing Act”
[George Floyd Justice in Policing Act]
NAACP: “While the enactment of the ‘George Floyd Justice in Policing Act’ is not going to solve all of our problems, it is a necessary first step to end brutality and save American lives.”
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Black America Continually Victimized by Systemic Racism and Economic Violence
[Police Brutality\Economic Inequality]
Rev. Jackson: “Police serve as an occupying force in poor communities of color because those communities exist — often created by red-lining — worsened by savage inequality.”
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End Qualified Immunity for Police, Defund Part of Police Budget
[Eric Logan\Our Revolution]
Geiger: “With uprisings sweeping the country in the wake of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor’s murders at the hands of racist police officers, it’s clear that systemic racism in law enforcement is an urgent national problem.”
Photo: Color of Change
AFT President Weingarten Welcomes Introduction of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020
[American Federation of Teachers\Justice in Policing Act of 2020]
Weingarten: “This legislation makes clear that police brutality, misconduct, harassment and killing have no place in this country.”
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BERNIE SANDERS CALLS FOR SWEEPING REFORMS TO ADDRESS POLICE VIOLENCE
[George Floyd\Bernie Sanders]
Sanders listed the following goals “to seriously address an intolerable situation in this country:”
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