From the National Council of Churches (http://www.ncccusa.org):
George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Walter Scott. Michael Brown. This list of unarmed blacks killed by police continues to grow. More must be done to not only hold the killers responsible but to stop the killing before it happens.
Civil rights and faith based organizations are working together to ensure that transformative change happens. These changes include setting a national standard for use of force as a last resort, ending the program that provides military equipment to police departments, and banning chokeholds and other restraints that restrict oxygen flow to the brain.
Both houses of Congress are poised to take action. The House bill incorporates many positive proposals, but more must be done. The Senate bill does absolutely nothing to take substantive action to address police violence.
They need to hear from you now. Please take action at http://nationalcouncilofchurches.us/action-alerts/ and tell your senators and representative that only significant, transformative change can begin to address the U.S. epidemic of police violence.
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