350+ LGBTQ organizations call for transformational change in policing
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metroweekly.comopen letter spearheaded by the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ rights organizations, they demand long-term, structural changes to policing, including the divestment of police resources and reinvestment of funds in communities.It comes in the wake of nationwide protests over police brutality and systemic racism against Black Americans, sparked by the death of George Floyd, who was killed last month after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes.In addition to urging Congress to pass the Justice in Policing Act — which seeks to combat police misconduct, excessive force, and racial bias in policing — the organizations outline four key principles in the letter that they argue should be.
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