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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing |
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Act is critical to holding police accountable, ending racial |
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profiling, and building trust between law enforcement and local |
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communities; and |
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WHEREAS, The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act will |
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establish national standards to combat the very preventable public |
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health and human rights crisis of police brutality; in addition to |
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prohibiting federal, state, and local law enforcement from racial, |
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religious, and discriminatory profiling, the measure will require |
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law enforcement to collect data on all investigatory activities; it |
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will establish federal deadly force standards and save lives by |
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limiting the use of military equipment by police and by banning |
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deadly and discriminatory practices such as choke holds and |
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no-knock warrants in drug cases; and |
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WHEREAS, The act will also hold police accountable by making |
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it easier to prosecute police misconduct and allow individuals to |
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recover damages in civil court; the Department of Justice Civil |
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Rights Division will be given greater subpoena power to investigate |
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police misconduct, and a nationwide registry will be created to |
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prevent problematic officers from avoiding accountability by |
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moving jurisdictions; and |
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WHEREAS, All Americans deserve to live free from the threat |
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of wanton police violence and misconduct, and it is incumbent on the |
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federal government to pass comprehensive police reform; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas, |
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2nd Called Session, hereby respectfully urge the U.S. Congress to |
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pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the |
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members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that |
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this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a |
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memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |