* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Scott
A Resolution Entitled
A Council Resolution concerning
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Request for Federal Action - Declaring Police Related Deaths of Unarmed Black Americans a Homeland Security Crisis.
For the purpose of calling on President Trump to declare the deaths of unarmed Black Americans at the hands of the police in America a Homeland Security Crisis, and further requesting that the President direct the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security to invest resources into solving one of our nation’s longstanding and unaddressed problems through either direct action or partnership with local and state governments.
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People of color comprised just 38.5 percent of the U.S. population, but 51.5 percent of all years of life lost in police related deaths from 2015 to 2016. Furthermore, African Americans died at a rate of 7.2 per million compared to rate of 2.9 per million for White Americans in police related deaths.
The safety and protection of the public while sustaining everyone’s civil rights should be the paramount concern and duty of law enforcement officials. The Department of Justice has the monumental responsibility of ensuring that civil rights protections are enforced, especially for those who are too often the target of violations, including Black Americans and other people of color.
Following several high profile in-custody deaths President Obama launched a 21st Century po...
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