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Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced a proposal to ban raising property taxes in any city that cuts its police department funding, assailing plans to reduce police budgets as a threat to public safety. Abbott's announcement came as cities across the nation are being pressed to reevaluate the
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The Centre for Environment and Human Rights Development (CEHRD) has urged the Nigeria Police Force to implement the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, which was passed into law by the National Assembly in 2015 and domesticated by the Rivers State House of Assembly. The group has been working with the
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President Trump's recent comments on the issue of police violence against black Americans, including the death of George Floyd, have sparked controversy. In an interview with CBS News's Catherine Herridge, Trump appeared to dismiss the idea that anti-black racism is a problem among America's
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Fahim Saleh, a 33-year-old tech entrepreneur and CEO of Nigeria's motorcycle ride-hail company Gokada, was found dismembered in a luxury New York condo. The attack is believed to have taken place in the elevator of his apartment building in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where his assailant
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Civil rights groups, led by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, have filed a motion to add Washington D.C. Chief of Police Peter Newsham and unnamed D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers as defendants in a lawsuit against the Trump administration. The lawsuit, Black Lives
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The Enhancing Oversight to End Discrimination in Policing Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai'i), aims to strengthen the federal and state governments' ability to investigate police departments with a pattern or practice of unconstitutional
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Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), joined by Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Rand Paul (R-KY), has cosponsored an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to reform the surplus military equipment transfer program, known as the "1033 program." This program transfers military equipment,
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The Hamilton Police Service's 2020 budget of $171.5 million represents a 3.87 per cent increase over the previous year. The budget includes 17 new full-time positions, primarily to support a dedicated traffic unit, a sexual assault support program, and other specialized services. Policing costs account for
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Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) recently voted in support of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a landmark legislation aimed at addressing police violence, racial profiling, and qualified immunity. The bill, which passed the House in June 2020, takes a comprehensive approach to reforming policing practices and ensuring accountability. In
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A new amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act aims to restrict the transfer of surplus military-grade equipment to local law enforcement agencies across the United States. The Schatz-Murkowski-Harris-Paul amendment targets the 1033 program, which allows the federal transfer of military equipment to state and local law enforcement. The amendment
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In a significant move towards addressing systemic racial discrimination and police accountability, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) voted in support of the Justice in Policing Act, a sweeping legislation aimed at reforming policing practices and promoting transparency. As an original cosponsor of the bill, Perlmutter emphasized the need for
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The Senate is facing opposition from various civil and human rights groups, attorneys representing families of individuals killed by police, and members of Congress, who are urging Senators to vote 'no' on the motion to proceed with the JUSTICE Act. The act, a bill proposed by Senate Republicans,
