Democrats Vote to Demilitarize the Police
Democrats Vote to Demilitarize the Police
The vote not only took about 3,000 police officers off the street, but it also eliminated qualified immunity, banned no-knock warrants in drug cases, banned military equipment, withholds funds from departments utilizing specific restraints, and will create a police database without protection.
The no-knock warrant ban will give armed and dangerous criminals time to destroy evidence, while the banned military equipment will make departments unable to assist with natural disasters and missing people.
Eliminating Qualified Immunity and Banning No-Knock Warrants in Drug Cases
Eliminating Qualified Immunity
The bill eliminates qualified immunity, which allows officers to make split-second decisions to stop a fatal threat. Eliminating qualified immunity will increase the number of innocent victims and officer deaths.
Banning No-Knock Warrants in Drug Cases
Furthermore, the bill bans No-Knock Warrants in drug cases even when the dwellers are known to be armed and dangerous (while allowing the occupants to destroy the evidence sought).
Banning Military Equipment and Withholding Funds for Using Restraint
Banning Military Equipment
The bill goes on to ban military equipment, whose vehicles the police use for floods, snowstorms, tornadoes, and fire situations. Military equipment assists police with mass casualty violence, domestic terrorism, and missing people.
Withholding Funds for Using Restraint
Additionally, police departments that use chokeholds and carotid holds will not receive money from the COPS or Byrne grants without exception, such as in instances where lethal force is needed to stop a person from inflicting harm or death upon another.
Create a Police Database Without Protection
Create a Police Database Without Protection
Finally, the bill wants to create a federal database to hold all law enforcement officers responsible (Police Reporting Information Data and Evidence Act [PRIDE]). The bill doesn’t include protections for wrongfully accused or misidentified officers.
Jonathan Thompson, Executive Director and CEO of the National Sheriffs’ Association, asks the National Police Misconduct Registry to “be limited to allegations of improper use of force” in a letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader.
“funds should be allocated to cover the costs to agencies to hire additional personnel to record all of the additional data and reports.”
If we learned anything, fewer cops means more crime. If Democrats wanted genuine reform, they would have worked with Republicans to draft a bipartisan bill protecting America’s men and women in uniform and its citizens.
The March 3rd, 2021 vote proved they desired the opposite.
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