,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #abdj  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,november #bd1  
#bjbj,ms4 ,omar submitted the following 
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in    
addition to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,affairs1 for a period to be            
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,,resolution  ,expressing condemnation  
for police brutality wherever in the    
world it occurs4  ,whereas1 in #bjbj1   
there have been significant peaceful    
assemblies protesting against police    
brutality throughout the world1         
including in the ,united ,states2       
,whereas police brutality may include   
human rights violations such as the use 
of excessive force1 extrajudicial       
killings1 arbitrary detention1 torture1 
and the use of lethal rounds and the    
unnecessary use of less-lethal crowd    

control weapons by law enforcement1 in  
response to peaceful assemblies2        
,whereas police brutality may occur     
prior to an arrest1 during crowd control
 operations1 during an arrest1 and while
 an individual is in custody2 ,whereas  
the ,small ,arms ,survey identified that
 between #bjjg-bjab1 #ai1jjj people     
worldwide were killed by police         
annually2 ,whereas a #bjag ,united      
,nations ,development ,program report   
found that more than #gj percent of     
individuals who had joined violent      
extremist groups across ,africa         
self-reported that government action1   
including police brutality1 was the     
determining factor in their decision to 
join such groups2 ,whereas the ,united  
,states is the largest arms exporter in 
the world1 including as the top provider
 to #ac out of #ai countries in the     
,middle ,east2 ,whereas the ,united     
,states is the largest developer and    
exporter of less-lethal weapons1        
including tear gas1 in the world2       

,whereas the ,united ,states1 especially
 under the auspices of the wars on drugs
 and global terrorism1 has in recent    
decades dramatically increased its      
influence on the tactics1 equipment1 and
 purpose of policing around the world2  
,whereas during that same period and    
under those same auspices1 domestic     
police forces at the ,state1 local1 and 
,federal level have become increasingly 
militarized in both equipment and       
tactics2 ,whereas several ,united       
,states embassies in ,africa released   
statements in the aftermath of the ,may 
#be1 #bjbj1 police killing of           
,minneapolis resident ,george ,floyd1   
explicitly recognizing the foreign      
policy dimension of domestic police     
violence2 ,whereas many of those        
statements included reminders of the    
importance of an impartial judicial     
system and accountability for state     
security forces who commit human rights 
violations2 ,whereas on a global scale1 
police brutality occurs on every        

continent1 in both democracies and      
dictatorships1 and in countries that are
 both partners and adversaries of the   
,united ,states2 ,whereas on a global   
scale1 police brutality                 
disproportionately harms already        
vulnerable people1 including racial1    
ethnic1 and religious minorities1 women1
 migrants1 people with disabilities1 and
 members of the ,,lgbtqia community2 and
 ,whereas on a global scale1 impunity   
for both individual police officers and 
departments or units who commit police  
brutality is an endemic problem3 ,now1  
therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of    
,representatives-- 7#a7 condemns police 
brutality wherever in the world it      
occurs2  7#b7 stands with peaceful      
protesters around the world in their    
calls for justice and accountability for
 police brutality2  7#c7 recognizes that
 police brutality disproportionately    
targets already vulnerable populations1 
including racial1 ethnic1 religious     
minorities1 women1 migrants1 and the    

,,lgbtqia community2  7#d7 recognizes   
that impunity for police brutality      
undermines the rule of law1 erodes      
public confidence in state institutions 
and degrades social cohesion2  7#e7     
calls on the ,united ,states ,government
 to-- 7,a7 take immediate and           
significant steps to eliminate police   
brutality and impunity for police       
brutality in the ,united ,states2  7,b7 
prohibit the sales of arms1 ammunition1 
and less-lethal policing equipment to   
countries with demonstrated patterns of 
human rights violations by security     
forces or impunity for human rights     
violations by security forces2  7,c7    
prohibit other forms of security        
assistance1 including police training1  
to countries with demonstrated patterns 
of human rights violations by security  
forces or impunity for human rights     
violations by security forces2  7,d7 use
 its voice1 vote1 and influence in      
international institutions to work      
toward the elimination of police        

brutality and ending impunity for police
 brutality around the world2  7,e7 end  
the use of militarized equipment and    
tactics in policing both at home and    
abroad2 and  7,f7 reallocate funding in 
both the ,united ,states and abroad to  
peacebuilding1 job training1 counseling 
and mental health programming1 and      
violence-preventing programming2 and    
7#f7 calls on businesses based in the   
,united ,states that sell lethal and    
less-lethal policing equipment to adopt 
strict protocols prohibiting the sale of
 such articles to countries with        
demonstrated patterns of police         
brutality or impunity for police        
brutality4