,,iv #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,,res4 #ihh ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,june #a1 #bjbj,ms4 ,pressley 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,castro of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,clyburn1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,cox of ,california1 ,ms4 ,escobar1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,ms4 ,fudge1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4 ,horsford1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,richmond1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mrs4 ,trahan1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,michael ,f4 ,doyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,ms4 ,underwood1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 and ,mr4 ,welch7 submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,,resolution ,condemning all acts of police brutality1 racial profiling1 and the use of excessive and militarized force throughout the country4 ,whereas police brutality and the use of excessive and militarized force are among the most serious ongoing human rights and civil liberties violations in the ,united ,states and have led to community destabilization1 a decrease in public safety1 and the exacerbation of structural inequities2 ,whereas the system of policing in ,america1 and its systemic targeting of and use of deadly and brutal force against people of color1 particularly ,black people1 stems from the long legacy of slavery1 lynching1 ,jim ,crow laws1 and the ,war on ,drugs in the ,united ,states and has been perpetuated by violent and harmful law enforcement practices2 ,whereas contemporary police practices that employ policing for low level offenses or so called broken windows policing1 as well as expanded and excessively militarized policing1 has led to mass criminalization1 heightened violence1 and mass incarceration that disproportionately impacts ,black and ,brown people2 ,whereas data shows there is a direct correlation between the increased militarization of a police department and corresponding levels of police brutality2 ,whereas police use of force is among the leading causes of death for young men of color2 ,whereas ,black people1 including ,black women and girls1 ,native ,americans1 and ,latinos are killed by police at disproportionately higher rates than their ,white peers2 ,whereas people with disabilities and other historically marginalized communities1 including ,,lgbtq individuals1 immigrants1 and those experiencing homelessness are significantly more likely to be criminalized and targets of police violence2 ,whereas police brutality and the use of excessive force have robbed countless communities of precious lives1 have inflicted intergenerational harm and trauma to families1 and are intensifying our ,nation's mental health crisis2 ,whereas police in the ,united ,states1 through acts of brutality and the use of excessive force1 kill far more people than police in other comparable nations and have been historically shielded from accountability2 ,whereas the killings of hundreds each year1 and the demonstrations that followed have brought sustained national attention to the racially biased police violence against people2 ,whereas the ,house of ,representatives finds that the conduct of police officers who engage in racial profiling and excessive force1 which can include shootings1 brutal beatings1 fatal chokings1 and any other excessive treatment is a violation of the ,constitution of the ,united ,states2 ,whereas the ,house of ,representatives finds that the rule of law in the ,united ,states is undermined when police officers engage in conduct inconsistent with the ,constitution of the ,united ,states2 and ,whereas the ,house of ,representatives has a moral and constitutional obligation to protect the civil rights and liberties of all people from police abuses3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7 condemns all acts of brutality1 racial profiling1 and the use of excessive force by law enforcement officers and calls for the end of militarized policing practices2 7#b7 supports strengthening efforts to eliminate instances of excessive use of force1 and conduct stringent oversight and independent investigations into instances of police brutality1 racial profiling1 and excessive use of force1 and hold individual law enforcement officers and police departments accountable1 including-- 7,a7 calling on the ,department of ,justice to-- 7i7 reinstate its role in investigating individual instances of police brutality1 violence1 and racial profiling1 and police departments that violate civil rights2 and 7ii7 take on a role in filing briefs urging courts to reconsider decisions that permit unreasonable and excessive police practices and establish meaningful oversight of consent decrees2 and 7,b7 establishing independent all-civilian review boards1 with the authority to effectively investigate incidents of police misconduct1 to ensure meaningful community level oversight1 transparency1 accountability1 and discipline of police officers2 and 7#c7 calls for the adoption of sound and unbiased law enforcement policies at all levels of government that reduce the disparate impact of police brutality and use of force on ,black and ,brown people and other historically marginalized communities4