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| BLM demands that Biden support 'roadmap for prison abolition' |
| 2020-11-25 |
| The Dem's [PostMillennial] The political activist group Black Lives Matter (BLM) is pressuring the Democratic party to back the BREATH Act, which contains "a roadmap for prison abolition." The political activist group Black Lives Matter (BLM) is pressuring the Democratic party to back the BREATH Act, which contains "a roadmap for prison abolition." Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of BLM, wrote a letter to presumed-President-Elect Joe Biden, asking that his administration make the passage of BREATH a priority within his first hundred days in office. In an op-ed she wrote for Teen Vogue, Cullors said that she sees the bill as a racial turning point in United States' criminal system. "Practically speaking, the BREATHE Act is a landmark civil rights bill," Cullors said. "It takes bold, progressive steps to build public safety systems that work for all of us, no matter what community we come from." The bill, made up of four sections, has a few main goals. Firstly, it calls for de-funding and reallocating police department resources, and the federal legalization of certain drugs. It proposes investing in alternatives to policing for safeguarding communities. The bill calls for higher levels of accountability and scrutiny law enforcement personnel. And finally, BREATH proposes making reparations to the black community in America. |
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