JCPA: Urge Congress to Help End Police Violence

The following statement was submitted by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA). 

Tomorrow, June 10, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on policing practices accountability. Additionally, a bill addressing police violence may be debated and amended as soon as next week. We must act now to ensure that any legislative package passed includes meaningful reform to prevent police violence.

Millions of people around the world are taking to the streets to protest the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and the countless other Black men and women killed or abused by law enforcement. The Jewish community has an important role to play in speaking out for reform. The time is now to pass structural police reform to address the inequities.

ACT NOW!

Send a message to your members of Congress urging them to include in any legislative package eight federal police reform priorities, including on the use of force, police accountability, racial profiling, militarization, data collection, qualified immunity, and training. These priorities have been endorsed by JCPA and over 440 other civil rights organizations.