The legislation would not only prohibit the use of impact projectiles; rubber bullets, etc., and noxious chemical agents, such as tear gas, from being used at protests or demonstrations, it would also prohibit police departments from acquiring the following items (through purchase or otherwise):
President Joe Biden apparently wants to reinstate some Obama-era limits on police militarization. But the fact is, they are nothing but window dressing. Federal "limits" on police militarization program have been little more than window dressing. It's going to take state action to opt out and bring them to an end in practice. @mmaharrey10th pic.twitter.com/OG44CmV4hi […]
The legislation would prohibit New York state and local law enforcement agencies from receiving or purchasing the following property from a military equipment surplus program operated by the federal government.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Jan. 13, 2020) – A bill filed in the Florida House would put limits on state and local law enforcement agencies’ ability to acquire certain military equipment from federal programs.
Rep. Travaris McCurdy (D-Orlando) filed House Bill 187 (H187) and it was formally introduced on Jan. 8. The legislation would prohibit any Florida law enforcement agency from acquiring, purchasing, or accepting on any terms the following military equipment:
A weaponized unmanned aerial vehicle;
An aircraft that is configured for combat or is combat-coded and has no established commercial flight application;
A grenade or similar explosive or grenade launcher; or
An armored multi-wheeled vehicle that is mine-resistant, ambush-protected, and configured for combat
practices against impoverished people but the movements have been met with mixed results. their call for front-facing cameras was answered last year in september when ferguson officers began wearing them on their uniforms and president obama partially addressed critiques of police militarization when he announced a policy in may to end some of the transfers of combat gear to local law enforcement. changes in the makeup of the ferguson police department have fallen far short of the more representative police force. according to the associated press the department increased the number of african-american officers from three out of 50 to five. including the interim chief. those still living in the community where michael brown died say they haven t seen much difference in their day-to-day interactions with the police. the new york times reports people in ferguson s african-american neighborhoods say the police still treat residents suspiciously, still bark questions, still make arrests