stinkyhat:stinkyhat:Biden’s pledge to alter the 1033 program because of his supposed commitment to r
stinkyhat:stinkyhat:Biden’s pledge to alter the 1033 program because of his supposed commitment to racial justice is an affront. The militarization of police forces across the U.S. has helped turn these agencies into brutal weapons of repression.The 1033 program allows police agencies to purchase military weapons at a discount, resulting in the hyper-militarization of police agencies across the U.S. Since the 1990s, $7.4 billion in military gear has been transferred.Biden’s proposed cosmetic changes to the 1033 program aren’t enough. What is required is demilitarization & an end to the police occupation of colonized Black & Brown communities. Sign our petition today. Hyper-policing, incarceration, surveillance, military assaults & murders have long characterized the relationship between U.S. intelligence & police agencies & the Black & Brown colonized & working classes of the U.S. We demand Biden abolish the 1033 program. We call on communities that received tanks, armored personnel carriers, machine guns, grenade launchers and other weapons to document and return them to federal authorities.https://twitter.com/Blacks4Peace/status/1377763420158722053https://blackallianceforpeace.com/10331033 Fact Sheetplease take some time to read about how biden is contributing to police brutality and the militarization of police -- source link