THANK YOU FOR INITIATING THIS!
No militarized policing. Period! The U.S. should not wage war on its own people, or any people anywhere!
Now is the time for Charlottesville to rethink policing. Stop the violence, stop the aggression against our citizens.
An idea whose time has truly come! Thank you!
The military and the police are not part of each other!!!
C'Ville is a peaceful, just city overall. Let's make it even better.
The behaviors addressed in this petition were wrong when they started and they are wrong now. Police should be trained broadly in de-escalation rather than the 'us vs. them' style of conflict that occurs today. Let's make Cville a shining example of what can be.
This is pretty sane town. Violence begets the same.
Especially at this time with all the emphasis on police brutality!
It is way past time to de-militarize police departments. It must be done now. It is also the time to train all police officers in the history of racism in this country. how rampant it still is, and how it has to stop.
Do police departments really train officers to "protect" EVERYONE?
Militarization of the police must be reversed. We do not want to live in an occupied country. The police should never be an instrument able to impose elite rule on the people. If they are allowed to exist they should be servants of the people not unaccountable private power. Demilitarization is a crucial first step in moving the United States beyond its oppressive political foundations.
This is not to voice distrust. It is to insure a community service attitude over an enemy-dominance-centric one too common elsewhere.
Our beloved community needs resources that built trust and healing. Please divert funds used for military training and weapons of war to assist community members with significant needs.
We do NOT want any police that act like the out of control militaristic fanatics armed with tear gas and exploding cans with rubber in them to use on peaceful protesters. Yes, I've watched the videos from Washington DC. The police are out of control and need to be reined in or fired.
The police are not the military and weaponry and trainings that simulate war are not beneficial.
No militarized police.
Police are supposed to be peacekeepers not an armed militia to control citizens.
And no kneeling on people's neck!
Healthcare not Warfare.
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