julian castro hud
dropped out 1/20? endorse ew<div>
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</div><div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">=</font></div><div><a href="https://www.alternet.org/2020/06/senator-plans-amendment-to-end-transfer-of-military-equipment-to-local-police-as-militarization-of-cops-on-full-display"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">https://www.alternet.org/2020/06/senator-plans-amendment-to-end-transfer-of-military-equipment-to-local-police-as-militarization-of-cops-on-full-display</font></a></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">w<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ith the militarization of local police forces on full display as heavily armed cops and armored vehicles </span><a href="https://twitter.com/BartoszMilewski/status/1267252406368088064" target="blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; cursor: pointer;">patrol the streets</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and crack down on protests over the killing of George Floyd, Sen. Brian Schatz on Sunday said he plans to introduce an amendment to end the federal program that permits the transfer of excess military equipment to police departments across the nation.</span></font></div><p class="pullquote" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.8; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Police departments have come to resemble military units, contributing to deadly violence disproportionately against black Americans.”<br style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />—Philip McHarris, Yale University</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.8; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“I will be introducing an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to discontinue the program that transfers military weaponry to local police departments,” the Hawaii Democrat <a href="https://twitter.com/brianschatz/status/1267187603737964544" target="blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; cursor: pointer;">tweeted</a> late Sunday.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.8; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Julián Castro, the former Housing Secretary, applauded Schatz’s proposal, warning that “as long as our police arm up like a combat force, they’ll act like it.”...</font></p><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
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