H.R.7120 - George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020

 

H.R.7120 - George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020

Introduced in House (06/08/2020)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7120

This bill addresses a wide range of policies and issues regarding policing practices and law enforcement accountability. It includes measures to increase accountability for law enforcement misconduct, to enhance transparency and data collection, and to eliminate discriminatory policing practices.

The bill facilitates federal enforcement of constitutional violations (e.g., excessive use of force) by state and local law enforcement. Among other things, it does the following:

• lowers the criminal intent standard—from willful to knowing or reckless—to convict a law enforcement officer for misconduct in a federal prosecution,
• limits qualified immunity as a defense to liability in a private civil action against a law enforcement officer or state correctional officer, and
• authorizes the Department of Justice to issue subpoenas in investigations of police departments for a pattern or practice of discrimination.

The bill also creates a national registry—the National Police Misconduct Registry—to compile data on complaints and records of police misconduct.

It establishes a framework to prohibit racial profiling at the federal, state, and local levels.

The bill establishes new requirements for law enforcement officers and agencies, including to report data on use-of-force incidents, to obtain training on implicit bias and racial profiling, and to wear body camera

Sponsor:	Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (Introduced 06/08/2020)
Committees:	House - Judiciary; Armed Services; Energy and Commerce
Committee Reports:	H. Rept. 116-434
Latest Action:	Senate - 07/20/2020 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.  (All Actions)
Roll Call Votes:	There has been 1 roll call vote

The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 is a civil rights and police reform bill drafted by Democrats in the United States Congress, including members of the Congressional Black Caucus. The legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 8, 2020.^[1][2] The legislation aims to combat police misconduct, excessive force, and racial bias in policing.^[3][4]

The bill passed the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives on a mostly party-line vote of 236–181, but is not expected to advance in the Republican-controlled Senate.^[5][6] President Donald Trump opposes the legislation.^[6

 Other Sources:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7120

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2020/h119

https://www.naacp.org/latest/george-floyd-justice-policing-act-2020/

https://www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/Documents/standcomm/sclaw/FACT-SHEET_George_Floyd_Justice_in_Policing_Act_of_2020_CBC_Judiciary.pdf

https://bass.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/house-passes-george-floyd-justice-policing-act

 

 

Social Justice Now Political Action Committee (PAC)

We’re creating a bench for future actions by progressive leaders. Powered by the people, long term strategy to shake up Sacramento county’s political landscape.  ‪DONATE TODAY to the Social Justice Now Political Action Committee (PAC) to support progressive social justice candidates in Sacramento County! https://www.efundraisingconnections.com/c/SocialJusticeNow/  

For more info please contact: Kula Koenig at kulakoenig@gmail.com

#DefendBlackLives #PowerToThePeople      

 

Call Congress: Save the Postal Service Now!!

 

The 2020 Virtual March on Washington and the Commitment March will take place on the 57th anniversary of the historic March on Washington

 

Today marks the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington, a moment that calls us to recommit to the dream Dr. Martin Luther King upheld in 1963. He said, “we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check...we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.”

 

Tune in today, for the Virtual March on Washington at 11am ET and our co-chair Rev. Dr. William J. Barber’s keynote address at 9pm ET. 

https://2020march.com/?link_id=1&can_id=688d036a85ac9afc60bb4c90b1af23ce&source=email-we-are-called-to-be-a-movement-2&email_referrer=email_904871&email_subject=voting-is-power-unleashed

Black Politics After the Civil Rights Movement: Activity and Beliefs in Sacramento, 1970-2000

This important study posits a new way of understanding how ordinary Black people used the 30 years following the civil rights movement to forge a new political reality for themselves and their country. While following national trends closely, it focuses particularly on the political environment of Sacramento, California, from 1970 to 2000. Having a racial profile that is remarkably similar to the nation's demographics as a whole, Sacramento serves as a useful national proxy on the racial question. Unlike most studies of Black politics over the era, this text pays close attention to minor actors in the political process, yet places them within the context of the larger political world. We see, for example, the local effects of the War on Poverty, the Harold Washington mayoral campaigns, the Rainbow Coalition, the Million Man March, and the great increases in locally appointed and elected Black officials within the context of similar campaigns and movements nationwide.

 

                                                           David Covin, Author

The 2020 Virtual March on Washington and the Commitment March

The 2020 Virtual March on Washington and the Commitment March will take place on the 57th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, where MLK Jr. delivered his “I Have A Dream” Speech.

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Co-Chair, Poor People’s Campaign and President, Repairers of the Breach, will be speaking on August 28th @ 6 PM PT.

More details and information on how to participate coming soon but stay up to date with the latest

Text ‘POWER’ to 40649.

To register and/or see a list of scheduled events, go to: https://2020march.com/?emci=933b73a4-c6ca-ea11-9b05-00155d03bda0&emdi=498b68ec-e0ca-ea11-9b05-00155d03bda0&ceid=1829531

 

The Lies of Trump Are Too Much: We Can't Be Silent | Press Conference

 

The Lies of Trump Are Too Much: We Can't Be Silent | Press Conference

On the last day of the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, clergy of various faiths will hold a news conference titled: “The Lies of Trump Are Too Much: We Can’t Be Silent.” Speakers include Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, who was invited to speak at the news conference by the Charlotte Clergy Coalition for Justice and the North Carolina Poor People’s Campaign.  #PoorPeoplesCampaign

To watch please click: https://www.facebook.com/anewppc/videos/973487689835334/

The 2020 Census

#Vote and take the #Censo2020 to make a difference in your community!

Learn more at https://registertovote.ca.gov/es-mx and www.my2020census.gov.

It's simple. When NorCal households are undercounted, we're left underfunded & underrepresented. We can't let that happen. TAKE ACTION!

As the final day to complete the 2020 Census (September 30!) 

The 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream”

 

March on Washington events to focus on racial justice, police brutality, voting

"The event, on the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, will be live-streamed as part of the NAACP’s 2020 Virtual March on Washington, whose schedule also includes Thursday night and Friday night events. The Rev. William Barber II, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, is the scheduled keynote speaker on Friday night."

https://religionnews.com/2020/08/25/march-on-washington-events-to-focus-on-racial-justice-police-brutality-voting/

 

Black Americans still face obstacles to voting at every step of the process

• Black Americans still face massive disparities and inequalities in accessing the right to vote 150 years after the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, which extended the franchise to Black men.
• Due to ongoing racial disparities in felony charges and convictions, Black Americans are more likely than whites to be disenfranchised due to having a felony record. 
• Black voters also face barriers in many places to registering to vote at all, staying on the voter rolls, and having their mail-in ballots counted.
• Visit:  https://www.businessinsider.com/why-black-americans-still-face-obstacles-to-voting-at-every-step-2020-6

Sacramento Poor People’s Campaign (Sac PPC)

 

Sacramento Poor People’s Campaign (Sac PPC)

  

1.    PPC’s Fundamental Principles https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/about/our-principles/

 

2.    PPC’s Demands https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/about/our-demands/

 

3.    Poor People’s Moral Justice Jubilee Policy Platform https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/about/moral-justice-jubilee-policy-platform/

 

4.    Open Letter to Our Nation’s Lawmakers on Systemic Racism https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/national-day-of-fasting-and-focus/demands/

 

5.    Souls of Poor Folk Moral Audit, https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/resource/the-souls-of-poor-folk-audit/

 

6.    Poor People’s Moral Budget- https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/resource/poor-peoples-moral-budget/

 

7.    CA Fact Sheet- https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/PPC-state-fact-sheet-California.pdf

 

 

8.    Sacramento Poor People’s Campaign (Sac PPC) Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/SactoPPC/

 

9.      CA Poor People’s Campaign’s Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/californiappc/

 

10.   National Poor People’s Campaign’s Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/anewppc/

 

11.  National Poor People’s Campaign’s website -http://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org

 

 

Community News

 

California: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links

https://www.vote.org/state/california/

The 2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission to Meet on August 26, 2020: The newly formed 2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission (Commission) will be holding their first meeting on August 26, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. Please see the agenda, which was posted yesterday at WeDrawTheLines.ca.gov. The meeting will be accessible via livestream at WeDrawTheLines.ca.gov

and public comments will be taken by phone. The meeting will be recorded by a videographer and stenographer and both the video and transcript will be available as soon as practicable after the meeting.

https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/

This is how insidious systemic racism is:

“Black newborn babies in the United States are more likely to survive childbirth if they are cared for by Black doctors, but three times more likely to die when looked after by White doctors, a study has found.”

https://www.cnn.com/…/black-babies-mortality-rat…/index.html

The 2020 Black National Convention

 

 

This year’s BNC is inspired and guided by the historic 1972 National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana. convened to propose a National Black Agenda that would hold any candidates seeking the support of Black voters accountable to the needs, interests, and aspirations of Black people. Building off of this legacy, the 2020 BNC aims to reach and engage four million Black voters across the U.S., build infrastructure of Black political engagement that transcends the 2020 election season, and create and ratify a policy platform for the first 100 days of the next administration.  

For more information on the 2020 Black National Convention, Visit:  https://blacknovember.org/

Rosenwald “Robbie” Robertson Scholarships

Sacramento, CA. 2018 ---The Sacramento Area Black Caucus, Inc. will award Rosenwald “Robbie” Robertson Scholarships this spring.  $500.00 scholarships are awarded to students who best demonstrate the standards of academic achievement, leadership, and service to the African American community, all characteristics which the late City Councilman and community leader, Rosenwald Robertson exemplified. The awards will be presented May 2018.

Applicants must be graduates of a Sacramento area high school by the end of the spring term, 2018. Applicants must be a recent high school graduate or a college/university student. Previous award recipients are

eligible to apply.                                                                                                                             

PLEASE NOTE NEW GUIDELINES FOR ALL AWARD RECIPIENTS.

Deadline for completed applications is March 30, 2018

Applicants can download the application at: https://goo.gl/qQePU3

For more information regarding the scholarship and applications call: SABC’s office at (916) 484-5025 or                                                                         

(E-mail): sblackcaucus4@gmail.com

SABC's Annual Scholarship Recognition Dinner, Saturday, May 5, 2018

 The Annual Cheryl Ann Fisher Scholarship

The Rosenwald “Robbie” Robertson Scholarship

Dr. Alexandre Kimenyi Fund for FORA

&

The Black Parallel School Board Scholarship

Scholarship Recognition Dinner

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Maisha Winn: Dr. Winn is the Chancellor’s Leadership Professor, and the Co-Director of the Transformative Justice in Education Center, in the School of Education, at the University of California, Davis

Saturday, May 5, 2018 

6:00pm to 8:30pm

A Toucha ‘Class Restaurant & Sports Bar, 4217 Stockton Blvd.,

Sacramento, CA 95820

Donation: $10.00 per person

Please RSVP by April 27, 2018 via e-mails below

Please make check payable to: SABC

For tickets and to RSVP

E-mail: sblackcaucus4@gmail.com  or call: (916) 627-8650

Northern California Regional Steering Committee of the Poor People’s Campaign

Northern California Regional Steering Committee 

of the  Poor People’s Campaign 

 MORAL MONDAY MASS MEETING, Monday, April 16, 2018 from 6:30PM - 8:30PM at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 2620 Capitol Ave, Sacramento CA 95816. Featuring KEYNOTE SPEAKER Bishop Yvette Flunder, FOUR PILLARS TESTIMONY ~ MUSICAL ACTS ~ SPOKEN WORD. Join the Campaign!!

 To RSVP please visit Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/moral-monday-mass-meeting-of-the-northern-california-poor-peoples-campaign-a-national-call-for-tickets-43903052211

Save The Date:Saturday, September 9, 2017

15^th Annual Congress of African Peoples’ Convening

Save The Date:

Saturday, September 9, 2017

9:00am-1:00pm

2017 Theme:

“ADVANCING OUR AGENDA BY

Organizing for Empowerment”

The program will feature: speakers, lunch, vendors and networking opportunities

For more info contact: sblackcaucus4@gmail.com

2018 Is an Election Year: A Call To Action

2018

Is an Election Year

The Sacramento Area Black Caucus

Wants to Know

What are you

Going to do?=

Summary of After the 2016 Election Dialogue/Discussion

Summary of After the 2016 Election Dialogue/Discussion

Sacramento Black Agenda

Items of Importance identified at the November 30^th 2016 Meeting

1. Working for greater unity while recognizing our differences - being present for each other, this idea was also represented by the statement, unity without uniformity.

2. Recognizing the importance of young people in promoting social change and social movements (Black Lives Matter), for example.

3. Pursuing short-term, mid-term, and long-term agendas.

4. Utilizing existing organizations as a means of bringing us together collectively.

5. Developing a political agenda to achieve power, locally and nationally. Our demands should be a reflection of our times, not the past.

6. We need to create our own social safety nets, providing for ourselves, what the government will not.

7. Education, Economics, and Politics are the bases for power. Economic power is central for improving our collective well-being, it is essential to increase our economic power.

8. We need to identify the specific issues which will constitute our agenda.

9. It is absolutely necessary that we mobilize our population.

10. We should all support Black people throughout the city, not restrict ourselves physically, or engagement to separate pockets of Black residency and presence.

11. This effort must be based on collective, not personal, agendas.

12. Results matter. Our efforts should be oriented toward producing results, that means we should share a common summation of where we are, how we got here, and how to proceed for the future.

13. Our unity should be based on shared principles which we identify specifically as the means which identify our goals and our means for achieving them.

14. We need to ally with others who can help us achieve our goals when it is appropriate to do so, and when such alliances are in conformity with our own shared principles.

15. We need to share information with each other, inform each other, as through Saturday Schools, which do not need to be limited to children.

16. It is time for us to do something for us.

17. We need to get into the ghetto. We need to be there to destroy gangs. They serve no positive purpose.

18. This effort must be about concrete collective achievement.

19. We need to identify what 501 C (3)s are doing, and how we can work with them.

20. We must get young people involved in what we are doing (see #2 above).

21. We have to recognize and incorporate into our efforts the importance of technology.

22. We need to focus our efforts on specific conditions. One is Black child deaths.

23. We need to proceed by beginning with small, strategic, effective steps.

24. Our self-information (see # 15 above) should include specific topics which will be effected by the political tsunami which has just taken place.

25. Our focus on Black economics should include buying property collectively, an activity which will not only increase our collective wealth, but will also enable us to hire each other.

26. We should work on providing opportunities for people who are released from incarceration to find employment and enable them to lead fulfilling lives.

27. We should maintain liaisons with elected officials, and we should receive periodic, regular legislative updates from them.

28. We need to achieve the 90% marker, a minimum of 90% of Black people vote in elections.

29. Each of us should bring more people to the next meeting.

SABC  hosted monthly meetings since November 2016 building and renewing a call for Sacramento Black Agenda for 2017 and 2018.