Bill > HRes451

This resolution strongly condemns police brutality globally, acknowledging its widespread occurrence across continents and its disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations like racial minorities, women, migrants, and LGBTQIA+ communities. The resolution highlights alarming statistics, such as the Small Arms Survey's finding that 19,000 people were killed by police annually between 2007-2012, and notes that police brutality can include excessive force, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention, and unnecessary use of crowd control weapons. The resolution calls on the U.S. government to take several significant actions, including eliminating police brutality domestically, prohibiting arms and equipment sales to countries with human rights violations, ending militarized policing tactics, and redirecting funding toward peacebuilding and mental health programs. Additionally, it urges U.S. businesses to adopt strict protocols preventing the sale of policing equipment to countries with demonstrated patterns of police brutality. The resolution recognizes that such brutality not only undermines the rule of law and erodes public confidence but can also radicalize vulnerable populations, as evidenced by a 2017 UN Development Program report showing that over 70 percent of individuals who joined violent extremist groups in Africa cited government actions, including police brutality, as a key motivating factor.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/451/all-info