The "Insert Names Here" Act
The Issue
The “Insert Name Here’ Act
WE THE PEOPLE are tired of not being an essential part of “We The People. “ Your initial thought was what you have been conditioned to think, your second defines who you are. If you thought of anything other than a human being, but rather White American, Black American, Latin American, Asian American and the difference among them, you give insight to the structural prejudice and systematic racism, hindering legalities brought upon the backs of minorities, and WE THE PEOPLE are tired. We are tired of watching our children be baited into persecution of a crime they did not commit, we are tired of watching our fathers, uncles, brothers, mothers, sisters, and aunts be subconsciously hunted by the very people that are employed and call to duty to protect us. For GENERATIONS we have barred the pain of existing in a nation that does not believe we deserve to exist the same way, or next too. The very rights granted to us in the Amendments have been rigorously violated, found in the Constitution to protect and serve every citizen of the United States. Here are some recent examples:
The life and liberty of Breonna Taylor was taken, and ultimately violated leading to her death in the hands of law enforcement of Louisiana. The Fourth Amendment should have and could have protected her life, had her life been valued as a citizen of this nation. The Amendment states the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and seizures shall NOT be violated. The particularity of the persons or things to be seized was directly violated by the officers storming into the home due to enforced No-Knock Warrant, and the innocent life of BREONNA TAYLOR was taken, “Insert Name Here.”
AHMAUD ARBERY. Another black citizen of this country whose rights were violated, whose life was taken at the hands of systematic racism, in a nation where he subconsciously seen as subhuman. The law did not protect Ahmaud at the very face of the persecution. It was only much later were his attackers subjected to the crime of murder for killing another defenseless, innocent human being, another black citizen of America. Section I of Amendment XIV states Ahmaud's rights to get his killers convicted. As any State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. The legal privilege granted to the murderers of Ahmaud grant insight to the foundation of prejudice, in a nation allowed to avoid the acts of racism and prejudice intentions, conscious and unconscious. The law did not protect, nor did it rush to justify in the best way possible the murder of AHMAUD ARBERY, “Insert Name Here.”
“I CAN’T BREATHE,” ERIC GARNER AND GEORGE FLOYD. Sworn to Duty Officer Daniel Pantaleo wrapped his arm around Eric's neck while he pleaded for his life, as Law Enforcement believed Eric Garner was selling cigarettes from packs without tax stamps. Excessive force was used against Eric when he attempted to arrest him based on the accusation. This excessive force mentioned was trained, hired, educated, and granted the right to discretion on whether or not to harm another human being, ending another citizen’s life. Eric Garner chanted to the individual sworn to protect him, 11 times that he could not breathe. GEORGE FLOYD was accused of passing a twenty-dollar bill counterfeit. Derek Chauvin, Tou Thao, Thomas Lane, J.Alexander Keung are all sworn to protect the citizens of their communities, the people of this country. Section I of Amendment XIV states, “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or the immunities of citizens of the United States: nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW. ERIC GARNER AND GEORGE FLOYD, “Insert Name Here.”
Alton Sterling, evidence shows officer shouting “I am going to shoot you in your f**cking head,” a short time later, Alton lost his life. In a just world, an individual screaming out their intentions to murder you, Mens Rea and shooting you in the head following the mentioned intent, Actus Rea are the two factors involved in constituting a CRIME. The very people appointed to protect ALL members of society from such crimes, are the very people committing them, and having the privilege of a systematically discretionary judicial system to walk away. ALTON STERLING, “Insert Name Here.”
George Stinney, Jr. was an American boy accused and convicted of a murder he did not commit. A young child, a young black seed of our nation was executed through the use of the electric chair following a trial later found to be unjust. He was sent to his death by an all-white jury, who refused to hear his appeal. This legal brutality violated the Constitutional rights of George for a fair and public trial. The hatred precedented in the heart of the law cost another member of our nation their life. GEORGE STINNEY JR., “Insert Name Here.”
Sandra Bland. Philando Castile. Shantel Davis. Tamir Rice. Stephon Clark. John Crawford. Stephon Clark. Sean Bell. Michael Brown. Clifford Glover. Korryn Gaines. Oscar Grant. Atatiana Jefferson. Jemel Roberson. Sean Reed. Walter Scott. Steven Taylor. Ariane McCree. Terrance Franklin. Pamela Turner. Keith Scott. Antwon Rose.Freddie Gray. William Green. Randolph Evans. Jamee Johnson. Trayvon Martin. Claude Reese. Yvonne Smallwood. Alesia Thomas. Terence Crutcher. Walter Scott. Jonathan Ferrell. Renisha McBride. Jordan Davis. Amadou Diallo. Botham Jean. “Insert More Names Here.”
The truth of the matter is if we are being honest with ourselves as a nation and to the lost ones, there are far too many lives taken at the hands of the justice system granted the structural privilege to turn a blind eye on all aspects of the law. The abuse of power among law enforcement due to social conditioning by our nation has gone on for far too long and has claimed far too many American lives. The justification for this manner has been merely explained by black on black crime. That of which does not exist, as most crime is committed within the race, as it relates directly to proximity. Wherein this term, our rights to be protected and our lives to be valued have been stripped from the people for generations before us, it cannot go on for generations following the precedent.
We cry for a system to be put in place to protect us against harm, one specific to the killing of unarmed people and police brutality. Officers MUST be held accountable for the lives taken, the unarmed minorities, the untrained civilians who face adversity with guns, tasers, and fists in their face with handcuffs on their wrists. It is time we break these chains; it is time we be released from these bars around our souls, it is time WE THE PEOPLE be granted the freedom from generational oppression by a nation of people sworn to protect us. The privilege to turn an avoidant eye MUST stop. Too often does the right to question morph into the right to murder. The time has come to call for the Insert Name Here Act, a law of protection specific to the people who have been targeted, and whom have lost their lives in the midst of generalized adversity. The police system is structurally corrupt and regularly refuses to prosecute law enforcement officers who have violated their right to serve and protect, the rights of the people in the communities they are sent to serve. We will no longer stand by while our people, while YOUR people are marginalized and stereotyped, as these behaviors and tactics are either accepted or ignored by the individuals with the PRIVILEGE to choose to do so. Parallel to being black, we do not have the choice in doing so, but we have the right to remain American. Our voices MUST be heard. From this point forward, WE THE PEOPLE demand:
The Insert Name Here Act:
The Insert Name Here Act ends Policing for Profiling.
No longer will VICTIMLESS CRIMES be the mechanism for which systematic, structured racism may fester.
We hold these truths to be self-evident that
1. All humans are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain UNALIENABLE rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
2. To secure these rights, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right OF THE PEOPLE to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its POWERS in such form, as to them seem most likey to effect their safety and happiness.
WE DEMAND an end to privileged brutality, structured excessive force at the discretion of the powerful, at the cease of the powerless. We demand the LONG-TERM protection from our nation. Law Enforcement must be held accountable for the safety of minorities and punished to the fullest extent of the law when failed. In this we are no longer asking, we are demanding with the Power of the People that Law Enforcement must undergo the following before and during their sworn duty to protect all civilians, WE DEMAND:
1. Law Enforcement Personnel shall no longer have the authority at their discretion to arrest, extort, ticket, harass or harm any human that has not been accused of a violent or aggravated crime.
2. If a person suspected of a victimless crime has been approached by a law officer and does not wish to engage in ongoing conversation, law enforcement must allow verbal restraint and distance. Following engagement with the alleged, officer must provide documentation and record of the verbal confrontation. Law enforcement MUST attain warrant for verbal interrogation if they wish to rightfully pursue civilian.
3. Every law enforcement officer in every department across the nation must be required to wear audio and visual capable body cam, recording at all times during duty. The recording of these body cams must be delivered to the public, unaltered, in the event that a person has been harmed, or excessive force has been demonstrated. In the findings of these recordings, if it has been found brutality has been experience by civilian, law enforcement must be held accountable no later than 48 hours following the event.
4. If a body camera is altered or removed, law enforcement must receive a charge of tampering with and/or destroying evidence.
5. If a partnering officer is present at the time of brutality, they must be held equally accountable for the violation of the law, the crime taken place, and their failure to intervene as their sworn duty to protect all innocent civilians has been violated. Intervention is required.
6. Dramatic reallocation of funds by all neighboring police departments to fund mental health resources for officers, as well as non-violent, no physical contact de-escalation training and technique.
7. An end to all No-Knock Warrants, such as the ones used by the Louisville Police Department in pursuant of the murder of Breonna Taylor.
8. Implementation of a strict ZERO-TOLERANCE policy regarding the use of discretion and excessive force.
9. Exhaustion of all alternatives before shooting, requirement of de-escalation.
10. Ban chokeholds and strangleholds as use of force.
11. A critical verbal warning MUST be given before firing a shot. If a warning is not given, officers must be held liable for violation of the law.
12. Required use of force continuum.
13. All personnel MUST spend a minimum of 80 hours volunteering in the communities they are set to patrol, preceding sworn duty. This volunteer work must be done annually, at a minimum of 80 hours, for every officer desiring to keep their position and badge.
14. All personnel must serve community service hours directly following their education of the policing system, police academy, etc. Community service served must be a minimum of 80 hours, served in communities included but not limited to area with the highest levels of civilian complaints, injuries, deaths, drug patrol, welfare statistics, gang activity, and poverty levels.
15. A dramatic increase in required hours of training and education to become a law enforcement officer, in the provision of cultural awareness courses.
16. All law enforcement officers must undergo and pass a psychiatric exam for every instance a citizen of their patrol community files a complaint of injustice or physical discomfort.
17. Independent internal affairs investigators and civilian oversight boards with unrestricted access to all files, documents, videos, images, etc. to effectively oversee the department. We demand that the finding of these investigators and boards be conveniently accessible by the public.
18. Police departments across the nation reduce the amount of required firearm training and other violent tactics designed to be used against citizens, or subjects of alleged non-violent crimes.
19. The on-duty removal, permanent or temporary, of any officer accused of verbal harassment, verbal and physical violence. If an officer is proven guilty of discretionary brutality, verbal and nonverbal, we demand the permanent removal of that officer from patrol.
WE THE PEOPLE demand this Bill of Rights be passed, specific to the protection against the use of excessive force and police brutality in our communities. We demand our very own rights to the Constitution. Quilted in the power of the people, we are entitled to equal rights and a justice system designed and committed long-term to see our lives protected and justified. If these demands to prevent and prohibit police brutality and use of discretionary excessive force in our communities across the nation are not reason enough, “Insert Name Here.”
The Issue
The “Insert Name Here’ Act
WE THE PEOPLE are tired of not being an essential part of “We The People. “ Your initial thought was what you have been conditioned to think, your second defines who you are. If you thought of anything other than a human being, but rather White American, Black American, Latin American, Asian American and the difference among them, you give insight to the structural prejudice and systematic racism, hindering legalities brought upon the backs of minorities, and WE THE PEOPLE are tired. We are tired of watching our children be baited into persecution of a crime they did not commit, we are tired of watching our fathers, uncles, brothers, mothers, sisters, and aunts be subconsciously hunted by the very people that are employed and call to duty to protect us. For GENERATIONS we have barred the pain of existing in a nation that does not believe we deserve to exist the same way, or next too. The very rights granted to us in the Amendments have been rigorously violated, found in the Constitution to protect and serve every citizen of the United States. Here are some recent examples:
The life and liberty of Breonna Taylor was taken, and ultimately violated leading to her death in the hands of law enforcement of Louisiana. The Fourth Amendment should have and could have protected her life, had her life been valued as a citizen of this nation. The Amendment states the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and seizures shall NOT be violated. The particularity of the persons or things to be seized was directly violated by the officers storming into the home due to enforced No-Knock Warrant, and the innocent life of BREONNA TAYLOR was taken, “Insert Name Here.”
AHMAUD ARBERY. Another black citizen of this country whose rights were violated, whose life was taken at the hands of systematic racism, in a nation where he subconsciously seen as subhuman. The law did not protect Ahmaud at the very face of the persecution. It was only much later were his attackers subjected to the crime of murder for killing another defenseless, innocent human being, another black citizen of America. Section I of Amendment XIV states Ahmaud's rights to get his killers convicted. As any State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. The legal privilege granted to the murderers of Ahmaud grant insight to the foundation of prejudice, in a nation allowed to avoid the acts of racism and prejudice intentions, conscious and unconscious. The law did not protect, nor did it rush to justify in the best way possible the murder of AHMAUD ARBERY, “Insert Name Here.”
“I CAN’T BREATHE,” ERIC GARNER AND GEORGE FLOYD. Sworn to Duty Officer Daniel Pantaleo wrapped his arm around Eric's neck while he pleaded for his life, as Law Enforcement believed Eric Garner was selling cigarettes from packs without tax stamps. Excessive force was used against Eric when he attempted to arrest him based on the accusation. This excessive force mentioned was trained, hired, educated, and granted the right to discretion on whether or not to harm another human being, ending another citizen’s life. Eric Garner chanted to the individual sworn to protect him, 11 times that he could not breathe. GEORGE FLOYD was accused of passing a twenty-dollar bill counterfeit. Derek Chauvin, Tou Thao, Thomas Lane, J.Alexander Keung are all sworn to protect the citizens of their communities, the people of this country. Section I of Amendment XIV states, “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or the immunities of citizens of the United States: nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW. ERIC GARNER AND GEORGE FLOYD, “Insert Name Here.”
Alton Sterling, evidence shows officer shouting “I am going to shoot you in your f**cking head,” a short time later, Alton lost his life. In a just world, an individual screaming out their intentions to murder you, Mens Rea and shooting you in the head following the mentioned intent, Actus Rea are the two factors involved in constituting a CRIME. The very people appointed to protect ALL members of society from such crimes, are the very people committing them, and having the privilege of a systematically discretionary judicial system to walk away. ALTON STERLING, “Insert Name Here.”
George Stinney, Jr. was an American boy accused and convicted of a murder he did not commit. A young child, a young black seed of our nation was executed through the use of the electric chair following a trial later found to be unjust. He was sent to his death by an all-white jury, who refused to hear his appeal. This legal brutality violated the Constitutional rights of George for a fair and public trial. The hatred precedented in the heart of the law cost another member of our nation their life. GEORGE STINNEY JR., “Insert Name Here.”
Sandra Bland. Philando Castile. Shantel Davis. Tamir Rice. Stephon Clark. John Crawford. Stephon Clark. Sean Bell. Michael Brown. Clifford Glover. Korryn Gaines. Oscar Grant. Atatiana Jefferson. Jemel Roberson. Sean Reed. Walter Scott. Steven Taylor. Ariane McCree. Terrance Franklin. Pamela Turner. Keith Scott. Antwon Rose.Freddie Gray. William Green. Randolph Evans. Jamee Johnson. Trayvon Martin. Claude Reese. Yvonne Smallwood. Alesia Thomas. Terence Crutcher. Walter Scott. Jonathan Ferrell. Renisha McBride. Jordan Davis. Amadou Diallo. Botham Jean. “Insert More Names Here.”
The truth of the matter is if we are being honest with ourselves as a nation and to the lost ones, there are far too many lives taken at the hands of the justice system granted the structural privilege to turn a blind eye on all aspects of the law. The abuse of power among law enforcement due to social conditioning by our nation has gone on for far too long and has claimed far too many American lives. The justification for this manner has been merely explained by black on black crime. That of which does not exist, as most crime is committed within the race, as it relates directly to proximity. Wherein this term, our rights to be protected and our lives to be valued have been stripped from the people for generations before us, it cannot go on for generations following the precedent.
We cry for a system to be put in place to protect us against harm, one specific to the killing of unarmed people and police brutality. Officers MUST be held accountable for the lives taken, the unarmed minorities, the untrained civilians who face adversity with guns, tasers, and fists in their face with handcuffs on their wrists. It is time we break these chains; it is time we be released from these bars around our souls, it is time WE THE PEOPLE be granted the freedom from generational oppression by a nation of people sworn to protect us. The privilege to turn an avoidant eye MUST stop. Too often does the right to question morph into the right to murder. The time has come to call for the Insert Name Here Act, a law of protection specific to the people who have been targeted, and whom have lost their lives in the midst of generalized adversity. The police system is structurally corrupt and regularly refuses to prosecute law enforcement officers who have violated their right to serve and protect, the rights of the people in the communities they are sent to serve. We will no longer stand by while our people, while YOUR people are marginalized and stereotyped, as these behaviors and tactics are either accepted or ignored by the individuals with the PRIVILEGE to choose to do so. Parallel to being black, we do not have the choice in doing so, but we have the right to remain American. Our voices MUST be heard. From this point forward, WE THE PEOPLE demand:
The Insert Name Here Act:
The Insert Name Here Act ends Policing for Profiling.
No longer will VICTIMLESS CRIMES be the mechanism for which systematic, structured racism may fester.
We hold these truths to be self-evident that
1. All humans are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain UNALIENABLE rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
2. To secure these rights, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right OF THE PEOPLE to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its POWERS in such form, as to them seem most likey to effect their safety and happiness.
WE DEMAND an end to privileged brutality, structured excessive force at the discretion of the powerful, at the cease of the powerless. We demand the LONG-TERM protection from our nation. Law Enforcement must be held accountable for the safety of minorities and punished to the fullest extent of the law when failed. In this we are no longer asking, we are demanding with the Power of the People that Law Enforcement must undergo the following before and during their sworn duty to protect all civilians, WE DEMAND:
1. Law Enforcement Personnel shall no longer have the authority at their discretion to arrest, extort, ticket, harass or harm any human that has not been accused of a violent or aggravated crime.
2. If a person suspected of a victimless crime has been approached by a law officer and does not wish to engage in ongoing conversation, law enforcement must allow verbal restraint and distance. Following engagement with the alleged, officer must provide documentation and record of the verbal confrontation. Law enforcement MUST attain warrant for verbal interrogation if they wish to rightfully pursue civilian.
3. Every law enforcement officer in every department across the nation must be required to wear audio and visual capable body cam, recording at all times during duty. The recording of these body cams must be delivered to the public, unaltered, in the event that a person has been harmed, or excessive force has been demonstrated. In the findings of these recordings, if it has been found brutality has been experience by civilian, law enforcement must be held accountable no later than 48 hours following the event.
4. If a body camera is altered or removed, law enforcement must receive a charge of tampering with and/or destroying evidence.
5. If a partnering officer is present at the time of brutality, they must be held equally accountable for the violation of the law, the crime taken place, and their failure to intervene as their sworn duty to protect all innocent civilians has been violated. Intervention is required.
6. Dramatic reallocation of funds by all neighboring police departments to fund mental health resources for officers, as well as non-violent, no physical contact de-escalation training and technique.
7. An end to all No-Knock Warrants, such as the ones used by the Louisville Police Department in pursuant of the murder of Breonna Taylor.
8. Implementation of a strict ZERO-TOLERANCE policy regarding the use of discretion and excessive force.
9. Exhaustion of all alternatives before shooting, requirement of de-escalation.
10. Ban chokeholds and strangleholds as use of force.
11. A critical verbal warning MUST be given before firing a shot. If a warning is not given, officers must be held liable for violation of the law.
12. Required use of force continuum.
13. All personnel MUST spend a minimum of 80 hours volunteering in the communities they are set to patrol, preceding sworn duty. This volunteer work must be done annually, at a minimum of 80 hours, for every officer desiring to keep their position and badge.
14. All personnel must serve community service hours directly following their education of the policing system, police academy, etc. Community service served must be a minimum of 80 hours, served in communities included but not limited to area with the highest levels of civilian complaints, injuries, deaths, drug patrol, welfare statistics, gang activity, and poverty levels.
15. A dramatic increase in required hours of training and education to become a law enforcement officer, in the provision of cultural awareness courses.
16. All law enforcement officers must undergo and pass a psychiatric exam for every instance a citizen of their patrol community files a complaint of injustice or physical discomfort.
17. Independent internal affairs investigators and civilian oversight boards with unrestricted access to all files, documents, videos, images, etc. to effectively oversee the department. We demand that the finding of these investigators and boards be conveniently accessible by the public.
18. Police departments across the nation reduce the amount of required firearm training and other violent tactics designed to be used against citizens, or subjects of alleged non-violent crimes.
19. The on-duty removal, permanent or temporary, of any officer accused of verbal harassment, verbal and physical violence. If an officer is proven guilty of discretionary brutality, verbal and nonverbal, we demand the permanent removal of that officer from patrol.
WE THE PEOPLE demand this Bill of Rights be passed, specific to the protection against the use of excessive force and police brutality in our communities. We demand our very own rights to the Constitution. Quilted in the power of the people, we are entitled to equal rights and a justice system designed and committed long-term to see our lives protected and justified. If these demands to prevent and prohibit police brutality and use of discretionary excessive force in our communities across the nation are not reason enough, “Insert Name Here.”
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Petition created on June 4, 2020