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Police departments across the US could lose public funding if cops don't avoid taking all steps possible before using their firearms. New restrictions will have to be introduced for the funding to stay intact under a new Democrat-proposed bill.
The bill will be introduced to the House of Representatives on Thursday by Wisconsin Congresswoman Gwen Moore. She wishes to introduce fines for any police chiefs who would fail to follow through and introduce stricter regulations on appropriate gun use for their officers. This has to do in particular with when to open fire on a suspect.
Gun use in the United States is a multifaceted issue; over the past couple of years it has, among other things, proven to reach across racial lines in a way that ignited nationwide movements against police brutality and wrongful shootings.
Moore's proposal is a reaction to these developments, particularly the shooting death of Dontre Hamilton, who in April 2014 was killed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The man was a schizophrenic shot by a cop in self-defense. But it later emerged that the officer used an inappropriate pat-down, triggering an unpredictable nervous reaction.
Introducing her bill, 'Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act of 2016', Moore said in a statement:
"As a mother, grandmother and elected representative, I personally took the untimely death of Dontre Hamilton to heart. Dontre wasn't just my constituent, but a member of our community, yet sadly, his story is not unique," she said.
Comment: So first the US claims that Assad used chemical weapons against his own people, and then attempted to oust him from power using that dubious claim, and now terrorists trained and armed by the West are likely using chemical weapons against the Syrian people. The West's hypocrisy knows no bounds.