Too many police are using their power to commit murder. Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and George Floyd are just three examples of police brutality resulting in death. There are so many more deaths of innocent people who died at the hands of those who are suppose to protect and serve and something needs to be done to stop it from happening. These poor innocent people and their families are dealing with tragedy when they don't have to.

It is important that we follow suit to where the city, state and nations are going, in the wake on George Floyd’s Death we would be Proud to have a Black Lives Matter in his honor and to all those that have lost there lives to police brutality.

By his misuse of military personnel and weapons President Trump committed three impeachable offenses in violation of the First Amendment of the US Constitution: 1) Suppression of peaceful protesters expressing their right to freedom of speech; 2) interference with the people's guaranteed right to assemble; and 3) obstruction of citizens' acts of petitioning the Government for redress of grievances.

We, the petitioning residents of the District of Columbia, don't want our city militarized, as we are now witnessing in response to protests to the murder of George Floyd. We who live in Washington, DC, take seriously our rights to free speech, free movement, and equal justice for all.

In light of current events it renews the need to call for police body cameras. We, the undersigned, join Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages and Legislator Siela Bynoe in urging Nassau County Executive Laura Curran to make body cameras a priority in ongoing police union contract negotiations. Body cameras are used by law enforcement throughout this country and creates transparency by providing a factual record of what occurred in all encounters between Police Officers and civilians. We understand that Minority Leader Abrahams and Legislators Bynoe and Solages secured funding for a PILOT program for body cameras in 2014, and that this program was blocked because the former County Executive had not included the police unions in the conversations about the program. Therefore, we respectfully request that Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and her administration make body cameras a part of the ongoing collective bargaining negotiations with the Police Benevolent Association and Superior Officers Association.

By ordering the forceful removal of Black Lives Matter protesters from Lafayette Square and St. John's Church property on Jun 1, 2020, solely for the purpose of facilitating an unnecessary and ill conceived photo shoot by Mr. Trump, Mr. Barr has blatantly abused the First Amendment rights of peaceful American citizens. Mr. Trump had neither notified nor received permission from the church for this photo shoot. This is both a serious abuse of power and demonstrates a clear lack of regard for safety and the Constitutional rights of American citizens. Mr. Barr no longer has the trust of the American public, as head of the US Justice Department, to ensure Justice for All!

For decades we have watched, appalled, while the police have engaged in brutal attacks against Californians, especially if they happen to be people of color. The police are our employees. We literally pay their salaries and benefits. It is we the taxpayers who pay out huge settlements in the rare instances when the police are found guilty of engaging in brutal acts against us. Instead of working with us to stop police violence, they have exhibited a sneering disregard for our concerns and have militarized against us. It is not right that we the people are afraid of our employees and what they might do to us. That dynamic needs to be reversed. Immediate action to fix the situation is needed. Not long-term studies, not coffee meetings with local police or fruitless efforts to get them to take us seriously, not empty promises by politicians. We require the California legislature to take action NOW.

People taking to the streets to peacefully display their anger and concerns seems to have only added fodder for the President’s plan to feed the fear and hate machine exacerbating the issue and moving us closer and closer to anarchy and his ultimate goal of Marshall Law and dictatorship. For the sake of our future, I think that all elected representatives should be working to produce a collective show of leadership that this country has seldom seen and one that will defy detractors from diminishing its message.

Donald Trump cares about his wealth. To get him to act in a humane manner, let alone a "Presidential" one, he must fear he will lose it unless he changes his behavior.

The police departments in the state are already more than well-funded. The 15% of cannabis tax revenue (that’s about $109 million of the $725 Million total in 2019) goes to them is simply not needed. This money could go to fund much-needed infrastructure and create jobs for people in need of work (Economists estimate the unemployment rate is truly around 20% since the pandemic undid 10 years of economic growth in two months).

The culture of an organization is set from the top down. The murder of George Floyd has shown there is a serious problem with the values and culture within the Police Department of the City of Minneapolis. When officers such as Derek Chauvin are not reprimanded, held accountable, or prosecuted, it shows a culture that, maybe, doesn't value these actions, but it also doesn't condemn them.

Nashville has a long history of racial injustice. We must end glorification of slavery and racism by removing these tributes. Atlanta has already done the same to its Confederate Drive. It’s time, Nashville.