Marijuana helps so many people... it helps me with anxiety and depression. Please sign to make legal in IL.

Wikipedia indicates plainclothes New York police officer Frank Serpico reported evidence of systemic police corruption in 1967. He contributed to a New York Times front-page story on corruption in the NYPD, which drew national attention to the problem in 1970. Mayor John Lindsay appointed an investigative panel that became the Knapp Commission. Serpico was shot in the face in 1971 under questionable circumstances while attempting a drug arrest. His backup was nowhere to be seen and his colleagues refused to make a "10-13" dispatch to police headquarters declaring an officer had been shot. An elderly man who lived in the next apartment called emergency services to report a man had been shot. Other officers arrived and transported Serpico to the hospital. He survived and retired in 1972. He continues to speak out about police brutality, civil liberties, and police corruption. He prefers the term "lamp lighter" to "whistle blower" as one who alerts the public to danger. News reports state Baltimore, Md. police Det. Sean Suiter was killed on November 15, 2017, the day before he was scheduled to appear before a federal grand jury pursuant to his knowledge of facts regarding a 2010 crime and 2017 indictment as part of a police corruption investigation of which he was never a target. Reportedly, on the evening he was killed Suiter approached a "suspicious" man during an unrelated investigation. Shots were fired and Suiter's partner was later seen on a surveillance video taking cover across the street. Police Commissioner Kevin Davis indicates there is no information connecting Suiter's murder to the corruption case but requested the FBI to take over the investigation. That request has been refused. Suiter, survived by a wife and 5 children, was shot with his own gun. Although his clothes were said to show evidence of a struggle, there is a possibility that survivor benefits may be curtailed or denied if Suiter's death is ruled a suicide since he was shot with his own gun. The homicide remains under investigation. As a retired police officer, I know most cops are honest, dedicated, and hardworking. But as with every profession, there are some "bad apples". People often ask, "Why don't the good cops turn in the bad cops?" Sometimes the "good" ones are silenced by peer pressure or threats. All the circumstances surrounding the shooting of Det. Suiter may never be known, but sometimes the "good" cops are silenced by violence. Police officers courageous enough to be "lamp lighters" need to have protective measures available to them. This could take the form of an assignment change, a leave of absence, or other measures depending on the circumstances. Further, matters of assignment, discipline, and promotion should be monitored to lessen the specter of reprisal. This should be mandated by law and strictly enforced. The net effect should discourage malfeasance among the ranks and bolster much needed public trust in the police

Kentucky Resident's ONLY and Please ONLY Sign Once. We Are Grateful To Those That SHARE This Petition!!! Kinship Care is about keeping children (who have been removed from their homes) with familial connections and keeping them out of foster care. There are approximately 70,000 children in Kentucky living with relatives and most are (grandparents). Kentucky has twice the rate of drug-dependent babies than the U.S. Oftentimes, those babies are placed with relatives (Kinship Caregivers) other than the parents. Many Kinship Caregivers have one adult in the home quit their job to care for drug-dependent babies because they require so much extra assistance. We Need Your Help To Reinstate Kinship Care To Help Grandparents Support These Children! You Should Be a Kentucky Resident. First and Last name makes a stronger impression!

Our daughter-in-law has family in Puerto Rico and she has told us how some of them have lost their homes, their livelihood, and their hope for the future.

As a fellow Native American Indian, I understand the struggles to be recognized in a world that refers to you as past tense, history. The Wolf Creek Cherokee tribe in Henrico County outside of Richmond, VA, continue a legacy of culture and heritage that was nearly wiped from this land and they deserve to be recognized for their continual efforts to restore and maintain their cultural heritage. For more information review the link below: http://wric.com/2017/04/05/hidden-history-henrico-county-wolf-creek-cherokee-tribe-drums-to-keep-history-alive/

This issue affects everyone. Domestic violence happens a lot all over the world and its time we put the effort towards fixing it.

McDonald's employs about 400,000 people in the US. Many of them do not vote because of work obligations. You claim to be a true American Company. You could prove this to the world by closing your stores in the US during voting on election day and allowing your workers to vote. McDonald's is in a unique position to move other businesses by this action and any short term profits lost would likely be made up in long term customer sentiment gains and the value that a healthy US democracy provides your business. It is time for businesses that truly care about America to prove it and this is a unique opportunity for McDonald's to lead the way. So defend Democracy and prove it to us!

A disproportionate number of men presently and historically have held office and controlled... nearly everything... including the powers of war and oppression. It is time to change to a system of equal gender rule.

The issue facing nurses and doctors, as presented by http://dmfnursingregistry.com and http://blackmatters.com. Nurses and doctors who are African American are targeted to lose their livelihood by our healthcare system because of the inappropriate use of tools, such as cultural diversity, DNRs(Do-Not-Returns) and the tactics that are used by "Big Pharma," targeting minority health care workers. "Enough is enough."

The Representative, already known for supporting white nationalism and making English the official language of Pennsylvania, behaved in a manner that is not only divisive, but dangerous. I am personally affronted and frightened by what I feel is the impending loss of our civil liberties, particularly for my LGBTQ brethren. While the target was not, in fact, gay, the language Rep. Metcalfe used is hate speak. Our elected leaders' ability to wield such language encourages other hate speak and hate crimes.

This is to stop all the racism against Black Americans. It is time for Congress to do their job and work for Black Americans. It is time to come down hard on white racist hate groups. Racists hate groups are working without any concern for what they have been doing to Black Americans since 1964. Now, racists are strong enough to have their own flag and their voice in government. Black Americans are mistreated, murdered and imprisoned without a voice. Congress is the voice of all Americans and it is time for Congress to address this situation.

We need ranked choice voting to be implemented effectively in time for the March election. The voters of Santa Fe chose to improve and increase the representative nature of our democratic process through ranked choice voting. Now a judge has ruled after an evidentiary hearing, that the City is obliged to implement it. It's time to move forward and ensure its effectiveness. No more delays.