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To: Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Senator John Cornyn
Ban the Use of Rubber Bullets for Crowd Control
Legislation must be passed banning the use of rubber bullets in crowd control. Congress must fight to end these lethal weapons being used on peaceful protestors.
Why is this important?
Nationwide protesting has occurred for the unjust death of George Floyd, police brutality, and Black Lives Matter movement.
There have been numerous occurrences where peaceful protesters advocating for the victims of fatal unjustified racial bias have been shot with these lethal weapons by officers. Citizens protesting police brutality are becoming victims of the cause they are fighting to end.
These bullets cause serious injuries including blindness, permanent disability, broken bones, and death. Rubber bullets kill 3% of people they injure, and cause serious complications in far more victims. These weapons are not non-lethal. To say so is false. It is the use of these weapons that turned the protests violent. As seen in Austin, Texas recently in a protest against racism and police brutality was turned violent because of officers at the protest, presumably defending the safety of those present.
Rubber bullets are banned in wartime use due to serious injuries. There's no justification for using these lethal weapons on civilians.
We will continue to advocate for the ban of rubber bullets and calling for peaceful crowd control measures on the peaceful protesters.
There have been numerous occurrences where peaceful protesters advocating for the victims of fatal unjustified racial bias have been shot with these lethal weapons by officers. Citizens protesting police brutality are becoming victims of the cause they are fighting to end.
These bullets cause serious injuries including blindness, permanent disability, broken bones, and death. Rubber bullets kill 3% of people they injure, and cause serious complications in far more victims. These weapons are not non-lethal. To say so is false. It is the use of these weapons that turned the protests violent. As seen in Austin, Texas recently in a protest against racism and police brutality was turned violent because of officers at the protest, presumably defending the safety of those present.
Rubber bullets are banned in wartime use due to serious injuries. There's no justification for using these lethal weapons on civilians.
We will continue to advocate for the ban of rubber bullets and calling for peaceful crowd control measures on the peaceful protesters.