{"id":133,"date":"2018-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calchurches.planetpov.com\/impact\/index.php\/2018\/05\/25\/new-report-how-police-associations-prevent-california-from-addressing-police-violence\/"},"modified":"2018-05-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T00:00:00","slug":"new-report-how-police-associations-prevent-california-from-addressing-police-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/churchimpact.org\/index.php\/2018\/05\/25\/new-report-how-police-associations-prevent-california-from-addressing-police-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report: How Police Associations Prevent California From Addressing Police Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"imgPusher\" style=\"float:left;height:0px\"><\/span><span style=\"display: table;width:auto;position:relative;float:left;max-width:100%;;clear:left;margin-top:0px;*margin-top:0px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.staywoke.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.churchimpact.org\/\/uploads\/4\/1\/4\/8\/41486323\/staywokelogo_orig.jpg?w=1160\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:1px;padding:3px; max-width:100%\" alt=\"Picture\" class=\"galleryImageBorder wsite-image\"><\/a><span style=\"display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;\" class=\"wsite-caption\"><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"display:block;\">From our friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staywoke.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">staywoke.org<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span>We just released a Report\u00a0<\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span><strong>revealing<\/strong><\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span><strong>how Police Unions and Associations prevent California lawmakers from addressing police violence.<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><br \/><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span><strong>Read the Report\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.checkthepolice.org\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font color=\"#0563C1\" size=\"2\"><span><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"><span><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><br \/><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><br \/><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span>Here are some of the major findings:<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\n<li><font size=\"2\"><span><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span>Police unions and associations have given\u00a0<\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span><strong>$5.5 million<\/strong><\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span>\u00a0to candidates for California\u2019s state legislature since 2011.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"2\"><span><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span>Police unions and associations have helped fund the campaigns of\u00a0<\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span><strong>118 of the 120 current California state legislators<\/strong><\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span>.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"2\"><span><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span>California legislators in either party who\u00a0<\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span><strong>do not support police reform bills<\/strong><\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span>\u00a0receive\u00a0<\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span><strong>substantially more money<\/strong><\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span>\u00a0from police unions and associations than those who support reform \u2013 especially Democrats who<\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span><strong>\u00a0do not support police reform bills<\/strong><\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span>.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span>Once they help elect California\u2019s state legislators, police association lobbyists spend substantial amounts of time and money to convince them to oppose police reform \u2013 spending\u00a0<\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span><strong>nine times as much as the NRA to lobby California state legislators.<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><br \/><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span><em>It will take all of us to convince legislators to stand up to the police associations and pass bills that address police violence and accountability.<\/em><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><br \/><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span><strong>Here\u2019s how you can make a difference today:<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><br \/><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><br \/><font size=\"3\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/embed.joincampaignzero.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font color=\"#0563C1\" size=\"2\"><span><strong>Go here<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"><span><strong>\u00a0to find your California state legislators, then call them and tell them to support four important bills:<\/strong><\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\n<li><font size=\"2\"><span><font size=\"3\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font color=\"#0563C1\" size=\"2\"><span>AB 931<\/span><\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"><span>, a bill that would make police deadly force a last resort;\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"2\"><span><font size=\"3\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font color=\"#0563C1\" size=\"2\"><span>AB 3131<\/span><\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"><span>, which would restrict police militarization and;\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"2\"><span><font size=\"3\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font color=\"#0563C1\" size=\"2\"><span>SB 1421<\/span><\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"><span>, which would make records of police misconduct public.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"3\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font color=\"#0563C1\" size=\"2\"><span>SB 1186<\/span><\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"><span>, which would create limits on the acquisition of police surveillance technologies<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><br \/><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span>And if you\u2019re interested in joining a group of researchers, students and activists working on projects to address police violence in California, reply to this email.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><br \/><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><br \/><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span><strong>StayWoke.<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><br \/><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><br \/><font size=\"3\"><span><font size=\"2\"><span>-Samuel Sinyangwe<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<hr style=\"width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From our friends at staywoke.org: We just released a Report\u00a0revealing\u00a0how Police Unions and Associations prevent California lawmakers from addressing police violence.Read the Report\u00a0here.\u00a0Here are some &hellip; <span class=\"read-more-link\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/churchimpact.org\/index.php\/2018\/05\/25\/new-report-how-police-associations-prevent-california-from-addressing-police-violence\/\">Read More 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