Sen. Markey tweets all police must be disarmed of ‘weapons of war’ including tear gas, rubber bullets

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Democrats want to protect the anarchists by disarming police. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) have announced legislation to ban the use of tear gas, rubber and plastics bullets, bean bag rounds by law enforcement.

Says Senator Markey tweets, “Portland police routinely attack peaceful protestors with brute force. We must disarm these officers, and every other police department in America, of weapons of war, and enact a nationwide ban on tear gas, rubber and plastic bullets, and bean bag rounds.”

Senators Markey and Sanders to Introduce Legislation to Ban Law Enforcementโ€™s Use of Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets

Washington (June 26, 2020) โ€“ Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced legislation to ban the use of tear gas and rubber bullets by law enforcement. The No Tear Gas or Projectiles Act would prohibit federal, state, and local law enforcement officersโ€™ use of tear gas and rubber bullets by banning federal officersโ€™ use of riot control agents and kinetic impact projectiles, and by restricting the allocation of federal funding to state and local entities that do not ban riot control agents and kinetic impact projectiles. The legislation also creates a civil penalty for law enforcement officers who violate the prohibition, as well as establishes a private right of action for their victims. The Chemical Weapons Convention bans the use of riot control agents โ€“ including tear gas โ€“ in warfare, but U.S. law enforcement can still use them against civilians. 

โ€œOur streets are not meant to be battlefields, and law enforcement shouldnโ€™t be using weapons of war against protestors and other Americans,โ€ said Senator Markey. โ€œLaw enforcementโ€™s use of tear gas also compounds the effects of structural racism, because we know communities of color are already suffering disproportionately during this global respiratory pandemic. Itโ€™s time we stop using these potentially lethal weapons against our own people. I thank Senator Sanders for his partnership on this legislation and urge our colleagues to join us in protecting the health and rights of the American people.โ€

โ€œHow can it be, in the United States of America, that militarized police forces can repress our people like occupying armies?โ€ said Senator Sanders. โ€œEnough is enough. Americans should never have to worry about being blinded, injured, or even killed by police as they exercise their First Amendment rights. I am proud to be joining Senator Markey to introduce this legislation to ban tear gas and rubber bullets. We need to make certain that when people go to the street to protest, that they are not treated like criminals and that their basic constitutional rights are not denied.โ€

For the term โ€œriot control agent,โ€ the legislation uses the same definition found in the Chemical Weapons Convention, to which the United States is a signatory, and which covers tear gas and its relative, pepper spray. According to a recent ProPublica report, tear gas leaves victims at โ€œhigher risk for contracting influenza, pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory illnessesโ€ and โ€œhas been found to cause long-term health consequences.โ€ Injuries can also include chemical burns, blurred vision, corneal erosions, ulcers, nerve damage, abnormal growth of tissue on the eyes, and permanent vision loss. The term โ€œkinetic impact projectilesโ€ covers rubber and plastic bullets, bean bag rounds, sponge rounds, pellet rounds, wooden dowels, and any other projectile-delivered impact munitions. Both riot control agents and kinetic impact projectiles have been found to be indiscriminate weapons than can cause serious bodily injury, and in some cases, death.

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