On February 12th, despite the bitter cold temperatures, members of the Peace Economy Project, including Board members Abbe Sudvarg and Sister of Loretto Mary Ann McGivern, rallied at the local office of Congresswoman Cori Bush.
Our rally was part of the national Valentine’s Day Campaign for Police Accountability and included Valentine’s Day memorial cards in memory of those who have lost their lives to police violence.
If the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and Michael Brown have taught us anything, it is that we need a change to the laws that govern police authority. We are under a system that has ignored abuses of authority for far too long. Police are weaponized for war and they use these weapons against innocent citizens.
The Valentine’s Day message was clear–federal dollars should not go to police departments that do not have civilian oversight and police should not be equipped with military hardware funded by the federal government.
Our rally was at Congresswoman Cori Bush’s office to thank her for her work for Black Lives Matter and for social justice.
