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.<\/p>\n
Our rally was\u00a0part of the national Valentine\u2019s Day Campaign for Police Accountability and included Valentine\u2019s Day memorial cards in memory of those who have lost their lives to police violence.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The Valentine\u2019s Day message was clear\u2013federal 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.<\/p>\n
Our rally was at Congresswoman Cori Bush\u2019s office to thank her for her work for Black Lives Matter and for social justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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