The proposed legislation comes at an unprecedented moment of national reckoning around police brutality and systemic racism that has spurred global protests and cries for change after several high-profile killings of Black Americans
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The legislation was first shared with The Associated Press, and is scheduled to be revealed in a Tuesday news conference that is slated to include an appearance by singer John Legend. No members of Congress have yet said they plan to introduce the bill, but it has won early support among some of the more progressive lawmakers, including Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib, who also are due to participate in the news conference.
It would establish the Neighborhood Demilitarization Program, which would collect and destroy all equipment like military-grade armoured vehicles and weapons in the hands of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies by 2022.
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