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Congressional Bill Email Template: Police Brutality

The following is a Congressional Bill email template regarding police brutality. You are encouraged to contact your local and State leaders.
Congressional Bill Email Template: Police Brutality

The following are email templates you can send to your representatives. 

You can find your representatives as well as their contact information by using this link https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative  (most of them have “contact me” forms on their respective member website). If you are comfortable, provide your address in your email. It is how they verify you are an actual constituent and determine what their district’s priorities are. If your representative is one of the bill authors, just remove that specific bill and push for them to sponsor the other bills. 

Bills that you will be emailing about:
  • Eric Garner Excessive Use Of Force Act/ H.R. 4408 (Rep. Jeffries) - Prohibits the use of chokeholds by law enforcement
  • Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys/ H.R. 1636 (Rep Fredrica) - Establishes a bipartisan commission office of civil rights tasked with examining social disparities affecting black men and recommending changes to improve current governmental programs.
  • The PEACE Act/ HR 4359 (Rep Khanna) - Changes the use of force standard for federal officials and places conditions of federal assistance to states on a comparable standard for force.
  • Resolution Condemning Police Brutality/ H.Res. 988 (Rep Pressley) - Condemns all acts of police brutality and the use of excessive force by law enforcement and calls for the end of the militarized policing practices in our communities.
  • Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act/ H.R. 2927  (Rep Moore) -  Requires de-escalation training in police academies, training to deal with mental health crises, incentivizes state and local police to adopt training and set affirmative policy of non-lethal force.
  • Ending Qualifying Immunity Act/ H.R. 7085  (Rep Amash) - Restores the power of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 and pulls back “Qualified Immunity” which stipulates police are effectively immune to personal liability for their misconduct.
  • National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act / H.R. 119 (Rep Cohen) - Would require any law enforcement agency receiving federal funds to provide data to the Department of Justice and public on any incident using deadly force including information on the victim, an explanation of the force and description of non-lethal efforts.
  • Justice in Policing Act of 2020 - Would prohibit the use of choke-holds, lower legal standards to pursue criminal and civil penalties for police misconduct, ban certain no-knock warrants, and create a national registry to track police misconduct.
If your member is NOT an original sponsor of the bills:

Dear Congressman/Congresswoman ___,

        My name is  ____ and I am one of your constituents who lives at _____.  I, like many other Americans, am concerned with the increasing trend in police brutality that is rampant around the country. In order to address some of these issues and keep Americans safe as they exercise their first amendment rights, several of your colleagues have filled bills that I urge you to support:
  • Eric Garner Excessive Use Of Force Act/ H.R. 4408 (Rep. Jeffries) - Prohibits the use of chokeholds by law enforcement
  • Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys/ H.R. 1636 (Rep Fredrica) - Establishes a bipartisan commission office of civil rights tasked with examining social disparities affecting black men and recommending changes to improve current governmental programs.
  • The PEACE Act/ HR 4359 (Rep Khanna) - Changes the use of force standard for federal officials and places conditions of federal assistance to states on a comparable standard for force.
  • Resolution Condemning Police Brutality/ H.Res. 988 (Rep Pressley) - Condemns all acts of police brutality and the use of excessive force by law enforcement and calls for the end of the militarized policing practices in our communities.
  • Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act/ H.R. 2927  (Rep Moore) -  Requires de-escalation training in police academies, training to deal with mental health crises, incentivizes state and local police to adopt training and set affirmative policy of non-lethal force.
  • Ending Qualifying Immunity Act/ H.R. 7085  (Rep Amash) - Restores the power of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 and pulls back “Qualified Immunity” which stipulates police are effectively immune to personal liability for their misconduct.
  • National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act / H.R. 119 (Rep Cohen) - Would require any law enforcement agency receiving federal funds to provide data to the Department of Justice and public on any incident using deadly force including information on the victim, an explanation of the force and description of non-lethal efforts.
  • Justice in Policing Act of 2020 - Would prohibit the use of choke-holds, lower legal standards to pursue criminal and civil penalties for police misconduct, ban certain no-knock warrants, and create a national registry to track police misconduct.
The passage of these bills is crucial because currently, every state has different standards of policing that lead to confusion as well as large loopholes that prevent police accountability. Additionally, while most of these reforms were crafted in order to combat racism, police reforms will also lower violence against other communities of color, immigrants, and those of low economic status who also bear the brunt of police brutality, making this issue nonpartisan and beneficial for large swaths of the population.
 
Thank you for your time and I look forward to a response.
 
If your member of Congress IS a sponsor of the bill:  
 
Dear Congressman/Congresswoman ___,

        My name is  ____ and I am one of your constituents who lives at _____.  I, like many other Americans, am concerned with the increasing trend in police brutality that is rampant around the country. While I applaud your efforts to combatting this issue, several of your colleagues have also filed bills that I urge you to support:
 
  • Eric Garner Excessive Use Of Force Act/ H.R. 4408 (Rep. Jeffries) - Prohibits the use of chokeholds by law enforcement
  • Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys/ H.R. 1636 (Rep Fredrica) - Establishes a bipartisan commission office of civil rights tasked with examining social disparities affecting black men and recommending changes to improve current governmental programs.
  • The PEACE Act/ HR 4359 (Rep Khanna) - Changes the use of force standard for federal officials and places conditions of federal assistance to states on a comparable standard for force.
  • Resolution Condemning Police Brutality/ H.Res. 988 (Rep Pressley) - Condemns all acts of police brutality and the use of excessive force by law enforcement and calls for the end of the militarized policing practices in our communities.
  • Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act/ H.R. 2927  (Rep Moore) -  Requires de-escalation training in police academies, training to deal with mental health crises, incentivizes state and local police to adopt training and set affirmative policy of non-lethal force.
  • Ending Qualifying Immunity Act/ H.R. 7085  (Rep Amash) - Restores the power of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 and pulls back “Qualified Immunity” which stipulates police are effectively immune to personal liability for their misconduct.
  • National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act / H.R. 119 (Rep Cohen) - Would require any law enforcement agency receiving federal funds to provide data to the Department of Justice and public on any incident using deadly force including information on the victim, an explanation of the force and description of non-lethal efforts.
  • Justice in Policing Act of 2020 - Would prohibit the use of choke-holds, lower legal standards to pursue criminal and civil penalties for police misconduct, ban certain no-knock warrants, and create a national registry to track police misconduct.
As you are well aware, the passage of these bills is crucial because currently, every state has different standards of policing that lead to confusion as well as large loopholes that prevent police accountability.  Additionally, while most of these reforms were crafted in order to combat racism, police reforms will also lower violence against other communities of color, immigrants, and those of low economic status who also bear the brunt of police brutality, making this issue nonpartisan and beneficial for large swaths of the population.
 
Thank you for your time and I look forward to a response.
 
For your Senators:
 
Dear Senator  ___,

        My name is  ____ and I am one of your constituents who lives at _____.  I, like many other Americans, am concerned with the increasing trend in police brutality that is rampant around the country. In order to address some of these issues and keep Americans safe as they exercise their first amendment rights, several of your House colleagues have filled bills and I urge you to support them or any Senate equivalency:
 
  • Eric Garner Excessive Use Of Force Act/ H.R. 4408 (Rep. Jeffries) - Prohibits the use of chokeholds by law enforcement
  • Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys/ H.R. 1636 (Rep Fredrica) - Establishes a bipartisan commission office of civil rights tasked with examining social disparities affecting black men and recommending changes to improve current governmental programs.
  • The PEACE Act/ HR 4359 (Rep Khanna) - Changes the use of force standard for federal officials and places conditions of federal assistance to states on a comparable standard for force.
  • Resolution Condemning Police Brutality/ H.Res. 988 (Rep Pressley) - Condemns all acts of police brutality and the use of excessive force by law enforcement and calls for the end of the militarized policing practices in our communities.
  • Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act/ H.R. 2927  (Rep Moore) -  Requires de-escalation training in police academies, training to deal with mental health crises, incentivizes state and local police to adopt training and set affirmative policy of non-lethal force.
  • Ending Qualifying Immunity Act/ H.R. 7085  (Rep Amash) - Restores the power of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 and pulls back “Qualified Immunity” which stipulates police are effectively immune to personal liability for their misconduct.
  • National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act / H.R. 119 (Rep Cohen) - Would require any law enforcement agency receiving federal funds to provide data to the Department of Justice and public on any incident using deadly force including information on the victim, an explanation of the force and description of non-lethal efforts.
  • Justice in Policing Act of 2020 - Would prohibit the use of choke-holds, lower legal standards to pursue criminal and civil penalties for police misconduct, ban certain no-knock warrants, and create a national registry to track police misconduct.
The passage of these bills is crucial because currently, every state has different standards of policing that lead to confusion as well as large loopholes that prevent police accountability.  Additionally, while most of these reforms were crafted in order to combat racism, police reforms will also lower violence against other communities of color, immigrants, and those of low economic status who also bear the brunt of police brutality, making this issue nonpartisan and beneficial for large swaths of the population.
 
Thank you for your time and I look forward to a response.
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