‘Squad’ Backs Bill to Gut Police, End Prisons

‘Squad’ Backs Bill to Gut Police, End Prisons

Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Rep. Rashida Tlaib / Getty Images Two leading progressive House Democrats on Tuesday endorsed a proposal to radically overhaul the criminal justice system by dismantling policing and incarceration in the United States.

Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D., Mass.) and Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.), both known as members of the House’s uber-progressive "squad," backed the BREATHE Act, legislation that would strip federal law enforcement to the bone, disband the DEA and ICE, end federal funding for police, and "develop a time-bound plan to close all federal prisons."

The bill would also, an official summary states, funnel unspecified amounts of […]

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