Petition to DC Council: enact emergency ban on tear gas before election

The action requested is that our chapter sign on to a petition that demands the DC Council enact an emergency ban the use of tear gas before the November 3 election.
The petition went up after this reporting: “DC Police buy $100,000 in tear gas in preparation for possible 'civil disturbance' in coming months. Purchase orders first obtained by American University's Investigative Reporting Workshop show $130,000 spent on tear gas and other munitions."
This vote will be a quick turn-around; JWJ is trying to collect sign-ons ASAP because the last time the DC Council will act before the election is THIS TUESDAY, and they need to act by then to protect first amendment protesters in DC.
See petition here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0NVHXxIvP0qMlXf0-P3Neyi6Spxd9d0bIFQttyA7KevN19A/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3LJR-lRbMeLx4T1EanRZCJDYN3eIM5EDXwWonnYhy2aZ6LtLiZv-kJVa8

Poll Created Fri 16 Oct 2020 8:47PM
Petition to DC Council: enact emergency ban on tear gas before election Closed Sat 17 Oct 2020 9:02PM
Chapter sign on to a petition that demands the DC Council enact an emergency ban the use of tear gas before the November 3 election.
The petition went up after this reporting: “DC Police buy $100,000 in tear gas in preparation for possible 'civil disturbance' in coming months. Purchase orders first obtained by American University's Investigative Reporting Workshop show $130,000 spent on tear gas and other munitions."
This vote will be a quick turn-around; JWJ is trying to collect sign-ons ASAP because the last time the DC Council will act before the election is THIS TUESDAY, and they need to act by then to protect first amendment protesters in DC.
See petition here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0NVHXxIvP0qMlXf0-P3Neyi6Spxd9d0bIFQttyA7KevN19A/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3LJR-lRbMeLx4T1EanRZCJDYN3eIM5EDXwWonnYhy2aZ6LtLiZv-kJVa8
Results
Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 100.0% | 9 |
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Abstain | 0.0% | 0 | ||
Disagree | 0.0% | 0 | ||
Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
Undecided | 0% | 0 |
9 of 9 people have participated (100%)
Peter Gowan
Fri 16 Oct 2020 8:52PM
Our members are likely to be the victims of these munitions.
Paola
Fri 16 Oct 2020 9:19PM
Absolutely in favor of this proactive action that will protect our members and the thousands of Washingtonians who will exercise their first Amendment right should the election fall into contention.
Ali
Fri 16 Oct 2020 10:01PM
Narrowly tailored to our organizing goals