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  • This house believes that the Black Lives Matter movement should embrace open carry gun laws and engage in armed community patrols. Info Slide: The Black Panthers began as a group of black citizens in Oakland, California who engaged in armed patrols of the city streets, specifically focusing on observing police behavior and arrests. In response, California enacted much stricter gun control legislation.

    HWS Round Robin 2019 · Open Final · 2019-12-01

  • This house as a successful and politically progressive NBA player would have continued to boycott the playoffs.

    Infoslide

    During the NBA play-offs*, basketball players boycotted them in protest against police brutality in the US. Eventually the NBA made a deal with the players and promised to put voting booths for the presidential election on NBA courts/arenas. this led the players to agree to play again in the play-offs. *The play-offs are the final rounds of the NBA: the biggest games of the year.

    5to Torneo Express - Miguel Grau Seminario · 4 · 2019-10-24

  • In areas inhabited by minority communities this house supports the establishment of patrol groups comprising community members that carry out some policing duties (e.g. the Shomrim)

    NTU Pro-Ams 2019 · 2 · 2019-09-28

  • This house supports Antifa

    Infoslide

    The antifa movement is composed of left-wing, autonomous, militant anti-fascist groups and individuals in the United States. The principal feature of antifa groups is their use of direct action, with conflicts occurring both online and in real life. They engage in varied protest tactics, which include digital activism, property damage, physical violence, and harassment against those whom they identify as fascist, racist, or on the far-right. Activists involved in the movement tend to be anti-capitalists and subscribe to a range of ideologies, typically on the left. They include anarchists, socialists and communists along with some liberals and social democrats. Their stated focus is on fighting far-right and white supremacist ideologies directly, rather than through electoral means.

    The Lyceum Debating Championship 2019 · Open Semis · 2019-08-30

  • This house would attend the Queer Liberation March rather than the Stonewall50 March.

    Infoslide

    The Queer Liberation March is a self-described people’s political march, an alternative to the main Stonewall50 Pride March. Unlike the Stonewall 50 March, it will have no corporate sponsors, no police and no politicians attending.

    European Round Robin 2019 · 1 · 2019-07-05

  • This house opposes the widespread adoption of facial-recognition technology

    Infoslide

    A facial recognition system is a technology that can identify people’s faces from videos and photos (e.g. Facebook auto-tagging photos). These systems identify people by comparing photos and videos of people with photos of people that they already have in a database.

    Hanoi Debate Open (Pre UADC 2019) · 5 · 2019-06-22

  • This house would apply the standard of “Preponderance of Evidence” rather than “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” in prosecuting police officers who are involved in police brutality.

    Infoslide

    Preponderance of Evidence(POE): lower burden of proof which only requires the prosecution to prove the defendant is moremore gulity than not.(51% bar)

    Nagoya Debate Open 2019 · Open Final · 2019-05-25

  • This house would allow the government to access the private social media accounts of convicted criminals.

    Nagoya Debate Open 2019 · Novice Semis · 2019-05-25

  • This house, as the us Democrats, would agree to fund trump's border wall in exchange for increased gun control measures

    FLTRP Training Beijing Debate Open · Open Semis · 2019-02-20

  • That police radio channels and information about ongoing crimes should be available to the public.

    USU Open 2018 · Open Semis · 2018-12-11