Defund the Police 2.0? Leftist group circulating plan for blue cities to repeal laws that criminalize resisting arrest: report | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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Local Progress Impact Lab updated its guidance in November of 2025 with recommendations that include banning tear gas and rubber bullets, limiting police dispersal orders, and releasing people arrested at public assemblies.
A left-wing network of elected officials is circulating policy recommendations encouraging Democratic-led cities to repeal laws criminalizing resistance to arrest. The recommendations also call for restrictions on police crowd-control tactics to protect activists arrested during demonstrations.
According to a report by journalist Natalie Winters, Local Progress Impact Lab updated its guidance in November 2025 with recommendations that include banning tear gas and rubber bullets, limiting police dispersal orders, and releasing people arrested at public assemblies. The network’s recommendations extend to preparations for the 2026 elections.
Its August 2026 election bulletin instructs officials to “Create an expedited permitting process for election-related demonstrations” and to “Pre-designate public assembly areas near civic buildings and polling locations and publish them clearly in advance.”