Fulton County DA Paul L. Howard, Jr. will hold a press conference at 3:00 p.m. ET to reveal if he intends to charge ex-Atlanta officer Garrett Rolfe, who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks, and officer Devin Brosnan who was also present during the shooting.
, saying, “we have only had the bill for a few hours and are reviewing it, but what’s clear is that the Senate Republican proposal on policing does not rise to the moment.”
Schumer also criticized Senate Majority Leader McConnell for moving on judicial nominees before taking up the police bill. He did not say if Democrats will block first procedural vote. Schumer did say that he is glad McConnell"has listened to our demands to bring a police reform bill to the floor before July 4."
“The Senate is a place where you can only succeed if you convince a substantial majority of the chamber that you have good legislation. We expect our Republican colleagues to work with us to make significant improvement to any legislation in order for it to pass. We take this very seriously. As we continue to review the Republican legislation, I will be talking with my caucus about the best way to strengthen it. This bill will need dramatic improvement," he said.
“The Democratic bill has a ban on no-knock warrants in federal drug cases, while the Republican bill only requires data on no-knock warrants."
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