WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Senate Democrats blocked a closely-watched police reform Bill on Wednesday (June 24), arguing that the Republican measure introduced after George Floyd's killing by police does not go nearly far enough.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - US Senate Democrats blocked a closely-watched police reform Bill on Wednesday , arguing that the Republican measure introduced after George Floyd's killing by police does not go nearly far enough.
Attention now turns to the House, where Democrats intend to pass their own, more sweeping police reform Bill on Thursday. "The only way there is any downside for Democrats to come to the table is if they'd rather preserve this urgent subject as a live campaign issue than pass a bipartisan answer," he said.
But the Bill does not end or limit qualified immunity, the controversial doctrine that protects police from being sued for misconduct. The measure is so"irrevocably" flawed that"it can not serve as a useful starting point for meaningful reform," he added.
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