House Democrats have unveiled a legislative blueprint for reforming policing policies, responding to the nationwide protests calling for change after the death of George Floyd.
House Democrats on Monday unveiled a legislative blueprint for reforming policing policies, responding to the nationwide protests calling for change after the death of George Floyd.
It would also prohibit the use of chokeholds by police nationwide, require a national database of police misconduct and give the Justice Department civil rights division subpoena power to investigate local police departments. Before unveiling the police reform bill at a press conference, House and Senate Democrats met in the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall for eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence.
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