Tim Scott, the only black Republican member of the U.S. Senate, said on Sunday he is open to exploring whether to enact a new law that would decertify bad police officers as part of a larger law enforcement reform package.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Tim Scott speaks during a Senate Small Business Committee hearing on coronavirus relief aid and"Implementation of title I of the CARES Act.", in Washington, U.S., June 10, 2020. Al Drago/File Photo
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last week tapped Scott to oversee the drafting of new policing reform legislation in response to public outrage over high profile police killings of African Americans including George Floyd, who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck. In the latest case to trigger anger among activists, protesters shut down a major highway in Atlanta on Saturday and burned down a Wendy’s restaurant where a black man was shot dead by police as he tried to escape arrest.
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