Congress pressed to pass police reform after beating death of Tyre Nichols

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The attorney for Nichols’s family called on Congress to pass stalled legislation aimed at combating police misconduct. But it could face an uphill battle in the House.

, would limit qualified-immunity policies that protect officers accused of misconduct; create a national registry of sustained disciplinary actions against officers; and ban chokeholds and limit no-knock warrants, among other measures.

The 2021 measure was named for George Floyd, who died in 2020 after then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly 9½ minutes, as seen on a video captured by a bystander. The legislation was sponsored by Democrats including Sen. Cory Booker but faced opposition in the Senate from Republicans. Sen. Tim Scott offered a narrower version of the bill, but that didn’t pass either.Sen. Richard J.

On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Rep. Jim Jordan said he didn’t think a federal law would have made a difference in the death of Nichols.

 

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Stop resisting arrest and fleeing from cops. You'll be fine.

Senator Tim Scott has been trying for years and has been blocked at every turn.

Society Is Desperately Seeking Solutions; When There Is None - At Least Not Long-Term

Needs to start at FBI, IRS, ATF, DEA. DOJ AND THEN STATE AND LOCAL..

*in the REPUBLICAN House. There. I fixed it for you.

They were under qualified and under trainned look up the background of each cop

What we really need is a ban on CNN msnbc cbs abc nbc ap NPR AND VP , BarackObama & JoeBiden potus race baiting, dividing America & lying about where the responsibility is. I guarantee none of these officers were taught this behavior by Memphis PD.

Yeah, because Democrats always attach something to it to add billions of more money to Ukrain, and increase wreckless spending for the climate, etc. Then Republicans can't pass these much wanted and needed bill proposals.

I THOUGHT BEATING PEOPLE TO DEATH IS ALREADY ILLEGAL?

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