J. Kim Murphy editorDemocrats introduced legislation calling for police reform on Monday in response to ongoing nationwide Black Lives Matter protests following the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other African Americans at the hands of law enforcement.“Never again should the world be subjected to witnessing what we saw on the streets in Minneapolis, the slow murder of an individual by a uniformed police officer,” said Congressional Black Caucus chair Karen Bass.House Judiciary Committee chair Jerrold Nadler, and senators Cory Booker (N.J.) and Kamala Harris (Calif.) joined Bass in introducing the legislation.The Justice in Policing Act of 2020 aims to reduce the legal protection of officers accused of misconduct, as well as.
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