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As New Police Reform Laws Sweep Across the U.S., Some Ask: Are They Enough?
States have passed over 140 police oversight bills since the killing of George Floyd, increasing accountability and overhauling rules on the use of force. But the calls for change continue.
A protest last week after the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was killed by the police in Brooklyn Center, Minn.Credit.Victor J. Blue for The New York Times
April 18, 2021, 12:24 p.m. ET
In February, Illinois enacted a law that rewrote many of the state’s rules of policing, and mandated that officers wear body cameras. In March, New York City moved to make it easier for citizens to sue officers. This month, the Maryland legislature which decades ago became the first to adopt a Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights became the first to do away with it.
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Illustration: Andrea Brunty, USA TODAY Network, Photo: Alton Strupp, Courier Journal
After weeks of Black Lives Matter protests last summer, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis decided he d seen enough of agitators, as he called them, who were bent on sowing disorder and causing mayhem.
There had been at least 79 demonstrations in Florida in the two months since George Floyd had died in Minneapolis, including some that turned violent. Amid a citywide curfew in Tampa, protesters traded rocks, bottles and glass for pepper spray and rubber bullets from law enforcement. At least one protester was hit in the head by a rubber bullet.
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Apr 16, 2021 01:28 AM EDT
The House of Congress passed legislation on Thursday to address the gender pay gap discrimination in the country. Lawmakers from the House of Congress approved the bill titled Paycheck Fairness Gap Act with a vote of 217-210 on Thursday. It aims to reduce gender-based discrimination and increase employer s accountability, according to a recently published article on The Hill.
(Photo : Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) speaks during a news conference about the Paycheck Fairness Act on Capitol Hill
Paycheck Fairness Gap
The bill first passed the U.S. Congress two years ago, but it did not get the majority votes of the Republican-controlled House of Senate. Even though Democrats already passed the bill in the House, it is still not clear if they will have the support of the Republicans in the House of Senate.