Congressional negotiators make progress on policing overhaul compromise By Kris Van Cleave, Nikole Killion
May 10, 2021 / 9:13 PM / CBS News Scott: Significant numbers of Republicans willing to back police reform
Congressional staffers worked through recess towards agreement on several key elements of a compromise police reform bill that could lead to a sweeping overhaul of policing in the U.S.
Conversations are still ongoing, and staffers are working toward drafting language, but they appear to be nearing agreement on several fronts banning the use of chokeholds by police officers except in life-threatening situations, setting federal standards for no-knock warrants and limiting the transfer of military equipment to local police departments.
Separation of Powers
The American court system was never meant to play out in a public arena. The separation of powers exists in our Constitution for a reason. People
serving in the legislative branch shouldn’t make public comments about an active case examined by the judicial branch. Furthermore, the head of the executive branch the president shouldn’t comment about an ongoing case, regardless of whether the jury had been sequestered for deliberation or not.
At the very least, Representative Maxine Waters stoked racial flames in an already contentious trial and President Biden set the stage for protests if the jury didn’t make what he called “the right decision.” Neither of those input channels has any place in our judicial system.
US grand jury indicts 4 ex-Minneapolis police officers in George Floyd s murder ANI | Updated: May 08, 2021 03:24 IST
Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): A US federal grand jury on Friday indicted all four former Minneapolis police officers involved in the killing of George Floyd last year, including Derek Chauvin who was convicted of murder and manslaughter charges in April.
According to The Hill, the multicount indictment from the US District Court for the District of Minnesota, accuses Chauvin along with Thomas Lane, J Kueng and Tou Thao of violating Floyd s constitutional rights.
All of the men were charged with failing to administer first aid to Floyd as Chauvin kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes.
Shaun King, a prominent voice in the Black Lives Matter movement, outlines the steps
President Joe Biden and Congress should take now to build on the momentum of the conviction of Derek Chauvin for George Floyd’s murder. America, King says, could finally tackle the policing and criminal justice crises that have torn the country apart.
I want us to have a hard conversation about race, about injustice and about the possibility that America could seize the unprecedented moment we are in right now, the aftermath of prosecutors and a jury finally holding a violent police officer accountable for killing an unarmed Black man, to finally address the systemic problems that brought us to this point. But first I’d like to talk not about racism and murder, but about peanut butter. Yeah, peanut butter.