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Two California Democrats said their bill aims to "end a deeply racialized and harmful practice that has been a mainstay in America’s history of racial bias and violence against Black Americans and people of color."
A bill introduced in California on Monday would prohibit the state’s police from using their K-9 co-workers in apprehensions, arrests and crowd control, ostensibly because of racism concerns.
Introduced on Monday at California's Capitol was AB-742, the Use of Force: Police Canines legislation.
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California is looking to pass legislation that bans law enforcement from using police K-9s to nab suspects because it's a "racist" practice.