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featured Texas House passes package of police reform bills, including measure requiring more substantive disciplinary action for police misconduct By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Apr 30, 2021 Apr 30, 2021 The Texas House on Friday quickly approved three police reform measures that are part of a sweeping set of legislation following the in-custody murder of George Floyd last year. The bills would require Texas law enforcement agencies to implement more uniform and substantive disciplinary actions for officer misconduct, bar officers from arrestin...

Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas House on Friday quickly approved three police reform measures that are part of a sweeping set of legislation following the in-custody murder of George Floyd last year. State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, lead author of the bills and the omnibus George Floyd Act, said on the House floor Thursday that the disciplinary measure was about fairness and accountability. “The bill is by no means a cookie-cutter process,” said Th...

A unanimous Texas Senate on Thursday passed two Democratic bills, inspired by the death of George Floyd, requiring law officers to intervene when they see another officer using excessive force and requiring them to call for immediate medical help if a suspect is injured. The smooth sailing was the result of negotiations involving every senator and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a conservative Republican who is a staunch supporter of law enforcement and the "Back the Blue" movement. The resulting bills recognize that the legislative process involves compromise, said Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, author ...

Joe Biden to fly Floyd family to Washington as he promises police reform The US president said the conviction of white former officer Derek Chauvin offered a moment for change for the country 21 April 2021 • 4:00pm Joe Biden expressed vowed to pressure Congress to pass meaningful police reform legislation Credit: Doug Mills /The New York Times  Joe Biden offered to fly George Floyd's family to Washington as he promised to address "systemic racism" in policing in the wake of the landmark conviction over the killing.  The US president said the conviction of white former officer Derek Chauv...

NewsSportsEntertainmentLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals OPINION Do Black lives matter to Congress? The fate of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act will tell us The Milford Daily News The death of George Floyd last May and the summer of protests that followed in its wake led members of Congress to try to mandate basic changes in police practices nationwide. But partisan and presidential-election politics prevented any bill from being enacted. That failure can be remedied by swift adoption of the reforms set forth in the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which passed ...