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Just putting their effort towards making this country live up to its creed. so we are supportive of that, we're going to keep doing everything we can and we're going to keep working until it actually gets done. >> is qualified immunlt for police -- immunity for police officers the sole issue holding up the agreement? some are suggesting maybe deal with that separately and in the meantime get everything passed into law. >> i think negotiations are going on behind the scenes and that's where they should stay. all i know is i've been assured from senator booker, from representative bass and senat...

You do, it is obvious in order for legislation to pass in the senate, democrats are going to need support of ten republicans. it will make it unlikely they'll get everything they want. do you get a sense from reporting that it is better to pass some reform now rather than take the all or nothing approach? what have you been hearing about what they're considering in negotiations you're talking about between representative bass and others. >> let me tell you something, ayman. we are talking about tight lips. it is difficult to get real time information. >> hard to imagine in washington, d.c. >> ...

This Is What Passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Would Mean For America 20 Shares After a year of unrest, on April 20, a Minnesota jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of all charges in the murder of George Floyd. The landmark moment marks one of the few times the nation has seen police held accountable for racially charged crimes against the Black community. But this moment of victory does not equate to long-lasting justice. In fact, just minutes before the jury announced Chauvin's verdict, 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant was fatally shot by a police offi...

House Democrats pass token police reform bill On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would prohibit the use of certain lethal police tactics, introduce measures to increase accountability for police misconduct and place limitations on the use of “qualified immunity” to shield officers involved in brutality or other misconduct from civil liability. The passage of the “George Floyd Justice in Policing Act,” named after the African-American worker whose murder at the hands of Minneapolis police last May touched off anti-police violence protests that swept the US...

Human Rights Watch   Prosecutions for Unlawful Conduct. Section 101 of the bill changes the standard for prosecuting 18 USC 242 cases—a statute that enables federal prosecutors to criminally charge law enforcement officers with violating people’s civil rights—from “willfully” to “knowingly or recklessly.” This change aims to remove an intent requirement that some prosecutors claim has made it difficult to bring Section 242 cases.[9] This may increase the number of Section 242 cases brought at the federal level, which currently is extremely low compared to the number of complain...