Urge Republican Lawmakers to Prioritize Police Reform
Goal: Work with Democrats and push for police reform legislation. In the past month, the use of excessive force by police across the United States has dominated news headlines. Two major stories involve the fatal police shooting of a 20-year-old Black male who was pulled over for having an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror and of a 13-year-old Latino male who was fleeing police, but then stopped to comply with an officer’s commands to put his hands up. Many lawmakers are working to strike a bipartisan deal on police reform legislation that has passed the House but is up for deb...