Ahead of a House vote Thursday, Speaker Pelosi says a policing overhaul bill in George Floyd’s name will transform policing culture: “It will save lives.”
“The George Floyd Justice and Policing Act will fundamentally transform the culture of policing to address systemic racism, curb police brutality and bring accountability to our police departments,” she said. “It will save lives.”
“We are supposed to be the beacon of hope for human rights in other countries, and the Justice and Policing Act is a bill for human rights in our country,” Bass said. Democrats introduced the legislation this month amid the national outcry over Floyd’s death. The legislation would ban chokeholds, including the kind used on Floyd by aas well as no-knock warrants in drug cases, as was used in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, in March.
from advancing to debate, calling the legislation flawed and a nonstarter. A motion to open debate on the measure, which needed 60 votes, failed 55-45.
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