The Congressional Black Caucus is at work on a package of reform bills the House could advance later this month in response to the death of George Floyd, says Rep. Karen Bass, the chair of the caucus.
This comes as two autopsies reveal Floyd's death was a homocide, but differ on what caused his death. ABC News' Ines de La Cuetara reports.the House could advance later this month in response to the death of George Floyd, Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., the chair of the caucus, told ABC News.
"Of course it is a responsibility of all of us to take the time to heal. But we are looking to them for their values-based, sad experience and their leadership in terms of legislation," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said of the caucus on Tuesday. On Monday, Sen. Cory Booker D-N.J., along with Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., called for reforming the federal statute governing police misconduct and the qualified immunity legal doctrine, which has been used to shield police officers and other government officials from some lawsuits.
Beyond the group, Libertarian Rep. Justin Amash, of Michigan, said he planned to introduce a bill to end qualified immunity and allow victims of excessive police force to sue officers in court, a proposal also backed by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
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