House passes major police reform bill, but qualified immunity will be a sticking point in the Senate
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The House of Representatives worked late Wednesday night to wrap up key business before closing on Thursday due to warnings of a conspiracy theory-driven militia plan to attack the Capitol on March 4. Despite those fears, the House passed two importHouse passes major police reform bill, but qualified immunity will be a sticking point in the Senate
The House of Representatives worked late Wednesday night to wrap up key business before closing on Thursday due to warnings of a conspiracy theory-driven militia plan to attack the Capitol on March 4. Despite those fears, the House passed two important bills on Wednesday night: the For the People Act, a wide-ranging voting and election reform bill, and the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. “There is a systemic problem with policing in the United States. By enacting transformative reform on a national level, we have a chance to address it,” Rep. Karen Bass, the author of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act wrote in a USA Today op-ed. ”Though named in his honor, Congress must not pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to honor one man—but to honor all the unarmed people who have been brutalized or killed by police since his death and the many more who were brutalized or killed prior.” Read more