17-06-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com

A look at dueling policing proposals considered by Congress

As Americans protest racial inequality and the death of George Floyd and others at the hands of police, their pleas are being heard in the chambers of the U.S. Capitol.Both Democrats and Republicans have introduced legislation to reform policing in America, but they diverge on some issues.The far-reaching legislative proposal from Democrats, the Justice in Policing Act,would limit legal protections for police, create a national database of excessive-force encounters and ban police chokeholds, am
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