WASHINGTON, June 24 — A Republican bill to rein in police misconduct in the aftermath of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis failed in the US Senate yesterday, leaving congressional efforts to address racial inequities in American policing at an impasse. Democrats, denouncing the measure as...
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The legislative fight over reform now moves to the House of Representatives, which plans to vote on a more sweeping Democratic bill today. Civil rights leaders and activist groups, who called on the Senate to reject the Republican bill, have urged lawmakers to take up stronger measures. But Senate Republicans also warned that Wednesday's vote could mean a political stalemate that leaves Black Americans vulnerable to police violence.
The Republican and Democratic bills address many of the same issues: chokeholds, no-knock warrants, police body cameras, use of deadly force and training to de-escalate confrontations with suspects and to encourage officer intervention against illegal conduct as it occurs.
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