The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act — named after the 46-year-old Black man killed by Minneapolis police in 2020 — was police-reform legislation that passed the Democratic-controlled House in 2021. But negotiations broke down in the Senate after.
The bill would limit the transfer of military goods, such as drones, to local and state law enforcement agencies.Police officers would receive guidance on racial profiling, implicit bias and intervention.All federal officers would be required to wear body cameras, and all marked federal police vehicles would be required to use dashboard cameras. The resulting footage must be released on request under the bill.
The use of chokeholds also received greater scrutiny since the death of Floyd, after a Minneapolis police officer held his knee to Floyd’s neck for several minutes. Under the bill, chokeholds would be banned at the federal level.The bill asks state and local governments to pass similar laws, and those that fail to do so would lose access to federal funding.This provision would make it easier to bring charges against offending police officers.
Under qualified immunity, police officers are protected from individual liability. This makes it nearly impossible to prosecute police officers for violating someone’s civil rights. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act sought to bar officers from qualified immunity, but this was a primary sticking point during bipartisan Senate negotiations last year.
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