Democrats are renewing a push for criminal justice reform following former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ‘s conviction in the murder of George Floyd .
President Biden , congressional Democrats and members …
Democrats are renewing a push for criminal justice reform following former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ‘s conviction in the murder of George Floyd. President Biden, congressional Democrats and members of Floyd’s family in Minneapolis lauded the jury’s decision Tuesday finding Chauvin guilty on all three charges stemming from Floyd’s death in May 2020, but said it was no substitute for broader action on police reform. “George Floyd was murdered almost a year ago,” Biden said in remarks from the White House, urging Congress to take action and send the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to his desk for a signature. “It shouldn’t take a whole year to get this done,” he added of efforts to pass the legislation. Democrats have raised pressure on Senate Republicans to pass the bill, which would prohibit racial profiling at every level of law enforcement, ban chokeholds, carotid holds and no-knock warrants, institute a national police misconduct registry and overhaul legal protections currently afforded to law enforcers known as qualified immunity.
