Protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington DC. Reuters The House passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act late Wednesday. The bill would be the most ambitious police reform passed in the US in decades. The legislation now heads to the Senate, where it needs at least 10 GOP votes to become law. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. The US House of Representatives passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act late Wednesday, in a party-line vote on the most ambitious policing reform bill in decades.The bill is named for George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who was killed in May of last year when a police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes, prompting a summer of racial justice protests nationwide.The legislation would ban the use of neck restraints at the federal level, get rid of "qualified immunity" for police officers, and prohibit no-knock warrants in federal drug cases.Under current law, qualified immunity prevents public officials from being held personally liable for wrongdoing that occurs while on the job, making it difficult to sue police officers.
The House Passed A Police Reform Bill Named For George Floyd That Would Ban Choke Holds And 'qualified Immunity' For Officers
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Thu, 03/04/2021 - 1:05am
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