A Black Lives Matter protester leads a rally as protests continue over the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Jun 3, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File PhotoWASHINGTON, DC: Despite a renewed focus on wrongful arrests and racial discrimination after the death of George Floyd, meaningful reform of the massive US criminal justice system is unlikely ahead of the November election, politicians and activists say.
"It was kind of shocking, the huge gap between where your congressional Democrats are, where a lot of people in the movement on the ground are and where Republicans appear to be, and I think that's really disappointing," said Ames Grawert, senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, a liberal-leaning group, speaking of police reform legislation.
"If you have law enforcement and the faith community on the right and then you have civil rights and social justice organisations on the left that has proven to be a strong and muscular coalition," said Ralph Reed, a Republican strategist and founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, which endorsed the 2018 bill.
Democrats and civil rights groups including the NAACP say they opposed the Republican bill because it relies on incentives to effect reforms and seeks data collection on issues such as no-knock warrants, rather than mandating changes as the Democratic bill does.
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