States race to pass policing reforms after Floyd's death

FILE - In this Saturday, July 25, 2020, file photo, the words "I can't breathe" are flashed on a wall during a Black Lives Matter protest in Portland, Ore. State legislatures across the U.S. are pushing an array of policing reforms after the demonstrations related to the death of George Floyd last spring, from banning chokeholds to making it easier to hold officers legally accountable for their actions.

“This kind of rapid response from legislators, on this type of issue particularly, is not something I’ve ever seen previously,” Amber Widgery, a program principal on criminal justice issues at the National Conference of State Legislatures. California’s legislature is in the final month of a session repeatedly interrupted by the pandemic and lawmakers are pushing to enact nearly a dozen police-related laws. One would require law enforcement officers to immediately intercede and report what they believe to be the use of excessive force. Another would allow criminal suspects to apply for victims’ compensation if they were injured by police use of excessive force.

The protests have not moved every state toward putting new limits on police powers. If anything, protests in Missouri have only fueled backlash and pro-police sentiment, primarily among Republican elected officials. During a special session in June the Legislature passed several police reform bills, including a measure that limits the use of chokeholds and another creating a statewide police discipline database.

AlanSuderman Did Floyd state (in body cam footage) that he couldn't breathe before being placed on the ground? Did Floyd have high concentrations of Fetanyl in his blood? What concentration of Fetanyl is deadly?

AlanSuderman Oh sure, while the AuroraPD is cuffing and pulling guns on children. PIGS TYRANTS

AlanSuderman Lets get the data base filled with all of the ones that destroyed our cities and destroyed our law enforcement vehicles ! Wake the fuck up people and do it now! Don't let this shit continue and remove the fucking satanic statues now if you want a life to live

AlanSuderman Race to pass something that matters like stopping all the assholes that started these protest in the first place

AlanSuderman Most of it radical, Socialist BS!

AlanSuderman Haha good idea give the criminals more rights.

AlanSuderman You ever have to deal with an intoxicated and belligerent 250lb person? Chokehold and a gun is all you got. Get real folks.

AlanSuderman An off-duty police officer using a chokehold is still disciplined but a citizen using a chokehold is heroic. The cops under scrutiny should quit & work as a SOF or vigilante.

AlanSuderman Every police officer should be required to earn at least a blue belt in bjj.

AlanSuderman Fox's Tucker Carlson questions official cause of death for George Floyd. Get the whole facts about his death.

AlanSuderman Good luck. Most people are looking for the rule of law. Being given the protection of their lives and property which they expect from their elected officials. The police are not the threat. Are they perfect. No. They have a difficult job where their life is at risk everyday.

AlanSuderman I can see cops walking away from the profession

AlanSuderman At least it’s a start. Our justice system is very similar to our “dependence” on oil, until people start making a better profit with something else it will remain unchanged for the most part. This is like the first hybrid car.

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AlanSuderman Officers should be required to qualify for insurance for lawsuits due to their negligent and/or brutal conduct. If one doesn’t qualify due to the carrier considering that officer a high risk, he/she shouldn’t be an officer. Tax payers shouldn’t foot the bill for police misconduct

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AlanSuderman About damn time...

AlanSuderman they should NEVER EVER be immune from lawsuits. police yourselves. stop calling them unless it’s life or death. they may kill you for needing help.

AlanSuderman praise the lord

AlanSuderman A Trump Supporter responded that the Marxist Black Lives Matter movement is trying to bring back the old Communist Days in our Country, when McCarthy and Lennon were in the Senate.

AlanSuderman If the full video was released none of this would have happened nor cared.

AlanSuderman America in chaos ..... alhamdulillah

AlanSuderman Chokeholds were already banned when Eric Garner was murdered.

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