Biden proposed 'Police Officer's Bill of Rights' two months after Rodney King beating

Obiwan

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So Biden sided with the cops on the Rodney King beating!!!


Early on the morning of March 3, 1991, a cameraman living near a remote freeway in northern Los Angeles recorded the beating of construction worker Rodney King, a black man. For nearly 10 minutes, King was abused, beaten, and tased by four Los Angeles Police Department officers following a routine traffic stop for suspicion that he was driving under the influence. King suffered multiple broken bones and burns on his chest.

King had initially been pulled over after driving more than 100 mph.


The incident polarized much of America, with police groups and lawmakers defending the officers, saying the beatings were justified out of self-defense. Many cautioned against the demonization of law enforcement in an era of high crime.


Sensing upcoming unrest, lawmakers in Washington began to act. In May 1991, Biden authored a Senate bill that would have provided greater protections to cops accused of misconduct. The " Police Officer's Bill of Rights Act" aimed at strengthening protections when law enforcement officers were accused of misconduct. The law contained measures that would have streamlined all police misconduct investigations nationwide, ensuring that every department followed identical standards.

The bill also would have restricted when and how misconduct investigations could take place, such as limiting interviews to one interrogator at a time and requiring that lawyer represent the officer in question. State and city governments would also have been forbidden from questions regarding an officer's finances or asking about the finances of their family.


The bill also would have authorized "a cause of action in State court by the officer for recovery of damages and full reinstatement against a law enforcement agency that materially violates rights afforded under this Act, subject to specified limitations."


The Police Officer's Bill of Rights never made it out of committee, although a modified version of its text was included in the Biden-Thurmond Violent Crime Control Act of 1991. That bill was eventually adjusted into the controversial 1994 crime bill that was enacted during the Clinton administration, which was largely seen as a response to public outrage after the Los Angeles riots — the result of acquittals for the officers that beat King.
 
Biden has been pretty public with his lifelong racism.
 
As I have stated here several times, Sniffy Joe is to the right of Dumb Don. Cons and libs somehow don’t know this.
 

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