I love how the Dems are all talking about Police Reform now....remember that voted down EVEN debating police reform...when one of the only black Senators in the US Senate brought the issue to the floor. Just shameful....sad....maybe had they not blocked even debate, we could have a constructive law, and this man would be alive today.
Please that bill Scott presented was a joke, that wasn't any kind of police reform. He was just doing flunky duty with that bill.
Why wasn't it reform? Moreover, why did the DEM block to even DEBATE the bill...they could have at least debated and added whatever.
THEY BLOCKED TO EVEN DEBATE IT
The block of Wright is on Harris, Sanders and all the Dems that blocked even DEBATING police reform
There was nothing to debate, the bill was bullshit. There wasn't any reform it was just a bunch of recommendations and ideas of what could be done.
um yeah...that's why he wanted to debate the ideas, and recommendations....but the Dems shut down any DEBATE...nothing...why? Well....I think for people like you...you claim there is nothing to debate....but loot, riot, burn etc anytime something happens. The left wants the chaos, they want the division, they don't want to actually have true reform, OR EVEN DEBATE it on the Senate floor.
How many more freaking years does it need to be debated? We are beyond that, we need action not more talk.
This man's death is on the hands of every Dem that voted to even DEBATE it, and people like yourself that support those Dems
This man's death is on the hands of these coward ass Republicans who want things to remain as they are and use that lame as debate excuse to keep them the way they are.
1) You don't really know how a bill becomes a law do you? Obviously, the Dems don't want to talk about it at all...or pass legislation...hence why they voted it down.
You don't understand the bill was garbage do you. Now is the time for real action not this same ole, same ole.
2) The GOP had a bill...the Dems blocked it. It's on their hands, and yours for supporting them, Face it....you support the status que because you support Dems...and Dems want the status que because it creates division and hate...and the DNC's power depends on hate and division...always has always will....
The GOP bill was BULLSHIT that didn't do anything about the problems that have plagued us for years.
1) there was nothing wrong the bill...and if the Dems wanted to add things, they could have...they could...they didn't even want to allow DISCUSSION about the bill or the topic they voted TALKING ABOUT THE BILL DOWN
2) Sen Scott's bill certainly addressed the issues, and issues the Feds could have done. The left however...didn't even want to have the CONVERSATION...they VOTED DOWN DEBATE on the topic.
All you are doing is parroting propaganda....sad....little dembot....pushing for the status que....you don't care...it's obvious.
The Bill the Dems, wouldn't even DEBATE, offered, but wasn't limited to, the following....mind you the Dems didn't even think any of these things were an issue even worthy of DISCUSSING:
Law Enforcement Reform
- The JUSTICE Act strengthens the training methods and tactics throughout law enforcement jurisdictions, especially regarding de-escalation of force and the duty to intervene, providing law enforcement with new funding to do so, and will also end the practice of utilizing chokeholds
- Additionally, the bill will reform hiring practices by providing more resources to ensure the makeup of police departments more closely matches the communities they serve
- The JUSTICE Act also ensures when a candidate is interviewed, the department looking to hire will have access to their prior disciplinary records
- Too often, after a tragic incident, we have learned the offending officer had a disciplinary past in another jurisdiction of which their current employer was unaware
Accountability
- Studies show that when body cameras are properly used violent encounters decrease significantly
- The JUSTICE Act will put more body cameras on the streets, and ensure that departments are both using the cameras and storing their data properly
- JUSTICE also requires a report establishing best practices for the hiring, firing, suspension, and discipline of law enforcement officers
Transparency
- Currently, only about 40 percent of police officers from jurisdictions nationwide report to the FBI after an incident where an officer has discharged his or her weapon or used force
- The bill will require full reporting in these two areas
- There is also very little data as to when, where and why no knock warrants are used, and the JUSTICE Act will require reporting in this area as well
Additional Steps
- The JUSTICE Act will finally make lynching a federal crime
- It also creates two commissions to study and offer solutions to a broader range of challenges facing black men and boys, and the criminal justice system as a whole
Just listen to the impassion plea by an African-American in the US Senate, begging for the left to at least have the DISCUSSION:
Tragic, the party of the Klan, Jim Crow, Bull Conner and firehoses....said no...not even gonna discuss it.