The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a comprehensive police bill named after George Floyd, whose death in custody sparked global protests against ethnic injustice.
Democrats pushed George Floyd Justice into the Policing Act by a vote of 220–212 with the support of only one Republican.
The law would ban checks and do away with “qualified immunity” for law enforcement, easing the way to lawsuits against officers accused of violating constitutional rights of suspects.
The measure was first approved long after Floyd’s May 25 assassination by police in Minnesota, but stayed in the then Republican-controlled Senate.
Democrats said they were determined to pass the bill a second time. Although they now control both chambers of Congress, it appears that the law cannot pass the Senate without major changes to win GOP support.
With post wires
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