Bad Boys II

[Dill]

(06-24-2020, 10:35 PM)bfine32 Wrote: It seems the GOP wants to address police reform but the Dems don't even want to discussnit:

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/policing-reform-bill-fails-move-forward-senate-174100639.html

Hopefully the House GOP consider the bill the House will introduce so we can discuss reform and the Dems can say it was their idea.

This seems to be the sticking point.

But the bill stopped short of implementing federal mandates to curb police use of force and other questionable practices -- like chokeholds and carotid holds -- limiting the transfer of federal military equipment to localities and creating a national police misconduct database, shortcomings Democrats said made the bill "irrevocably flawed."

Not a good look, especially after what ignited the current movement for reform was a casual choking death. Could be why the Dems "don't even want to discusss" a bill which doesn't address this issue.

The House Bill does in fact bar chokeholds, so yes, maybe the Dems can pass a bill and claim a more thorough reform was their idea.

What's your view on chokeholds--ban or not? Or "discuss"?