Early this morning there was a new act passed called the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act. What this new act is hoping to accomplish is less discrimination against African Americans from cops. In a more political sense, the government page says this is what the act will do:
lowers the criminal intent standard—from willful to knowing or reckless—to convict a law enforcement officer for misconduct in a federal prosecution,limits qualified immunity as a defense to liability in a private civil action against a law enforcement officer or state correctional officer, andauthorizes the Department of Justice to issue subpoenas in investigations of police departments for a pattern or practice of discrimination.
Here's a link to the article: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/election-reform-bill-hr-1-passes-house/
Link to the government page about the act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7120
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