Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images By Donna M. Owens ·September 23, 2021 Updated
Members of Congress who’ve been working on federal police reform say talks have broken down. Lawmakers said the roadblock effectively ends bipartisan efforts to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021.
The legislation named to honor Floyd–whose police killing in May 2020 spurred mass global protests–is sweeping. Among its provisions are de-escalation training, banning police techniques i.e. chokeholds
