US House of Representatives passes George Floyd's bill for police reform, Trump threatens veto
Friday, June 26, 2020
UPDATimes - The United States House of Representatives has passed a police reform bill. However, if you have the latest situation, the bill is predicted to have little prospect of becoming law amid differences in party attitudes.
The DPR which is now controlled by the Democratic party voted 236-181 in terminating the bill in line with the party's perspective on Thursday night.
The bill was named after George Floyd, after the name of an unarmed black man who died after being pressed against his neck by the knee by police in May, which then sparked protests around the world.
But US President Donald Trump threatened to veto George Floyd's bill.
Meanwhile, Trump's Republican colleagues in the Senate proposed their own different bill.
George Floyd's death had a chain effect in America. After triggering demonstrations regarding police violence and racism, George Floyd's death prompted the American government to reform and cut down the Police budget. The hope, with these two things, the American Police will be more streamlined and the number of violence by the authorities can be suppressed.
"I beg of you to listen to this request, listen to the requests of our brothers who are struggling on the streets now. Citizens of various backgrounds have united to push for change. Respect them, respect George by making changes to the security forces," Philonise Floyd said.
Philonise Floyd not only pleaded for change, but also recounted what his brother suffered. He said, George Floyd died only because he was accused of using fake money worth US $ 20 Dollars. According to him, even if his sister was guilty, his life did not have to go flying. "Is that the price of black people's lives? Just US $ 20?" said Philonise Floyd.
Philonise Floyd's testimony on Wednesday is part of the Democratic congressman's plan to make legislation related to oversight of the Police. The momentum was driven by anti-racism and non-violence demonstrations by the Police, also called Black Lives Matter, which took place in various places.
In the draft prepared by the Democrats, the legislation will make it easier to track down, prosecute, and punish police personnel who act arbitrarily. In addition, the legislation also wants to limit the violence approach that can be done by the Police.
Republicans have not yet determined concrete attitudes about their response to the George Floyd case. Even so, Republicans have prepared various policy options and have taken them to American President Donald Trump for support. That followed the fall of Trump's electability after his comments about the death of George Floyd.
What's in the DPR bill?
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, or the George Floyd Bill on Justice in the Police, was passed exactly a month after the death of the man from Minneapolis, Minnesota - was passed quickly when compared with the habits of the legislative body that was full of consideration.
The Democratic-backed bill will hold the police accountable personally for lawsuits, ban the door-knit no-order warrants often used by police in drug raids, and stop the excessive flow of military equipment to the police department.
Three Republican members crossed party principles and voted in favor of George Floyd's bill.
But the Republican Senate has refused to take the US House version of the bill, arguing that the bill is an outreach that would undermine law enforcement.
Is there room for compromise?
Republican and Democratic proposals will reduce police authority, introduce new training procedures, seek to expand the use of body cameras and make national registrations for officers accused of violations.
However, Democrats said the Republican proposed bill would not protect American blacks, arguing that it depended on collecting data and financial incentives for state and local police departments to adopt their own reforms.
On Wednesday, Democrats in the Senate shrugged off the votes needed by Republicans to open debates about their laws.
President Trump said, "If there is no progress in this, then the issue will be like that. We have a different philosophy."
There is no draft law covering reducing police finances and diverting expenditures to other community services, as requested by Black Lives Matter activists.
What do Democrats and Republicans say?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gathered with Congressional Black Caucus members, or Congressional Black Caucuses, on the steps of the Capitol on Thursday and said, "Exactly one month ago, George Floyd said his last words - 'I can't breathe' - and changed the path history."
Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, said: "Here in America, every black mother and every black father must talk to their children about what to do when approached by the police."
But Debbie Lesko, an Arizona Republican, said: "All lives are important."
And Glenn Grothman, a Republican from Wisconsin, was quoted by the Washington Post as saying about Democrats, "They don't want to talk about it when white people are killed."
Tim Scott, the only Republican member of the black Senate and author of the failed Senate police reform bill, accused the Democrats of playing "pure racial politics" ahead of the November general election.
"There will be blood in the hands of Democrats," Scott of South Carolina told Fox News, if more black Americans died due to congressional inaction.
Earlier this week, Pelosi angered Republicans by accusing them of "trying to escape with murder, actually. The murder of George Floyd."
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