Federal police reform talks have failed – but local efforts stand a better chance of success

Despite more than 12 months of negotiations to agree a bipartisan route for police reform in the US, talks between the Republicans and Democrats formally broke down last month, with no end result in sight; but Professor Thaddeus Johnson and Dr Natasha Johnson of Georgia State University believe that while congressional reform may have been doomed to failure, the federal government could still have a vital role to play in supporting change at a local level.
Bipartisan talks over police reform ended with no agreement on 22 September, 2021, with House Democrats and Republicans blaming each other for the lack of progress.

It isn’t the first time that reform at a federal level has been attempted – nor the first time it has stalled.

The sticking points this time appear to be centred around proposed changes to use-of-force procedures and plans to strip officers of qualified immunity, which shields them from being sued.

Lees verder via policinginsight.com