Police reform legislation has "more momentum" post Chauvin verdict
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Lawmakers are looking to push forward with police reform after Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd on Tuesday, with representatives and senators holding bipartisan discussions about next steps.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday that the guilty verdict in the Chauvin trial does not mean that the problem of police misconduct and brutality has been solved. "The Senate will continue to work — that work as we strive that George Floyd's tragic death will not be in vain. We will not rest until the Senate passes strong legislation to end the systemic bias in law enforcement," Schumer said in a speech on the Senate floor.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.