Talks over bill to overhaul policing intensify amid new urgency after Daunte Wright shooting
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Active discussions are underway in Congress over a bipartisan bill to overhaul laws surrounding policing as the Biden administration made the decision earlier this week to let Congress tackle the issue, standing down on its campaign promise to create a White House commission to study the issue.
The conversation took on new urgency in recent days after the police shooting death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, outside Minneapolis, just miles away from the courtroom where police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for the murder of George Floyd. Floyd's death sparked protests and a nationwide reckoning on systemic racial injustice last summer, with protests flaring again this week, turning violent at times. It also comes amid the release of stunning video from a December 2020 traffic stop where two Virginia officers used are alleged to have used excessive force and threatened an Army Lieutenant during a routine traffic stop, according to a new lawsuit, further highlighting the risks of driving while Black in the US.
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