SB 5919 & HB 2037 do much more than iron out the wrinkles in two of the police accountability laws passed last year. They give cops more authority to use force on people, and victims of police violence know whose bodies will bear the brunt of that pain. Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images
Last week a few bills that give cops more authority to use force against the public advanced out of House and Senate committees with bipartisan support. The bills set the stage for Democrats to roll back rather than simply “tweak” key police accountability measures they passed last year. Meanwhile, more substantive measures to reduce police brutality look
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