Full Description
The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN, while he was in the custody of law enforcement, combined with several other recent high-profile deaths of African Americans at the hands of the police, have generated congressional interest in legislation to reform state and local policing practices, and to require law enforcement agencies to collect more data on law enforcement actions and activities and share these data with the public. Two major pieces of legislation that contain police reform proposals are before Congress: H.R. 7120, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 -- passed by the House on June 25, 2020 -- and S. 3985, the Just and Unifying Solutions to Invigorate Communities Everywhere (JUSTICE) Act. This book discusses the current issues associated with police reform.
Contents
Preface; George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020; Comparing Police Reform Bills: The Justice in Policing Act and the JUSTICE Act; Congress and Police Reform: Current Law and Recent Proposals; Congress and Law Enforcement Reform: Constitutional Authority; Policing Reform Legislation: Conditions on Funding and New Authorizations; Policing the Police: Qualified Immunity and Considerations for Congress; Police Accountability Measures; Programs to Collect Data on Law Enforcement Activities: Overview and Issues; Federal Police Oversight: Criminal Civil Rights Violations Under 18 U.S.C. § 242; Regulating Federal Law Enforcement: Considerations for Congress; What Role Might the Federal Government Play in Law Enforcement Reform?; Overview of Recent Anti-Lynching Proposals; Proposals for Systems of Records on Wandering Officers; Reforming Patterns of Unconstitutional Policing: Enforcement of 34 U.S.C. § 12601; Index.
