Michael Pope reports.
Members of the General Assembly have taken a number of steps to increase accountability for law-enforcement officers over the course of the last year. But there's one change they have not made: ending qualified immunity and allowing people to sue officers or their agencies for wrongdoing.
Mark Dix at the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association says lawmakers need to figure out a way to take action on this.
"This is about holding the employment agencies accountable in the most egregious cases," Dix says. "If we're going to prevent the next George Floyd, we have to have the employing agencies held liable in these type of situations."