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Law enforcement groups are urging Congress to fix a flaw in the leading police reform package that they believe will lead to more shootings and deaths — exactly the opposite intent of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021.
In letters to Congress, the police are warning that the legislation will end the use of Tasers, seen by many as a less harmful way to subdue suspects.
At issue is language calling the use of electronic control weapons (including Tasers) “deadly force,” the same as firearms. The bill rushed through the House said that when used against a suspect “multiple” times, it becomes a deadly force weapon.