In an update to last weekâs Black Press USA op-ed on the George Floyd Justice in Police Act, the federal police reform bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives late Wednesday and now goes to the Senate, where it faces stiffer opposition.
The bill is the most ambitious effort in decades to overhaul policing nationwide. Moderate Democrats fear it will reignite a debate they say hurt them during last fallâs elections.
âNo one ran on âdefund the police,â but all you have to do is make that a political weapon,â said Rep. Henry Cuellar, a moderate Texas Democrat who has pushed for more police funding.