PETER WONG
Oregon Capital Bureau
Five bills aimed at changing policing practices, plus four related measures, have cleared the Oregon House by near-unanimous votes.
All the bills go to the Senate. Five other policing bills, which are likely to affect state agencies, are pending in the Legislature s joint budget committee.
All emerged from the Judiciary Committee and a subcommittee focused on policing. It follows up the work of a 2020 special session called by Gov. Kate Brown after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year. A former officer was convicted last week on charges of murder and manslaughter; three other officers are awaiting trial. Floyd s death touched off nationwide protests for racial justice, among them more than 100 nights in Portland.
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