McCarthy Announces Opposition to Jan. 6 Commission
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The top House Republican said he could not support an inquiry into the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob because it would not examine unrelated “political violence” associated with the left. Representative Rashida Tlaib urged President Biden to end his support of Israel amid its bombing campaign against Hamas.
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Protestors at the Capitol as they breached the doors on Jan. 6.Credit.Jason Andrew for The New York Times
Representative Kevin McCarthy, the top House Republican, said on Tuesday that he would oppose an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, denouncing the proposed bipartisan inquiry into the deadliest attack on Congress in centuries because it would not examine unrelated “political violence” associated with the left.
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Efforts to Weed Out Extremists in Law Enforcement Meet Resistance
Oregon, California, Minnesota, Tennessee and Washington, D.C., are seeking to give law enforcement agencies more power to exclude officers with ties to extremist groups.
Police officers in Portland, Ore., in November. The state is considering a bill that would allow potential officers to be screened more closely.Credit.Mason Trinca for The New York Times
May 11, 2021
In the battle to stamp out extremism from the ranks of the police, lawmakers from California to Minnesota have proposed solutions they thought were straightforward.
Some laws would empower the police to do more robust background checks of recruits, letting them vet social media to make sure new officers were not members of hate groups. Other laws would make it easier for departments to fire officers with ties to extremists.