April 8, 2021 Guest Submission
The George Floyd Act addresses qualified immunity by creating a cause of action for deprivation of rights; requires corroboration for the testimony of undercover police officers; adds a duty to intervene and to render aid; prohibits chokeholds and limits lethal force to imminent threat of serious bodily injury or death. It also ends arrests for many non-jailable fine-only violations and mandates creation of a progressive disciplinary matrix establishing different disciplinary actions for policy violations and violations of law by police. The law would call for these actions to be developed through a statewide process with stakeholders using evidence-based practices.
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Case of Marquise Jones, Black man killed by San Antonio police officer, will not be presented again to grand jury, officials say
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Deborah Bush, aunt of Marquise Jones who was killed by police, cries while Mike Lowe, left, and Johnathan-David Jones speak during a rally organaized by the Black Lives Matter movement before the San Antonio City Council meeting on August 31, 2016.Express-News file photoShow MoreShow Less
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Debbie Bush, center, aunt of the late Marquise Jones, standing in front of his mother Cheryl Jones, and father Blake Lamkin, speaks about Marquise during an event to honor the families of victims of police violence in San Antonio on August 15, 2020.Matthew Busch /ContributorShow MoreShow Less