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Two of the five former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers arrested following the death of Tyre Nichols were hired after the department loosened hiring requirements.
Banks bill, the Qualified Immunity Act, would codify existing Supreme Court precedent that shields police officers from civil lawsuits from the same criminals they put behind bars, he said.
Police speak out against ‘white supremacy’ accusations in wake of Capitol riot Print this article
Law enforcement professionals say they re bewildered by and angry at portrayals of them as white supremacists in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
That view was neatly summarized in a Jan. 12 column by Brookings Institution fellow Rashawn Ray titled What the Capitol insurgency reveals about white supremacy and law enforcement. America should be honest about the fact that while many people are attracted to law enforcement because they truly want to protect and serve, there are others who seek out these jobs because they want to enforce white supremacist ideologies, Ray wrote.