Congress struggles with police reform: Politics Weekly America podcast
Jonathan Freedland speaks to Dr David Thomas of Florida Gulf Coast University about why lawmakers find police reform a difficult issue to legislate on
February 3, 202323m 36s
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Show Notes
While attending the funeral of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old man beaten to death by police in Memphis, Tennessee, this week, Kamala Harris called on Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which passed in the House in 2021 but failed in the Senate. Jonathan Freedland speaks to Dr David Thomas, of Florida Gulf Coast University, about why lawmakers find police reform a difficult issue to legislate on
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