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Senate Republicans Propose Their Own Policing Reforms

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - U.S. policing reforms are taking center stage Wednesday in
   Congress, as Senate Republicans offer their legislation promoting
   police accountability for their actions on the streets of America,
   while House Democrats advance their more far-reaching measure to curb
   abusive police conduct.

   Whether the divided lawmakers can reach common ground less than five
   months before the presidential and congressional elections in November
   is uncertain. But there is a certain urgency to the debate uncommon to
   Washington politics in the immediate aftermath of controversial police
   actions in which black men have again died while in the custody of
   police officers.

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