This is our moral moment – the Congressional Black Caucus will be introducing legislation to address laws that shield police officers from ever being accountable for excessive force. We will also address the structural conflict of interests of relying on DAs to charge officers from police departments they work with every day. Abusive law enforcement officers should lose the privilege of being an officer.

 

People kneel during a protest over the death of George Floyd, Monday, June 1, 2020, at Los Angeles City Hall. Protests were held in U.S. cities over the death of Floyd, a Black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (Kirby Lee via AP)