'The entire culture and mentality needs to change to bring these words to life, and to save lives,' said one civil rights advocate of an expected federal policing reform executive order.
, the order will direct federal agencies to revise their use-of-force policies, create a national registry of officers who have been fired for misconduct, restrict the transfer of military equipment to law enforcement agencies, and use grants to incentivize police departments to reform their chokehold and no-knock warrant policies.to the U.S.
"We have seen jurisdictions with strong standards where officers still resort to the use of deadly force, so just having these words on paper will not be enough," Ofer told the"The entire culture and mentality needs to change to bring these words to life, and to save lives."to pass a sweeping police reform bill which would have banned police chokeholds and eliminated qualified immunity—which protects police from liability in misconduct lawsuits—among other reforms.
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