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With the police brutality charges surrounding the George Floyd death, Democrats have proposed “The Justice in Policing Act of 2020” which would help reform police. The claim this bill would look to hold police accountable, end racial profiling, change the culture of law enforcement, empower communities and build trust between law enforcement by addressing systemic racism and bias.
Some of the key steps in this proposed act are listed below:
1. Establish a national standard for the operation of police departments
2. Mandate data collection on police encounters
3. Reprogram existing funds to invest in transformative community-based policing programs
4. Streamline federal law to prosecute excessive force and establish independent prosecutors for police investigations
Since almost the entirety of this act contains constitutional problems, Dr. Duke Pesta explores why this is a bad idea and why it runs against the Constitution.
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