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Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.), the lead Senate Republican negotiator on police reform, on Monday signaled he’s willing to have another go at the tough issue in the wake of Tyre Nichols’s death at the hands of Memphis police, while criticizing Democrats for blocking his reform bill in 2020 for not going far enough.
Scott pushed back on Democratic colleagues, such as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (Ill.) and Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.), for suggesting that Republicans were the reason Congress hasn’t yet passed a major police reform bill.
Scott criticized Durbin’s opposition to his Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act (JUSTICE) Act, which would have ended the use of police chokeholds and created a “duty” for officers to intervene when they see a colleague use excessive force against a suspect.
Scott said on the Senate floor, “Yesterday on ABC’s ‘This Week,’ Sen. Durbin asked Sen. Booker and I to come back to the table and start talking about policing in America. I never left the table.”
He continued, “But it was Sen. Durbin who filibustered my JUSTICE Act. It was Sen. Durbin who called the effort to make de-escalation training more available a token piece of legislation.”
“Politics too often gets in the way of doing what every American knows is common sense. Here we find ourselves again… having the same conversation with no action having happened so far, he added.
Scott tweeted Monday, “Time & again I asked for common sense policies, such as the duty to intervene. They’ve been filibustered by the left. These are not ‘token’ solutions. They are policies that would have made a difference in Memphis. Americans are sick of politics as usual & they want action now.”
Time & again I asked for common sense policies, such as the duty to intervene. They’ve been filibustered by the left. These are not “token” solutions. They are policies that would have made a difference in Memphis. Americans are sick of politics as usual & they want action now. pic.twitter.com/i5HSLpkxP2
— Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) January 31, 2023
Scott says Democrats are to blame for the failure of police reform legislation https://t.co/tCcFTwPRKq pic.twitter.com/1Axpsu2smI
— The Hill (@thehill) January 31, 2023
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The Democrats don’t want peace they thrive for the violence that goes on in this country.
Tim Scott is considering to run for President. Democrats are the ones that you saw on Jerry Springer show complaining on who cheated on who. They live for chaos. If they don’t have someone to be mad at they are unhappy.
True that democrats are the ones that are for defending the police. Starting with Biden.
Every state has an organization that regulates LEO’s. The federal government has no business pushing their agenda on states. Shame on Republicans for even allowing that.