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Chris Wallace contradicts Trump over Biden’s views on policing
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President protesters over racial injustice ‘trample our freedoms’ Republican support shows signs of cracks as election nears US politics – live coverage Play Video 1:27 Donald Trump vows to defeat ‘radical left’ in 4 July speech – video Donald Trump celebrated America’s Independence Day weekend by stoking divisions over a perceived culture war and dismissing […] More
Three members of a North Carolina police department have been fired after a department audit of a video recording captured one of the officers saying a civil war was necessary to wipe Black people off the map and that he was ready. The Wilmington police department took the action on Wednesday against Cpl Jessie Moore, […] More
Democrats say bill is a toothless response to police brutality Rival reform bill expected to pass in the House this week Cory Booker and Senate Democrats are voicing opposition to a Republican-crafted police reform bill. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA Congress was at a standstill on police reform on Wednesday after Senate Democrats successfully blocked a Republican […] More
Standoff means it is less and less likely Congress will approve any police reform legislation before the November election US representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York, arrives to a US House judiciary committee markup of ‘Justice in Policing Act of 2020’ bill on Capitol Hill on 17 June. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock Hopes of legislation on […] More
Democrats Schumer, Booker and Harris sent McConnell a letter urging him not to hold procedural vote this week on bill Chuck Schumer speaks at the US Capitol in Washington DC, on 16 June. Photograph: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock Senate Democrats have signaled they will block a Republican police reform bill that critics say offers a “woefully […] More
