The House on Wednesday passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, an ambitious police reform bill that would ban chokeholds and overhaul qualified immunity protections for officers. The legislation, H.R. 1280, passed 220-212 — although a Republican Congressman Lance Gooden (R-Texas) said he’d voted yes by mistake and changed the official record to reflect his opposition. The bill now […]

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