US Senator Booker sees fragile path to police reform

WASHINGTON - Democratic US Senator Cory Booker said on Sunday he believed a policing reform bill could pass the current Congress,

although he acknowledged it would be a challenge in the Republican-led House of Representatives.

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There will be a tough fight. "I'm excited about the belief that we can get a big comprehensive bill.

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But can we do something? I believe we can," Booker said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

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"Booker led the last significant congressional talks on police reform that took place in 2021,

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after a white Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of killing George Floyd, a black man, which sparked widespread protests.

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That law would have made it easier for the Justice Department to bring charges related to police misconduct

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and would have given more money for police training, among other measures.

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