Two senators at the time, Tim Scott, a Republican out of South Carolina, Cory Booker, a Democrat out of New Jersey, decided to put together legislation called George Floyd Justice Policing. And they were negotiating right then and there. Yeah. But The negotiations [for the George Floyd Justice Policing Act] broke down because of qualified immunity. For those viewers who are listening in, qualified immunity is essentially the ability to hold the individual officer accountable for their actions. That's it. They're like, police is one of the only outside of police. (19:07–19:11)
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Asserts that negotiations for the George Floyd Justice Policing Act failed due to issues with qualified immunity.
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