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Jun 26

Watch 5:42
News Wrap: Seattle protesters block crews from clearing ‘occupied zone’

In our news wrap Friday, city crews in Seattle tried to clear away protesters’ so-called “occupied zone” but were blocked when demonstrators chanted their resistance and lay down in front of heavy equipment. Police stood by but did not intervene.

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Jun 26

House passes sweeping police overhaul and Pelosi challenges Senate ‘to honor George Floyd’s life’

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The collapse of a Senate Republican bill leaves final legislation in doubt.

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Jun 25

Watch 7:22
Rep. Karen Bass on Democratic police reform bill and changing a culture of ‘impunity’

House Democrats are set to pass a comprehensive police reform bill. Led by the Congressional Black Caucus, the measure would create a ban on some police practices, such as chokeholds and the use of no-knock warrants in federal drug cases.

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Jun 25

WATCH: McCarthy addresses policing overhaul bill at weekly news briefing

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

After a policing overhaul collapsed in the Senate, House Democrats returned to Washington for a day heavy with emotion to vote on their sweeping proposal to address the global outcry.

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Jun 24

Watch 5:48
News Wrap: Federal appeals court orders Flynn case dismissed

In our news wrap Wednesday, a federal appeals court ordered criminal charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn be dismissed. The judges ruled 2 to 1 in favor of the Justice Department’s motion to drop the case. Also, Wisconsin's…

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Jun 24

Watch 9:04
Lankford accuses Democrats of putting politics over police reform

The GOP version of a police reform bill stalled in the Senate Wednesday, after Democrats said it didn’t go far enough. Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford, one of the Republicans who worked on the bill, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss his…

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Jun 24

Senate GOP police bill hits roadblock, as Democrats seek changes

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The impasse threatens to turn the nationwide protests over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others into another moment that galvanizes the nation but leaves lawmakers unable to act.

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Jun 23

Congress stalls on policing overhaul, despite public outcry

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The impasse threatens to turn the nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd and others into another moment that galvanizes the nation but leaves lawmakers unable to act.

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Jun 22

In Minneapolis, talk of changing police department means taking on union

By Amy Forliti, Associated Press

The fiery leader of Minneapolis' police union has built a reputation of defying the city, long before he offered the union's full support to the officers charged in George Floyd's death.

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Jun 22

WATCH: Mayor Bill de Blasio discusses NYPD initiative to address gun violence

By Candice Norwood

The initiative to reduce gun violence comes amid nationwide calls for police reform in the wake of several police killings of Black people throughout the country.

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