Since George Floyd was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis last summer, the role of racism and bias in policing has been front and center for many Americans. This week, reporting in The New York Times found that lawmakers in a handful of states are trying to propose legislation that would make it easier to identify and remove officers affiliated with extremism and hate groups. But, critics of the legislation have questioned whether or not these laws would encroach on the individual rights of officers.
Professor Phil Stinson, former police officer and criminologist at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and Councilmember Janeese Lewis George from Ward 4 in Washington D.C., joined The Takeaway to discuss what these laws would mean in practice.
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