The Clark County sheriff and Republican nominee for governor of Nevada helped craft Las Vegas’ use of force guidelines.

The Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee opposed gun safety legislation and federal funding that helped local law enforcement.

Pete Arredondo, deemed in charge of the police response to the school shooting at Robb Elementary School where 21 people were killed, is the first officer to face consequences in the aftermath.

A year and a half after protesters took to the streets to demand reform, after a white officer murdered George Floyd, the city of Portland is adding even more money to its police budget.

Police reform efforts have increased after the killing of George Floyd in 2020.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said he stopped negotiating with Democrats because they wanted to defund the police. National police organizations say that’s false.

Very few of the Democrats they cited actually endorsed the idea.

Rep. Brian Babin falsely accused President Barack Obama of demonizing law enforcement.

‘No more kneeling and social media posts — we’ve had enough of the performative acts. Real police reform is needed now,’ said state Sen. Steven Bradford of California.

‘We don’t have handcuffs or pepper spray, and the way we start to interact sends a message that we are not the police and this is going to be a far safer and voluntary interaction,’ said a member of an Oregon-based crisis team.

Studies show Black Americans are far more likely to be shot and killed by police than their white counterparts.

The bill would ban chokeholds and qualified immunity for law enforcement and create national standards for policing.

‘We had to create something comprehensive to cut off flimsy legislation and get real change,’ an activist said.

Jeffrey Rosen is just the latest Trump appointee to deny the existence of racial bias in the justice system.

Also: A Georgia church takes a stand against LGBTQ discrimination and a federal court hands a victory to Texas voters.

‘This is about making sure that we move forward,’ Joe Biden told reporters ahead of his planned visit on Thursday.

Also: The House of Representatives votes to end Trump’s Muslim ban, and New York expands voter registration.

Gov. Tim Walz signed a police accountability bill into law Thursday that includes a ban on neck restraints like the one that was used on George Floyd before his death in Minneapolis, though some activist groups say the legislation falls short. The bill, passed by the Legislature earlier this week, also bans chokeholds and fear-based […]

Also: States join together to fight climate change, and Texas breaks a decades-old voter turnout record.

Sheriff Dave Marshak argued last month that the Atlanta cop accused of murder in the killing of Rayshard Brooks was ‘completely justified.’

The GOP attorneys general want lawmakers’ ‘assistance in tempering the anti-police rhetoric that is jeopardizing the safety of our officers.’

Rep. Andy Biggs does not want Congress to do anything about local police violence.

Senate Democrats say the GOP proposal on police reform is inadequate and ‘not salvageable.’

Americans are more likely now than five years ago to say that police violence against the public is a very serious problem.

Donald Trump’s claim that Barack Obama and Joe Biden did nothing about police abuses is a lie.

One expert called the executive order, which does little to overhaul policing, ‘a Band-Aid for a bullet wound.’

Trump signed an executive order on policing that critics say does little to solve the problem of systemic racism.

The Justice in Policing Act would limit police protections and ban choke holds, among other sweeping changes.

The Arkansas Republican called for the military to occupy American cities.

‘We need to look at how we are spending the resources and invest more in our communities.’