Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast.

It's 207 PM on Monday, June 8th.

I'm Asma Khalid.

I'm covering the 2020 presidential campaign.

I'm Clauda Garee-Sales, I cover Congress.

And I'm Kelsey Snell, I also cover Congress.

This morning House Democrats unveiled a major new proposal to reform policing in this country.

Today, this movement of that moment of national language is being transformed into a movement of national action.

As Americans from across the country peacefully protest to demand an end to injustice.

Today, with the Justice and Policing Act, the Congress is standing with those fighting for justice and taking action.

In Claudia, there are a lot of changes being suggested in this legislation.

So, can you begin by just walking us through a few of the key ideas?

Oh, sure.

It would prohibit the use of chokeholds and lower legal standards to pursue criminal and civil penalties for police misconduct.

It would ban no-knock warrants in drug-related cases.

It would also create a national registry to track police misconduct.

And that's just a few of the highlights. Others include limiting the transfer of military-grade weapons to state and local law enforcement.

And it would also empower state attorneys general and the Justice Department to play a much larger role in its oversight of these police agencies.

Claudia, I want to ask you one quick thing.

When you were talking about creating a national registry to track police misconduct, is this because police officers who misbehave sometimes in one department will go and move on to another police department in another location?

Yes, so that's exactly why. Is this concern where a police officer can have a case of misconduct on their record, rather than address it with their current agency?

They can just get up and leave and go to another agency.

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