Democrats pursue new police standards while promoting myths about how policing actually works.

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United States.

And that misunderstanding combined with the idea that America's police are systemically

racist, another notion that is simply false on its face, the idea that America's police

are disproportionately and specifically targeting

black people for victimization, those two ideas combined lead to an awful lot of bad policy.

The latest bad policy comes courtesy of the state of Maryland, where over the objections

of Governor Larry Hogan, the state legislature passed these sweeping police reforms.

According to the New York Times, Maryland lawmakers voted on Saturday to limit police officers' use of force,

restrict the use of no-knock warrants, and repeal the nation's first bill of rights for law enforcement.

So what exactly does all of that mean?

Well, it means you ain't going to sign up any more police officers in Maryland is really what it means.

One section creates a new statewide use of force policy and says that officers

who violate those standards causing serious injury or death can be convicted and sent to prison for up to 10

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