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Major Police Reform Bills Fail in California Legislature

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Politics, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 4 September 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Facing strong opposition from law enforcement groups, a measure that would have allowed California to remove police officers who commit serious misconduct failed to pass the state legislature earlier this week. It was just one of several major police accountability measures that failed to gather enough votes by the last day of the legislative session. We'll hear why the bills failed, and what that says about prospects for police reform in California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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But first, several major police accountability measures fail together enough votes by the last day of the legislative session.

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We'll hear why police reforms stalled in the California legislature.

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