On the second anniversary of George Floyd’s death, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to improve accountability in policing — a meaningful but limited action. “I know progress can be slow and frustrating,” he said.
Most of Biden’s order is focused on federal law enforcement agencies — for example, requiring them to review and revise policies on use of force. It will also create a database to help track officer misconduct, according to the White House.
The International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Fraternal Order of Police both engaged with the Biden administration on the order. They said that they “see many components of the order as a blueprint for future congressional action.”“President Biden’s executive order is a poor excuse for the transformation of public safety that he promised the Black voters who put him in office,” the Movement for Black Lives, a civil rights group, said in a statement.
The White House eventually decided to move forward with executive actions rather than wait for Congress. The resulting set of policies is less extensive than originally sought, not to mention delayed by a year.
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