An effort to pass sweeping bipartisan police reform appears to have missed the moment, crushed by political pressures that made it impossible for Democrats and Republicans to find common ground.
WASHINGTON — Less than a month after the murder of George Floyd, President Donald Trump sat in the Rose Garden and signed an executive order that required police departments establish accreditation and accountability standards to receive federal funding.
It was the final death knell for an effort to pass sweeping bipartisan police reform that once was heralded with great hope but appeared to have missed the moment, crushed by political pressures that made it impossible for the two sides to find common ground. Scott, in a statement after the negotiations ended Thursday, twice charged Booker and Democrats as wanting to defund the police. The various Democratic proposals provided hundreds of millions of dollars for police departments to address mental health, create misconduct databases and increase training.
That crime wave and sentiment shift occurred at a critical time in negotiations when Booker in June notched a critical agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police on the issue of qualified immunity. Despite saying he would back what the fraternal order agreed to, Scott didn’t accept it. Scott changed the goal posts, saying that the sheriffs associations had to support it, too. But the sheriffs groups have long been ignored in criminal justice discussions because of their ardent opposition.
Several House Democrats who either lost or nearly lost their re-election in swing districts have said that the ‘defund’ message hurt them politically. And in the Virginia governor race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Younkin that polling shows as nearly tied, crime has been a central issue.
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