'This is a bill that would have had millions of dollars for police departments ... millions of dollars more, additional dollars,' the New Jersey Democrat said.
The disagreement between the two lead negotiators of the proposed bill highlights the different partisan interpretations of"defund the police"—a slogan that supports divesting funds away from standard policing and toward other forms of public safety and community-based initiatives."We have about a billion dollars in grant money that goes to police," he added."When you start saying, 'In order to receive these dollars, you must do A, B and C.
Congressional lawmakers negotiating the bipartisan proposal announced Wednesday that talks had failed with no chance of a breakthrough. Aside from disagreements over funding, the two sides were also unable to reach a deal on whether to make it easier to punish officers for misconduct and extent of the criminal and civil penalties.
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