Opinion: The public is ready for police reform, even if Congress may not be
cover much of the same ground — chokeholds, no-knock warrants, police misconduct. The difference is that just about everything in the Republican bill is a suggestion or an incentive, while the Democratic bill imposes actual rules and requirements on police agencies and officers.In other words, it’s hard to avoid the suspicion that Republicans want to make it seem like they’re doing something without actually doing very much .
But the fact that the bills are similar in the areas they address shows that at a moment like this, Congress gravitates toward the most concrete things it can find. Chokeholds is a good example: Everyone thinks they’re bad, so you either discourage or ban them.
And unsurprisingly, there are some partisan differences, even as Democrats and Republicans are equally supportive of body cams or a use-of-force standard. For instance, 68 percent of Democrats
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