Los Angeles Rep. Karen Bass has worked on police abuse issues for 47 years. Now she's in charge of House effort to enact it into law.
that she’ll have to shepherd through the House and potentially through negotiations with congressional Republicans and the White House if it is to be signed into law.
The Democrats’ bill would make it easier for people to sue a police department if their civil rights are violated and for police to be prosecuted for criminal behavior. It would set up a national network to track police misconduct to prevent officers from getting rehired in a different jurisdiction, make lynching a federal hate crime and ban chokeholds and neckholds among federal officers.
“Of course, we felt terrible that he had been beat up. But we were happy that finally, finally, the world would see what happened,” she said. “We thought it [would be] over — all the things that we had worked for 20 years before. We never had evidence. Now we had evidence.” Bass will also face resistance from progressive groups, as well as fellow Democrats such as Rep. Ilhan Omar , because of her refusal to embrace calls to “defund the police.”
Bass’ prominent role comes as Washington Democrats have quietly begun speculating about who may become speaker when Pelosi -- who considered retiring in 2016 -- steps down. Bass is frequently named in that mix.“She has the temperament. She has the knowledge of the caucus. She has the understanding of the rules. And I really can’t point to a member who says they either don’t like her or can’t stand her,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson .
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