Sonia Pruitt spent 28 years as a police officer. In the wake of the death of Tyre Nichols, she shares her experience of maintaining her identity while policing.
– and could have even galvanized bipartisan support for such legislative efforts.
“We need a national conversation on this,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sunday on ABC’s"This Week." “These men and women with badges put them on each day and risk their lives for us, I know that,” continued Durbin. “But we also see from these videos horrible conduct by these same officers in unacceptable situations. We've got to change this for the better.”chair of the House Judiciary Committee, expressed skepticism on NBC’s “Meet the Press” of federal efforts, but left the door open for congressional action.
“We’ll look at what we think makes sense to help this,” Jordan said Sunday. “To make sure they have the proper training, but no amount of training is going to change what we saw in that video.”When pressed about the issue of “wandering cops” – police officers adjudicated for misconduct in one department only to be hired by a different police department – Jordan conceded that federal action could be needed.
“Maybe there's some kind of federal law we can look at that requires that to happen,” said Jordan, noting his preference for some sort of local government involvement. “But it’s done at the local level.”
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