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Democrats Unveil Police Reform Bill Promising 'Justice in Policing'

Congressional Democrats plan to unveil legislation Monday that would overhaul policing amid widespread civil unrest over police violence and racial injustice. Their proposal would ban chokeholds and some no-knock warrants, limit the transfer of military equipment to local police and make it easier to prosecute and track police misconduct.

Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley speaks with Rep. William Lacy Clay of Missouri.

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