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Is the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act Reformed?
The sticking point was an issue called qualified immunity, which shields police officers from civil lawsuits. Police unions are very against getting rid of qualified immunity protections and have lobbied hard to preserve them federally and in a whole bunch of states. The George Floyd Justice and Policing Act is just was much broader in a few other ways than the Republican bill.