[Justice in Policing Act of 2020]
The bill will hold police accountable, improve transparency in policing and create meaningful, structural change to help eradicate police brutality.
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler
House Judiciary Chairman: Culture of American Policing Must Change
[George Floyd\Police Brutality]
Nadler: “Our hearts ache for the loss of George Floyd and Eric Garner. They ache for Breonna Taylor, for Amadou Diallo, for Tamir Rice, for LaQuan McDonald, for Freddie Gray, for Walter Scott, and for so many other victims of police violence.”
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NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN NADLER SAYS PROPOSED MARIJUANA LAW WOULD ADDRESS RACIST LEGACY OF “WAR ON DRUGS”
[Congressional News\Marijuana]
Rep. Nadler: “It was only in the early part of the 20th century that marijuana began to be criminalized in the United States—mainly because of misinformation and hysteria, based at least in part on racially-biased stereotypes connecting marijuana use and minorities, particularly African-Americans and Latinos. In 1970, when President Nixon announced the War on Drugs and signed the Controlled Substances Act into law, the federal government placed marijuana on Schedule I, where—unfairly and unjustifiably—it has remained ever since.”
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HOUSE JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN NADLER: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OBSTRUCTING CONGRESS AND ENGAGING IN “AN ABSOLUTE COVER-UP”
[Impeachment Inquiry]
House Judiciary Chairman Nadler: “I think we should call this what it is —an absolute cover-up by the White House.”
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HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MOVES FORWARD WITH SUBPOENAS, LAWSUITS, IN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY AGAINST TRUMP
[Impeachment Inquiry]
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler: “We have made clear that Don McGahn’s testimony is the most crucial because of his central role in witnessing the President’s multiple acts of obstruction of justice.”
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