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SRES 602 116th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Civil actions and liability Judicial procedure and administration Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Racial and ethnic relations

A resolution recognizing that the murder of George Floyd by officers of the Minneapolis Police Department is the result of pervasive and systemic racism that cannot be dismantled without, among other…

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A resolution recognizing that the murder of George Floyd by officers of the Minneapolis Police Department is the result of pervasive and systemic racism that cannot be dismantled without, among other things, proper redress in the courts.

Introduced: June 2, 2020 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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This resolution recognizes that there are legal and racial inequities in the doctrine of qualified immunity as it is applied to law enforcement. The resolution also acknowledges that Congress should amend the Revised Statutes to eliminate the qualified immunity defense for law enforcement officers.

What's happening now June 2, 2020

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2651-2652)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jun 4, 2020
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Jun 2, 2020
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 2, 2020
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jun 2, 2020
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Jun 2, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 602: A resolution recognizing that the murder of George Floyd by officers of the Minneapolis Police Department is the result of pervasive and systemic racism that cannot be dismantled without, among other things, proper redress in the courts.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-602/
MLA
"S. Res. 602: A resolution recognizing that the murder of George Floyd by officers of the Minneapolis Police Department is the result of pervasive and systemic racism that cannot be dismantled without, among other things, proper redress in the courts.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-602/.
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S. Res. 602, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-602/.
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[S. Res. 602: A resolution recognizing that the murder of George Floyd by officers of the Minneapolis Police Department is the result of pervasive and systemic racism that cannot be dismantled without, among other things, proper redress in the courts.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-602/)
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