Senate KILLS DC police reform law that would reduce sentences for carjacking trends now
The Senate passed a resolution that would overturn a radical D.C. policing law making it more difficult for law enforcement to enforce the law and put criminals behind bars, while D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser continues to blame 'more guns' for the rise in violent crime in the nation's capital under her leadership.
Democrats Joe Manchin, Maggie Hassan, Catherine Cortez Masto, Jacky Rosen, Jon Tester, Jeanne Shaheen and Krysten Sinema and Angus King, Independents who vote with the Democratic Caucus, crossed over to join Republicans in voting for the measure, which passed 56 to 43 Tuesday afternoon.
D.C. has faced a rise in violent crime recently, including a skyrocketing numbers of carjacking incidents in recent months. The rise includes a 13 percent increase in violent crime and a large increases of homicides and rapes.
Despite safety challenges, the D.C. City Council voted to pass a new law that would reduce the maximum sentences for carjackings, despite a 49 percent increase in carjackings in the nation's capital in 2023 alone.
The law also bans police from using chokeholds, makes disciplinary records of law enforcement public and requires body camera footage to be released.
Republicans have said that the provisions in the law would make it more difficult for police to do their jobs, at a time the D.C. force is severely understaffed.
Republican Sen. J.D. Vance introduced the resolution last week that would block D.C.'s police law.
Democrat Joe Manchin crossed over to join Republicans in voting for the measure
'Congress must exert our constitutional authority to keep our nation's capital safe,' Vance said in a statement ahead of the vote.
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