The White House is delaying establishing a national police oversight commission — a campaign pledge by President Biden — as the administration claims it will work with Congress on initiating reforms, according to a report.
“Based on close, respectful consultation with partners in the civil rights community, the administration made the considered judgment that a police commission, at this time, would not be the most effective way to deliver on our top priority in this area, which is to sign the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act into law,” Susan Rice, director of the Domestic Policy Council, said in a statement to Politico.
She said the administration “strongly” supports the Floyd bill, named for the black man who died after Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for nearly 10 minutes last May.
Chauvin’s trial on murder and manslaughter charges is underway in Minneapolis.
Rice said the administration is “working with Congress to swiftly enact meaningful police reform that brings profound, urgently needed change.”
Biden announced his intention to name an oversight committee in the first 100 days of his term last June.
Rice said the decision was made after consulting with national civil rights groups and police unions, and it was determined that the commission would be redundant, Politico reported.
“As the ongoing trial in the death of George Floyd makes clear, transforming policing in America is one of the most urgent crises facing the nation today,” Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference, told Politico in a statement.
“We also agree with the White House decision to forgo the creation of a commission to study the problem,” he said.
“This matter is much too urgent for delay, and Congress is by far the more appropriate venue to consider changes in law regarding police accountability,” Henderson added.
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