# RELEASE: REPS. KHANNA, CLAY ANNOUNCE LANDMARK POLICE BRUTALITY BILL TO RAISE STANDARDS FOR THE USE OF FORCE | Congressman Ro Khanna

**URL:** <https://forum.lpsf.org/t/release-reps-khanna-clay-announce-landmark-police-brutality-bill-to-raise-standards-for-the-use-of-force-congressman-ro-khanna/21102>\
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**Created:** [June 7, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.lpsf.org/t/release-reps-khanna-clay-announce-landmark-police-brutality-bill-to-raise-standards-for-the-use-of-force-congressman-ro-khanna/21102 "2020-06-07T05:54:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ricochetboy](https://forum.lpsf.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a9a28c/32.png) [@ricochetboy](https://forum.lpsf.org/u/ricochetboy)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.lpsf.org/t/release-reps-khanna-clay-announce-landmark-police-brutality-bill-to-raise-standards-for-the-use-of-force-congressman-ro-khanna/21102/1 "2020-06-07T05:54:14Z")

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[https://khanna.house.gov/media/press-releases/release-reps-khanna-clay-announce-landmark-police-brutality-bill-raise](https://khanna.house.gov/media/press-releases/release-reps-khanna-clay-announce-landmark-police-brutality-bill-raise)

Maybe we could support strengthening this

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**Author:** ![michael2](https://forum.lpsf.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@michael2](https://forum.lpsf.org/u/michael2)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.lpsf.org/t/release-reps-khanna-clay-announce-landmark-police-brutality-bill-to-raise-standards-for-the-use-of-force-congressman-ro-khanna/21102/2 "2020-06-07T20:33:13Z")

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This sounds less effective to me than Amash's bill. It would seem to call for nuanced judgment in emergency situations about whether the use of force could be justified. And Chauvin wasn't using a weapon (except his body).

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**Author:** ![dennz](https://forum.lpsf.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@dennz](https://forum.lpsf.org/u/dennz)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.lpsf.org/t/release-reps-khanna-clay-announce-landmark-police-brutality-bill-to-raise-standards-for-the-use-of-force-congressman-ro-khanna/21102/3 "2020-06-08T01:55:43Z")

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Like maybe replacing government police with private protection agencies.

Mike