On its own, anti-discrimination protections for unhoused people failed twice. Now, bundled with other provisions, the bill passed.

The bill would require D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine to conduct a study on how D.C. Police assesses and responds to demonstrations.

“Social media made it clear as far as to what was going to occur,” said D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine. So why couldn’t police control the crowd?

As D.C. officials warn locals to avoid the protests and MPD mainly focuses on separating opposing groups, some wonder if there’s a better approach.

“Our heavy hearts are a little lighter tonight knowing that the police officers who murdered our son and brother are closer to being held accountable for what they did,” the Ghaisar family said in a statement.

Republicans opposed both measures, and Democrats said qualified immunity is too complex to end in the special session.

Virginia House lawmakers voted mostly on party lines to end qualified immunity, the latest in a series of bills that aim to hold police accountable for wrongdoing in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd.

A statewide code of conduct for officers, a ban on chokeholds, and a ban on firing at most moving vehicles: Virginia lawmakers are preparing to overhaul policing.

In Loudoun County, Va., Democrats want to create a police department to shift law enforcement from the elected county sheriff. The NAACP supports the move, but the sheriff says it’s “a disastrous idea.”

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring says such a backlog will “never” come back.