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Congress can't do much about fixing local police – but it can tie strings to federal grants

  • Written by Alexis Karteron, Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Newark
Congress can't do much about fixing local police – but it can tie strings to federal grantsLegislation pending in Congress would contribute to reforming how police conduct themselves -- but there's a limit to what federal legislation can do.Seth Herald / AFP/Getty Images

Since the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and massive protests in 2020 in response to the murder of George Floyd, there has been widespread interest in the...

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