Rep. Tonko Votes to Advance Historic Police Reform & Community Safety Legislation
March 05, 2021
March 05, 2021
WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Paul D. Tonko, D-New York, issued the following news release on March 4, 2021:
Congressman Paul D. Tonko voted last night to pass H.R. 1280: the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. This life-saving legislation takes steps--including ending the use of all chokeholds--to put community safety and justice for all at the heart of policing culture in America. The bill takes unprecedented and needed steps to curb police brutality, end racial profiling, elimina . . .
Congressman Paul D. Tonko voted last night to pass H.R. 1280: the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. This life-saving legislation takes steps--including ending the use of all chokeholds--to put community safety and justice for all at the heart of policing culture in America. The bill takes unprecedented and needed steps to curb police brutality, end racial profiling, elimina . . .