Title: A resolution calling for justice for George Floyd and opposing calls to defund the police.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
This resolution affirms that the Senate calls for justice for George Floyd and opposes efforts to defund the police.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 613 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 613

 Calling for justice for George Floyd and opposing calls to defund the 
                                police.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 10, 2020

   Mr. Cotton (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cruz, Ms. 
Ernst, Mr. McConnell, Ms. McSally, Mr. Toomey, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cramer, 
 Mr. Hawley, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Lee, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Tillis, 
Mr. Rubio, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Daines, Mr. Moran, Mr. Rounds, 
Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Graham, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Scott of 
South Carolina) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Calling for justice for George Floyd and opposing calls to defund the 
                                police.

Whereas a free society depends on the rule of law, which is the foundation for 
        the preservation of public order, peace, and individual rights;
Whereas the United States has a troubled history of racism that includes 
        slavery, the terror of lynch mobs, segregation, and Jim Crow, and that 
        history leaves the United States with important work to accomplish;
Whereas the just and unbiased enforcement of the rule of law and the protection 
        of innocent individuals against lawbreakers is the essential function of 
        government at the local, State, and Federal levels;
Whereas the law enforcement profession is inherently dangerous, and police 
        officers risk their lives every day;
Whereas, in 2019, 89 Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforcement officers 
        were killed in the line of duty;
Whereas law enforcement officers are entrusted by the public to uphold the law;
Whereas law enforcement officers who abuse their positions, engage in 
        corruption, employ excessive force, or exhibit bias betray the public 
        trust and undermine the rule of law;
Whereas the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, at the hands of law 
        enforcement was a horrific act that violated the public trust and was 
        inconsistent with the values and conduct expected of law enforcement 
        officers;
 Whereas the law enforcement officers involved in the killing of George Floyd 
        have been terminated from their positions and charged with crimes 
        relating to their conduct and their contribution to the death of George 
        Floyd;
Whereas good law enforcement cannot exist without accountability and justice;
Whereas understaffed police departments and undertrained police officers 
        increase the risk of encounters that result in the use of force, 
        including unjustifiable or excessive force; and
Whereas defunding the police would leave police departments understaffed and 
        undertrained, while also increasing the risk of violent crime to the 
        communities of the United States, especially vulnerable communities: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) calls for justice for George Floyd; and
            (2) opposes efforts to defund the police.
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