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  • 2020-10-06 (xsd:date)
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  • Did The House Pass A Bill That Allows The United Nations To Run ‘Local Police Boards’ In US Cities? (en)
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  • A viral Facebook post shared over 2,600 times claims the House passed a bill that allows the United Nations (U.N.) to run local police boards in 46 U.S. cities. Verdict: False No clause in the bill empowers the U.N. to run local police boards in U.S. cities. Fact Check: Various police reform measures have been proposed since George Floyd, an unarmed black man, died on May 25 in Minneapolis police custody, according to Axios . In recent days, over 2,600 Facebook users have shared a post claiming the House passed a bill, purportedly H.R. 7120, that pays the U.N. to run local police boards in 46 U.S. cities. (RELATED: Viral Image Falsely Claims Nazi Germany Defunded The Police) The post, however, mischaracterizes H.R. 7120, also known as the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act . The bill, which the Democratic-controlled House passed in late June, seeks to increase accountability for law enforcement misconduct, to enhance transparency and data collection, and to eliminate discriminatory policing practices, according to its description on Congress.gov. A review of the bill by Check Your Fact found no mention of the U.N. nor a clause empowering it to run local police boards in the U.S. The local police boards mentioned in the post likely refer to the civilian review boards defined as an administrative entity that investigates civilian complaints against law enforcement officers in the bill’s text. In reference to a grant program, the bill proposes to develop best practices for and to create civilian review boards. H.R. 7120 proposes, among other measures, changing qualified immunity protections for law enforcement, banning no-knock warrants on the federal level for drug cases and tying some federal grants to the adoption of anti-discrimination training and practices, The New York Times reported. It would also create a national database of police misconduct that the Department of Justice would maintain, according to CNN . The New York Times reported that the bill is not expected to pass in the Senate. (en)
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