Senate Democrats blocked a police reform bill Wednesday, calling on the Republican majority to scrap the legislation and start over with bipartisan negotiations.

They made the move ahead of the House passage of a Democratic police reform bill this week that they hope will force the Senate GOP to consider a more stringent law enforcement reform measure.

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