House Judiciary Committee lawmakers plan to unveil a bipartisan bill to encourage “police accountability” and protect law enforcement in the wake of viral videos of police shootings of black men and an ambush that killed several Dallas police officers.
“The ongoing racial tensions in our nation must be addressed so that we all respect one another as fellow human beings made in the image of God,” House Judiciary Committee chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said in a Friday statement. “All life is precious. Our nation needs to come together and address these tensions so that we can overcome unjustified acts of violence.”
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