Democrats' police reform bill actually has a few good ideas

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats introduced the “Justice in Policing Act of 2020” this week, a legislative package full of somewhat modest but significant criminal justice reforms. Unfortunately, as Sen. Mitt Romney noted, the bill has no Republican co-sponsors and little, if any, effort was made to seek Republican input.

It’s clear that the package is largely a partisan agenda statement from Democrats, rather than a serious reform proposal meant to become law. Yet honest observers of all political stripes should still see that many of its provisions have merit.