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    Cory Booker Wants To End Qualified Immunity For Police Officers

    Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey spoke with All Things Considered about the plan to eliminate certain legal protections for law enforcement.
    by Christianna Silva Jun 07, 2020 1 minute
    Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on June 2. Booker says the new legislation would "create a far greater level of accountability" for police misconduct.

    As protests against police violence continue throughout the country, Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate are working on sweeping new federal legislation to combat police misconduct.

    The bill, called the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, includes an array of measures

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