Congressional Negotiators Have Failed To Reach A Deal On Police Reform
After a Minneapolis jury found a white police officer who killed George Floyd guilty of murder, lawmakers in both parties had expressed cautious optimism that they could broker a deal.
Updated September 22, 2021 at 3:41 PM ET
Months of bipartisan negotiations over policing reform legislation have ended with no agreement, according to the lawmakers who led the process.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat, told reporters that he had a conversation on Wednesday with Republican negotiator, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, indicating that the talks were over.
"We weren't making progress â any more meaningful progress on establishing really substantive reform to America's
