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    Police flex political power at the California Capitol

    by Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times Jun 09, 2023 3 minutes
    People fill the intersection in front Cup Foods where George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial on Monday, June 1, 2020 in Minneapolis.

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After George Floyd's murder in May 2020, California's Democratic-controlled Legislature passed a wave of new laws to change how cops do their jobs, from banning chokeholds to decertifying officers with misconduct records and increasing investigations into fatal police shootings.

    Despite those wins for progressives, law enforcement groups flexed their power last week by blocking two controversial measures and securing changes to other bills that aim to limit the scope of their work.

    Their victories underscore the significant sway that police unions and similar organizations still have in the state Capitol, where moderate Democrats and Republicans regularly

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