Senate GOP Drafting Police Plan to Counter Democrats’ Broad Bill

Senate Republicans are weighing proposals to improve police practices in response to massive protests over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, including racial bias training, increased use of body cameras and finally enacting the first federal anti-lynching law.

A task force that will write the GOP proposal will be led by Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, the only black member of the Senate’s majority party.

“Absolutely I think it’s important to have a response,” Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday. Except for Scott, “none of us have the experience of being an African ...