From Ted McLaughlin at jobsanger:
Congressional Democrats have been paying attention to the protesters across the nation — the millions who are fed up with police racism and violence, and want change. And they have seen the polls — poll after poll that shows a substantial majority of Americans agree with the protesters. They recognize that we have a systemic problem, and they want it fixed.
Republicans continue to ignore the problem. Barr says there is no systemic racism among police. Trump says 99% of the police are great. Both are wrong. Racism is built into most police departments by the nation’s history of embracing racism. And while most police officers may try not to act in a racist way, they refuse to report their racist and violent peers — which makes them also culpable for the systemic racism.
Denial doesn’t fix problems. It just allows them to continue and grow even worse.