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Tim Scott responds to Durbin’s warning about ‘token, half-hearted approach’ to police reform

Republican Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) took a swipe at Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.) after Durbin called the GOP police reform bill a “token, half-hearted approach.”

“Y’all still wearing those kente cloths over there @SenatorDurbin?” tweeted Scott, who is the only black Republican in the Senate and the lead architect of the Republicans’ police reform proposal.

Scott was referring to a photo-op by congressional Democrats in the Capitol Visitor Center the day they introduced their own police reform legislation, during which they kneeled and wore traditional African kente cloth stoles.

The move led to bipartisan criticism from conservatives and progressives who felt they appropriated African culture.

The Democratic proposal for police reform, introduced last week, seeks to place a federal ban on chokeholds, halt the use of no-knock warrants and repeal the qualified immunity doctrine, which protects officers from lawsuits over actions they take on the job.AMIBC® - VOTE! BE COUNTED! BE HEARD!
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