WATCH: SenatorDurbin urges SenBooker, SenatorTimScott to revisit police reform after Tyre Nichols murder
Nichols was beaten by five police officers, who have since been fired from the Memphis Police Department and charged with second-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping. The 29-year-old would go on to die as a result of his injuries three days after the beating.
"Understand that law enforcement, by and large, is a state and local responsibility," Durbin said."That does not absolve us. Under the federal Constitution, we have standards, due process standards, and others that we are responsible for. But we need a national conversation on this. We do not need denial or willful indifference. And I think it will include the elements that I mentioned earlier but be larger in scope.
He then agreed with Raddatz that Sens. Cory Booker and Tim Scott , who have been working on a bipartisan police reform package for years, should come together again to work on finding common ground and passing something through the Senate. "Senator Booker, chairman of the Crime Subcommittee, has been working on this for years," Durbin said."I think he and Senator Scott should sit down again quickly to see if we can revive that effort.""Let’s be honest about the real situation which Ben Crump described earlier," he later added.
Durbin is halfway through his fifth term in the Senate. He is the second-highest ranking Democrat in the chamber in his position as whip but also serves as Senate Judiciary Committee chairman.
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