Rep. Bonnie Watson ColemanVerified account

To spend weeks calling for military incursions in our cities on peaceful demonstrations, to violently clear out protestors for a photo-op, and use the kind of incendiary rhetoric Trump has used should tell you everything you need to know about the intention of this move.

To have a chance at changing the systemic issues in police departments nationwide, we need to eliminate qualified immunity, we need to change the standards for use of force, we need to eliminate no-knock warrants, and we need measures that promote transparency and accountability.

The Justice in Policing Act does these things, while Trump’s order is a band-aid on a gaping wound ­­­­– useless and just for show. We know what we need, and this isn’t it.