Democrats announce police and justice reform legislation

The US Democrats have announced police and justice reform legislation on Monday.

The legislation reform was led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, reports the CNN.

Pelosi said: "This moment of national anguish is being transformed into a movement of national action as Americans from across the country peacefully protest to demand an end to injustice."

"We cannot settle for anything less than transformative structural change, which is why the Justice in Policing Act will remove barriers of prosecuting police misconduct and covering damages by addressing the quality immunity doctrine," she added.

Some key points of the legislation include...

• Demilitarizing the police by limiting the transfer of military weapons to state and local police departments
• Combating police brutality by requiring body and dashboard cameras
• Banning chokehold and no-knock warrants in drug cases
• Ending racial profiling

It will also make lynching a federal hate crime.

Pelosi also called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to swiftly take up the legislation once the bill is passed in the House.