Alexandria Ocasio Cortez To Push Bill Making Feds Identify Themselves Following Portland Arrests
The New York representative is expected to introduce the bill later this week, The Nation reported on Monday. Washington, D.C., Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is cosponsoring the bill alongside Ocasio-Cortez. The proposed legislation was drafted as federal agents deployed to Portland, Oregon, sparked nationwide controversy over arrests involving undercover personnel, unidentified vehicles and excessive use of force during the city’s ongoing protests. If enacted by the House and Senate, it would mandate “the display of certain identification for certain law enforcement officers” and establish a system for federal agencies to collect data related to compliance....