Bipartisan policing talks dead, per a source familiar with the matter. Booker and Scott talked today. Karen Bass told me “no” talks not in a good place. “I think it's because things have not moved forward. At a certain point, you have to say, are we going to move forward or not?”
Earlier today, Scott contended that talks were on the “finish line.” “We're not in disagreement on any of the issues, we're now working on the language within the agreement and if we walk away now, we walk away on that finish line,” he told me
Booker: “Unfortunately, even with this law enforcement support and further compromises we offered, there was still too wide a gulf with our negotiating partners and we faced significant obstacles to securing a bipartisan deal.” 
Tim Scott: “After months of making progress, I am deeply disappointed that Democrats have once again squandered a crucial opportunity to implement meaningful reform to make our neighborhoods safer and mend the tenuous relationship between law enforcement and communities of color"
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