This bill to change the California police deadly force standard is the most important legislation to address police violence in America right now. cnn.com/2018/04/03/us/… 
The first part of the bill limits deadly force to cases “where necessary” after all reasonable alternatives are exhausted. There are currently 4 states with similar (but not as strong) laws in place: DE, IA, TN and RI. They have 20% fewer killings by police than other states.
Police departments that have adopted this standard in their use of force policies (even where it’s not required by state law) have 25% fewer killings by police. Significant.
The second part of the CA bill is just as important: explicitly making police decisions leading up to a shooting part of the evaluation of whether the shooting itself is justified.
For ex: in evaluation of #AltonSterling case the two “experts” deemed it “irrelevant” the officer escalated the situation holding a gun to Sterling’s head. Why? Because there was no law stating an officer’s conduct leading up to a shooting matters, too. scribd.com/document/37496…
This was also the reasoning that informed the decision not to indict the officer who killed #TamirRice. If the California bill is signed into law, that argument would no longer be relevant. slate.com/articles/news_…
