U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and Congressional Black Caucus members held a news conference to unveil sweeping legislation to combat police violence and racial injustice, two weeks after George Floyd's death in Minneapolis police custody that led to widespread protests.

The 134-page bill would take numerous steps including allowing victims of misconduct to sue for police damages, ban chokeholds and require the use of body cameras by federal law enforcement officers, restrict the use of lethal force, and facilitate independent investigations of police departments with patterns of misconduct.

The legislation does not call for funding of police departments to be cut or abolished, as some protesters and activists have increasingly sought. But lawmakers called for funding priorities to change.

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