California’s proposal to ban police canines was shelved in the Assembly on May 31 but is expected to return next year for consideration.
Assembly Bill 742, authored by Assemblyman Corey Jackson (D-Perris) and Assemblyman Ah Kalra (D-San Jose), was introduced in February to end what they said was the deeply racialized and harmful practice of using police dogs against Black Americans and people of color.
Jackson pulled the legislation from the Assembly floor on May 31 and will present it again next session, according to his office.
“The status of the bill was changed to a two-year bill, which is why it was not put on the floor for a vote,” Jackson’s spokesman Daniel Peeden told The Epoch Times. “It’s still an active bill.”…