Calling the nation’s grand jury stem broken, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, a Democratic lawyer who represents DeKalb County, has introduced legislation that ties federal funds for local law enforcement agencies to proposed reforms associated with grand jury investigations of police shootings.
The “Grand Jury Reform Act” (H.R. 429) requires the appointment of a special prosecutor to oversee the investigation of local police shootings. The special prosecutor, instead of a local district attorney, would conduct an investigation and present the findings to a judge in a probable cause hearing open to the public whenever a police officer, while acting in the line of duty, kills an individual. A judge would then decide whether probable cause exists to bring criminal charges against the officer.
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