Law enforcement groups skeptical police reform talks can succeed after Tyre Nichols death

The nation's top law enforcement organizations are signaling that they are willing to work with Congress again to reach a bipartisan compromise on police reform following the death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee, but many are not optimistic that there will be a positive legislative outcome.

A first bipartisan push to reform policing in the wake of George Floyd's death led by Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., stalled in the Senate in 2021 due to disagreements between Republicans and Democrats. Now, lawmakers hope to revive reform negotiations following the brutal killing of Nichols, and charging of five police officers in conjunction with his death.