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There are renewed calls for a federal policing bill in the United States to address police reform and racial injustice following the beating to death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of five Memphis police officers.

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There are renewed calls for a federal policing bill in the United States to address police reform and racial injustice following the beating to death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of five Memphis police officers.

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