Sen. Cory Booker has introduced a new bill that would make sweeping changes designed to stop police abuse.

The legislation would make sweeping changes to policing in the United States. It would ban chokeholds, create a national misconduct registry for police officers, make lynching a federal crime and set new standards for police training.

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"We need to be more courageous in our compassion for one another, more ambitious in our imagination that we can create a society that's not so over-policed, or where we don't tolerate certain tactics that have had a generation of fear," said Sen. Booker. "For black people in this country, we've thought this country is out of control in the way it polices its communities and individuals for a very long time. This awakening is so important to make real substantive change, not just lip service from politicians."

Democrats also held eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence for George Floyd and others.

The legislation was also crafted by Sen. Kamala Harris, of California, and the Congressional Black Caucus and House Judiciary Committee.