CAMEROTA: Now, to the story that we've been covering for you. The Georgia legislature has passed a hate crime bill that allows stiffer criminal penalties for anyone who targets others because of their race, gender or sexual orientation. Governor Brian Kemp plans to sign the measure after a legal review. Georgia was one of four states without a hate crime law. The bill comes in the wake of the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbrey.</s>BERMAN: In just a few hours, the Senate will vote on whether to advance the Republicans' police reform bill, which Senate Democrats are poised to block. There are various disagreements between both bills, and including on the issue of qualified immunity, which shields police officers from lawsuits. Some of the other differences including no-knock raids, also whether to outright ban chokeholds. Now, my next guest has focused in on that issue of qualified immunity. Joining me now is Republican Senator Mike Braun of Indiana. Senator, thanks so much for being with us. I think the discussion about qualified immunity is so important and you're leading on it. So I want to delve into it if I can right now. Right now, the law of qualified immunity means you can't sue a police officer unless you can prove that he or she violated a clearly established constitutional right. What does that mean, clearly established, and why do you think that standard is too high?</s>SEN. MIKE BRAUN (R-IN): So when the law was crafted back in 1871, there was no concept of qualified immunity. That's happened through judicial review, the court systems from '60s to the present. And it's gotten yes to the point where any organization has to have transparency and accountability. What makes it tricky here is law enforcement, law and order is so important in this country and it's now being stigmatized by these instances of George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, Breonna Taylor. So in law enforcement's own best interests, I think you need to find a way to get that basic accountability that all other entities live with so you can do your job and not have the stigmatizing that's occurring currently with not accepting some accountability. This is where the rubber is going to meet the road in terms -- state police in Indiana. END
Georgia Legislature Approves Hate Crime Bill.