A former Detroit police chief wants the Michigan legislature to require law enforcement officers to intervene whenever they see a colleague using excessive force.
Ike McKinnon says those measures have worked in other states, when police had taken down a suspect.
"The one officer — he was handcuffing him. And the second officer came and put his knee on that man's neck. And the first officer said, 'What the hell are you doing? Get your knee off this man. I'm not going to be brought up on charges because of you.'"
Michigan lawmakers are considering several police reform proposals.
They include restricting the use of so-called "no-knock" raids, where police enter property without announcing themselves — a practice that has led to several accidental shootings.
The legislature is also examining whether to permanently de-certify officers who are fired for using excessive force, and then simply join police departments in other jurisdictions.