Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has presented a far-reaching bill for police reforms amid the protests held as a result of the murder of George Floyd, RIA Novosti reports.

“"The martyrdom of George Floyd gave the American experience a moment of national anguish as we grieve for the black Americans killed by police brutality today," Pelosi said at a news conference on the bill. "This moment of national anguish is being transformed into a movement of national action as Americans from across the country peacefully protest to demand an end to injustice."

The bill would make it easier for people to recover damages when police departments violate their civil rights and, for the first time, would make lynching a federal hate crime.