It’s going to be important to compare these bills to the use of force package brought forth by legislative Democrats in 2017, and the bills in the special session called by the governor last summer. https://twitter.com/sbauerap/status/1384870536581455874
One law enforcement reform bill from @StateSenLaTonya and @ChrisTaylorWI first proposed in 2017 (after the police killings of Sylville Smith, Tony Robinson, Dontre Hamilton) gained renewed focus las summer after the murder of George Floyd.
https://recombobulationarea.substack.com/p/black-lives-matter-the-urgency-of
Republican legislative leadership refused hearings on the bill this summer, just as they had for the three years prior, opting instead for the “Task Force,” which had delivered bills four months behind schedule.
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