Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
PEORIA, Ill. — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker was in Peoria Wednesday with area leaders to discuss the controversial police and criminal justice reform bill, HB 3653, signed earlier this week.
When discussing the bill, Prizker said it makes Illinois national leaders.
“Illinois has taken substantial steps forward towards dismantling the systemic racism that plagues our communities, our state and our nation,” Pritzker said. “Illinois raises the bar for what’s possible, while also acknowledging there is more work to do.”
When asked about the bill being passed in the “dead of night” as many opponents of the bill argued, Pritzker said it had been coming for months.