By Jason Taylor
Mar 5, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Legislative Black Caucus wants Governor Kim Reynolds to veto Back the Blue bills.
The five-member caucus says the bills should not pass because they don t include a ban on racial profiling or any requirement for bias training.
Governor Reynolds asked for a racial profiling ban in her Condition of the State speech, but that proposal was not included in any of the bills.
The Black Caucus says the Republican controlled legislature is moving backwards after it passed a police reform package last June.
The caucus was fronted in a Thursday news conference by Democratic Representative Ras Smith of Waterloo. He was joined by Representatives Ruth Ann Gaines of Des Moines, Phyllis Thede of Bettendorf, Ako Abdul-Samad of Des Moines and Ross Wilburn of Ames.
By Jason Taylor
Mar 5, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Legislative Black Caucus wants Governor Kim Reynolds to veto Back the Blue bills.
The five-member caucus says the bills should not pass because they don t include a ban on racial profiling or any requirement for bias training.
Governor Reynolds asked for a racial profiling ban in her Condition of the State speech, but that proposal was not included in any of the bills.
The Black Caucus says the Republican controlled legislature is moving backwards after it passed a police reform package last June.
The caucus was fronted in a Thursday news conference by Democratic Representative Ras Smith of Waterloo. He was joined by Representatives Ruth Ann Gaines of Des Moines, Phyllis Thede of Bettendorf, Ako Abdul-Samad of Des Moines and Ross Wilburn of Ames.
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Five people have been arrested and charged with attempted murder after a shooting Monday night that left a Des Moines 2-year-old in critical condition.
Shortly before 11 p.m. Monday, Des Moines police responded to reports of gunfire in the area of 13th Street and Jefferson Avenue, according to a news release from police.
While responding, police received another call about a 2-year-old child inside a home in the 1300 block of Jefferson being struck in the head with a bullet. Officers found the child injured in the home. The child was transported to a Des Moines hospital where the child remains in critical condition, police said.
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