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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Wisconsin would be banned from using chokeholds, except in life-threatening situations or to defend themselves, under a bipartisan bill the state Senate is scheduled
Ahead of a public hearing Thursday on seven police reform bills, the Democratic co-chair of a legislative task force on racial disparities said she wants top lawmakers to act on the bills with urgency.
Wisconsin Assembly police bills meet mixed reviews
5th & Lapham triple shooting; 1 dead
One man is dead and two others are injured, one critically, after a shooting on Milwaukee s south side Thursday.
MILWAUKEE - The Assembly s Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety held its first public hearing on the package of seven bills related to policing was held Thursday, May 27.
The bills come after months of community discussion and a year full of protests. While some support the legislation, others say it is not enough.
The vice president of the Milwaukee Police Association testified in support of the bills, but in other parts of the city, protestors said it is not what the community wants.
Protesters march through downtown Milwaukee on May 30, 2020.
Tuesday marks one year since the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. That murder was the catalyst for a summer of protests across the country, including here in Wisconsin.
Since the murder of George Floyd and the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, the call to rethink the way police do their jobs has been heightened. And at least in Wisconsin, action has been slower than some would like.
Democratic Rep. Sheila Stubbs says that in Black communities, it’s a discussion that’s been happening for centuries. “This is just a historical conversation that connects all the way back from slavery to the war on drugs, how that has impacted Black community,” she says.