Speaker Task Force News Today

“When I Think about This Moment... We Missed It” MADISON – In reaction to the passage earlier today of all of the policing bills originating from the Speaker’s Task Force on Racial Disparities, State Rep. David Bowen (D-Milwaukee) released the following statement: “I wish I could stand here and say that I am overjoyed at the passage earlier today of all of the police reform legislation from the Speakers’ Task Force on Racial Disparities, but that would not be the truth. The reality...

“These Bills Do Not Rise to the Occasion, or Go Far Enough” MILWAUKEE – In reflection on the seven policing-related bills from the Speakers’ Task Force on Racial Disparities that were discussed and debated during today’s Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety public hearing, State Rep. David Bowen (D-Milwaukee) released the following statement: “Quite frankly, the bills we heard in Committee today were a disappointment. Back at the beginning of the Speakers’ Tas...

By Robert Kennedy Apr 21, 2021 10:59 AM MADISON, WI (WRN) – A report from the Speakers’ Task Force on Racial Disparities includes a recommendation on police use of choke holds. The report includes 18 recommendations, developed by the panel’s Subcommittee on Law Enforcement Policies and Standards. Those include a statewide prohibition against choke holds, except in life threatening situations or self-defense. The task force created in the wake of a white Kenosha police officer shoo...