The group is calling for more transparency and accountability among police officers in cases of lethal force. Author: Kevin Landers Updated: 4:49 PM EDT April 27, 2021
In the wake of the fatal police shooting of 16-year old Ma Khia Bryant, House Democrats are calling for changes in how police are trained to do their jobs.
House Minority Leader Emilia Strong Sykes (D-Akron) hosted a virtual press conference Tuesday morning to outline a police reform legislative package.
Sykes met virtually with other House democratic lawmakers to come up with ways on increasing accountability for law enforcement, addressing racial bias and improving community-police relations.
The changes include:
Ohio Democrats propose new gun control legislation
By J.D. Davidson - The Center Square
Ohio House Minority Leader Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Akron, said “Ohioans have spoken loudly and clearly that we need to do something to end gun violence” during a press conference on Monday, April 19, 2021, in Columbus.
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COLUMBUS Ohio Democrats continue to criticize the state’s new stand your ground law and unveiled a package of gun control legislation Monday that goes further than a proposal from Gov. Mike DeWine that has seen no movement in nearly two years.
Monday’s call comes 20 months since a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, and less than a week after another one in Indianapolis. It also comes nearly two weeks after a law that removes the duty to retreat from Ohioans to defend themselves with deadly force went into effect.
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5 Ohio congressmen object to Electoral College count in effort to overturn result
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Clockwise, starting at top left: U.S. Reps. Jim Jordan, Bob Gibbs, Warren Davidson, Steve Chabot and Bill Johnson.
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WASHINGTON â The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement.
Five Republican members of Congress from Ohio voted Wednesday evening to reject an Electoral College certification, an action taken hours after a large group of Trump loyalists stormed the U.S. Capitol building in a violent show of support for overturning the presidential election results.