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Michigan one of 19 states that haven t enacted police reform legislation
Tuesday marks the one-year mark since the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Protests around the country broke out after, with calls to defund the police.
Posted at 5:47 AM, May 25, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-25 08:20:58-04
(WXYZ) â Tuesday marks the one-year mark since the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Protests around the country broke out after, with calls to defund the police.
Michigan is one of 19 states that has not enacted police reform legislation, despite bills introduced in both chambers of the legislature, but changes are happening.
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Michigan one of 19 states that have not enacted police reform legislation since George Floyd s death
Tuesday marks one year since the death of George Floyd and in that year climactic calls for racial justice and police reform, of which still eludes the state of Michigan. Michigan is one of 19 states that have not enacted police reform legislation, despite bills introduced in both chambers of the legislature.
By: Brian Abel
and last updated 2021-05-25 05:45:11-04
LANSING (WXYZ) â Tuesday marks one year since the death of George Floyd and in that year climactic calls for racial justice and police reform, of which still eludes the state of Michigan.
Unfortunately we can t bring George Floyd back, Chang told Bridge Michigan on Tuesday, the anniversary of his death. We can t bring back Breonna Taylor. We can t bring these individuals that we ve lost to police violence, but we can make changes that could prevent those tragedies from happening.
Among the bills, Senate Republicans are lead sponsors on proposals that would ban police officers from using chokeholds, except to save a life, and would establish a clear and legal duty to intervene for officers that witness colleagues abusing their authority.
Democratic-sponsored measures would ban the use of no-knock warrants, except in certain circumstances, and require the state to set new standards for training officers in de-escalation techniques and ways to avoid implicit bias.