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MADISON - Republican lawmakers scaled back legislation addressing use of force by law enforcement officers on Tuesday just hours after Gov. Tony Evers signed legislation limiting chokeholds and other policing bills that he said didn t go far enough.
Assembly lawmakers passed legislation that carries criminal penalties and would require officers to report colleagues if they use unnecessary force and to intervene when they see colleagues use excessive force if it is safe to do so.
The bill was amended by Republicans on a party line vote to remove language that also would have required officers to intervene if they observe, or reasonably should have observed, use of force that is not considered reasonable under the legislation.
Gov Tony Evers signs a bill banning chokeholds, while GOP lawmakers pass a scaled back use-of-force bill
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