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A Kansas City police officer listens to a police commission hearing in 2020 at KCPD headquarters.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed into law a wide-ranging bill that, among other things, limits when and how police can use chokeholds, cancels a requirement that Kansas City police live within city limits, and gives prosecutors the ability to challenge wrongful convictions in the court that handed them down.
The bill,
SB 53, received broad bipartisan support in both chambers of the General Assembly, and has been awaiting the governor’s signature since May.
“It combined both just pure, I guess, pro-police provisions in it, but also had some police reforms that I think were common sense and were actually supported by all the law enforcement community,” said Republican state Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer, who sponsored the bill. “That was very heartening to see that level of bipartisanship.”
New Missouri Law Will Ban Police Chokeholds And Let Prosecutors Challenge Wrongful Convictions
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New Missouri Law Will Ban Police Chokeholds And Let Prosecutors Challenge Wrongful Convictions
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It blows our mind : Activists call for firing of lead detective from 1994 St. Louis murder case
Faith leaders spoke at the Ethical Society of Police office Tuesday morning, calling for action against the detective who now works for county police Author: Sara Machi Updated: 6:52 PM CDT June 29, 2021
ST. LOUIS Lamar Johnson continues his fight for freedom through the criminal justice system. But on Tuesday, religious leaders advocated for him, saying another man deserves to face consequences: the police detective who they say wrongly put Johnson in prison nearly decades ago. It blows our mind that such a person could still be employed, Pastor Linden Bowie said.