Stories tagged: "Police reform"
Despite immense pressure for change, political leaders have done little. Activists have stepped up.
Declining state aid under Scott Walker left municipalities with tough budget decisions. Police departments have faced cuts.
A busy day at the Capitol as Republicans pass voter restrictions and Evers calls for more police reform despite signing bills.
Evers says he’ll sign the bills, but he, legislative Democrats, and organizers say the state needs deeper reforms.
The new bill package offers an alternative to mild reforms proposed by the bipartisan racial disparities task force.
On the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, one lawmaker says moderate change is “not appropriate for this moment in history.”
More bills await a vote in both the Senate and Assembly as the state inches toward reforms. The Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday passed four police reform bills, the first legislative action to change law enforcement policy since last year’s mass protests began after the murder of George Floyd by a then-Minneapolis police officer. The bipartisan...