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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz voiced frustration after a police reform bill failed to pass the state Legislature Saturday.
"I don't know how in this regard for me to stay kind of above that as a statesman in this other than finding myself as a really angry citizen," Walz said. "That is just irresponsible and malpractice of what should have happened here."
Walz said he'll own his share of the blame for why the bill wasn't passed, but he is still there to get the deal done while others have gone home.
The governor said that he felt that relationships were being repaired before the bill failed.
"I have to tell you I question how serious it was to reach some type of deal," Walz said.
Walz said he is worried that the public will be mad that the bill wasn't finished and urged his counterparts to "come back to this Capitol and we'll decide on this."
www.cnn.com
I'm thinking the police union killed the effort. We'll see.
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Ultimately, legislators could not reach a deal that reconciled the Democrats’ calls for far-reaching changes to police oversight with Republican leaders who supported a shorter list of “common-sense police reforms” that included banning chokeholds in most situations and requiring officers to stop their colleagues from using unreasonable force.
Democrats said the plan passed by the Republican-led Senate consisted of tepid half-steps that were already in place in most law-enforcement agencies and did not rise to the moment’s calls for dramatic action. Republicans balked at the proposals passed by the Democrat-controlled House to restore voting rights to tens of thousands of felons and put the state’s attorney general, Keith Ellison, a Democrat, in charge of prosecuting police killings.
distincttoday.net
I don't see where allowing felons the right to vote should be included in this police reform bill, or that Keith Ellison should be put in charge of prosecuting police killings. Sounds like politics as usual to me, lining him up for a presidential run in 2024.
Further: (same link)
At midnight, Democrats in the House shared a counteroffer, dropping several significant demands, including their proposals that the attorney general investigate police killings and that people convicted of felonies be allowed to vote. As they shared the plan with reporters, the lights in the Capitol building switched off. The lawmakers stayed, and the lights flickered back on, but as the sun rose in the morning and a deal still could not be reached, they went home.
Shot me down there. Got no idea what the counter offer was. But I still have to ask what happens when the police union challenges in court whatever the reforms end up being. I don't think the legislature can arbitrarily decide to change the union contract. Wondering if they intend to bust the union.
"I don't know how in this regard for me to stay kind of above that as a statesman in this other than finding myself as a really angry citizen," Walz said. "That is just irresponsible and malpractice of what should have happened here."
Walz said he'll own his share of the blame for why the bill wasn't passed, but he is still there to get the deal done while others have gone home.
The governor said that he felt that relationships were being repaired before the bill failed.
"I have to tell you I question how serious it was to reach some type of deal," Walz said.
Walz said he is worried that the public will be mad that the bill wasn't finished and urged his counterparts to "come back to this Capitol and we'll decide on this."
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I'm thinking the police union killed the effort. We'll see.
Added:
Ultimately, legislators could not reach a deal that reconciled the Democrats’ calls for far-reaching changes to police oversight with Republican leaders who supported a shorter list of “common-sense police reforms” that included banning chokeholds in most situations and requiring officers to stop their colleagues from using unreasonable force.
Democrats said the plan passed by the Republican-led Senate consisted of tepid half-steps that were already in place in most law-enforcement agencies and did not rise to the moment’s calls for dramatic action. Republicans balked at the proposals passed by the Democrat-controlled House to restore voting rights to tens of thousands of felons and put the state’s attorney general, Keith Ellison, a Democrat, in charge of prosecuting police killings.
Protesters Demanded Police Reform. Minnesota Lawmakers Left Without Passing a Bill.
MINNEAPOLIS — Political leaders in Minnesota promised sweeping reforms after George Floyd’s killing turned their state into a focal point for nationwide fury and grief over police killings and racism. But those efforts collapsed early on Saturday as leaders in the Minnesota Legislature — the...
distincttoday.net
I don't see where allowing felons the right to vote should be included in this police reform bill, or that Keith Ellison should be put in charge of prosecuting police killings. Sounds like politics as usual to me, lining him up for a presidential run in 2024.
Further: (same link)
At midnight, Democrats in the House shared a counteroffer, dropping several significant demands, including their proposals that the attorney general investigate police killings and that people convicted of felonies be allowed to vote. As they shared the plan with reporters, the lights in the Capitol building switched off. The lawmakers stayed, and the lights flickered back on, but as the sun rose in the morning and a deal still could not be reached, they went home.
Shot me down there. Got no idea what the counter offer was. But I still have to ask what happens when the police union challenges in court whatever the reforms end up being. I don't think the legislature can arbitrarily decide to change the union contract. Wondering if they intend to bust the union.
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