Wisconsin Republicans Not Expected To Pass Police Reforms – By The Associated Press (CBS Minnesota) / Aug 31 2020
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature is being forced into a special session Monday by the state’s Democratic governor to consider a package of bills on policing policies just over a week after a Kenosha police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back.
But Republicans who control the Legislature say they don’t intend to take any immediate action on the bills, ending the special session seconds after they gavel it in. It’s a tactic Republicans used in November when Gov. Tony Evers tried to force them to take action on gun control bills.
The country’s attention has been focused on Wisconsin following the Blake shooting and the killings two days later of two people by a 17-year-old from Illinois who faces first-degree homicide charges. Blake’s family said he is paralyzed from the waist down.
The state Department of Justice is investigating the Blake shooting. The Justice Department said officers were responding to a domestic dispute and Blake did not stop after Tasers were used on him. Kenosha police Officer Rusten Shesky shot Blake seven times in the back as he tried to get into his vehicle. The state Department of Justice has said a knife was discovered in Blake’s car, but they haven’t said if was carrying it when officers encountered him.
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