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Maryland's Police Reforms

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Maryland's Police Reforms

Post by TC Talks » Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:59 pm

On Saturday Maryland passed an impressive law revoking the "Police Bill of Rights" protecting citizens against the organizations charged with protecting them. It's a good start.
Maryland Passes Sweeping Police Reform Legislation
The measures, enacted over the objections of Gov. Larry Hogan, placed the state at the forefront of a national debate over police brutality and officers’ excessive use of force.

Maryland lawmakers on Saturday overrode vetoes by the Republican governor to approve several police reform bills.

Maryland lawmakers on Saturday overrode vetoes by the Republican governor to approve several police reform bills.Credit...Mary F. Calvert/Reuters
By Michael Levenson and Bryan Pietsch

Maryland lawmakers voted on Saturday to limit police officers’ use of force, restrict the use of no-knock warrants and repeal the nation’s first Bill of Rights for law enforcement, taking sweeping action to address police violence after nationwide demonstrations following the death of George Floyd.

The Democratic-led legislature enacted the changes by overriding Gov. Larry Hogan’s vetoes during a session in which some Black lawmakers read aloud the names of people they said had been killed by police officers in the state.

The changes placed Maryland at the forefront of a national debate over police brutality and the use of excessive force, a discussion that has gained intensity since Mr. Floyd was killed in police custody last year, setting off protests across the country. The legislation was passed in the middle of the trial of Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who is accused of the murder of Mr. Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes.

“This is what the community wants — they want reform, they want transparency, and they want accountability,” said Caylin A. Young, public policy director of the A.C.L.U. of Maryland, which was part of a coalition of 90 groups that had backed the bills. “There needs to be a reimagining of what policing in Maryland looks like.”


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Re: Maryland's Police Reforms

Post by Big Al » Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:51 pm

Baltimore isn't much better than Detroit. This is gonna end real badly.



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Re: Maryland's Police Reforms

Post by km1125 » Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:19 pm

Big Al wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:51 pm
Baltimore isn't much better than Detroit. This is gonna end real badly.
Honestly, Baltimore isn't ANY better than Detroit. 10 it 20 years ago I might have agreed with you, but Detroit's definitely improved and Baltimore has slid pretty dramatically.

My response was going to be more like...."Well if Baltimore wasn't already a shithole..."



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