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Demand Real Change from Minnesota Senate

Title (Dublin Core)

Demand Real Change from Minnesota Senate

Description (Dublin Core)

Five weeks after Gov. Waltz called a special session to pass police reform, protestors gathered outside the Minnesota Senate demanding swifter and more comprehensive legislation from elected officials.

On July 24, a couple days after this protest, Gov. Waltz signed a bill that would prohibit the use of chokeholds and warrior style training. Both of these items were already banned in Minneapolis, respectively in June 2020 and April 2019. The state legislation established a duty to intercede on officers who see a colleague using excessive force and requires excessive force incident reports. The bill fell far short of the transformational change demanded after the murder of George Floyd and represented 'low-hanging fruit' for reform policies.

President Michelle Gross of the Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB) shared, “It doesn’t do anything substantial to end violent policing. The legislators, frankly, are frightened of the law enforcement lobby.” The bill ignored CUAPB's recommendations such as lengthening the statute of limitations for wrongful death and civil rights violation lawsuits, community participation in collective bargaining agreements with police unions, and requiring police release body camera footage to families of victims within 48 hours.

Photos from Demand Real Change from Minnesota Senate!, July 17, 2020

Date (Dublin Core)

August 13, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Drew Arrieta @itsdrw

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Dana Bell

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Instagram

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CD1xydYn8jY/

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Social Issues
English Social Media (including Memes)
English Race & Ethnicity
English Protest
English Government State

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Governor Tim Waltz
Minnesota
police reform
excessive force
prohibition
Communities United Against Police Brutality
police violence
ineffective
lobby
Black Lives Matter
police union
body camera

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

police
police reform
protest
Minnesota
Minnesota Senate
George Floyd
reform
Communities United Against Police Brutality
CUAPB
violence
Social Justice
Black Lives Matter
BLM
defund the police
no justice no peace

Collection (Dublin Core)

Social Justice
Law Enforcement

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

03/16/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

03/26/2021
08/02/2022

Date Created (Dublin Core)

08/14/2020

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