Context | Current Aggressions
1 JUNE 2022 Deputy who killed 17-year-old Alvin Cole found sleeping in a park won’t face charges. The officer killed three people in five years | https://thegrio.com/2022/06/01/deputy-who-killed-man-found-sleeping-in-a-park-wont-face-charges-the-officer-killed-three-people-in-five-years/
17 OCT 2021 Kenosha police accused of ‘deputizing’ militia vigilantes during Jacob Blake protests | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/17/kenosha-police-militia-vigilantes-jacob-blake-protests-kyle-rittenhouse
15 OCT 2021 Lawsuit over Kenosha shootings: Police enabled armed militia | https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lawsuit-kenosha-shootings-police-enabled-armed-militia-80602811
8 OCT 2021 Feds Won’t Seek Charges Against Cop in Jacob Blake Shooting | https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/feds-wont-seek-charges-against-cop-in-jacob-blake-shooting/2825716/
25 JULY 2021 Wisconsin officer to be charged in death of Black man after judge overrules prosecutors | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wisconsin-officer-be-charged-death-black-man-after-judge-overrules-n1275310
25 JULY 2021 Wisconsin police insist officer WASN’T planting evidence after viral video showed him dropping plastic baggie into back seat of a pulled-over vehicle | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9823931/Wisconsin-police-insist-officer-WASNT-planting-evidence-viral-video.html
Legislation
Opposed via ‘task force ploy‘, duplicitous; (as of May 2021)
State lawmakers created the a legislative task force in the wake of of a Kenosha police officer shooting Jacob Blake in the back seven times.
The final report falls short of recommending a complete ban on chokeholds or no-knock warrants; it also fails to establish a clear statewide use-of-force definition for state law, the group nevertheless largely came to consensus on police-backed proposals.
Task force members had stalled on a crucial issue underpinning recommendations for things like criminal charges in use-of-force incidents: codifying the definition for use-of-force into state law.
