Bill Text: MI HR0130 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution to urge the Congress of the United States to enact policing reforms to mandate anti-bias training, ban carotid holds and chokeholds, require the use of other de-escalation methods before use of deadly force, require body cameras, and address qualified immunity for law enforcement officers, among other initiatives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-15 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [HR0130 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HR0130-Introduced.html
house resolution no.130
Reps. Rogers, Yancey, Aiyash, Hood, Scott, Puri, Brabec, Steckloff, O'Neal, Stone, Neeley, Hertel, Sowerby, Brixie, Brenda Carter, Thanedar, Weiss, Rabhi, Young, Whitsett and Jones offered the following resolution:
Whereas, In 2020, the nation watched as law enforcement officers committed numerous acts of violence against people of color, punctuated by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020; and
Whereas, Although seeming to reach a tipping point last year, deadly use of force and police brutality have been a serious problem in the United States for decades; and
Whereas, Congress has an important role to play in addressing the deadly use of force and policy brutality. In 1994, Congress passed the Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act after the highly publicized police beating of Rodney King. Under this act, the U.S. Attorney General has the authority to investigate police departments engaging in patterns or practices of unlawful policing; and
Whereas, Michigan has not escaped its own share of violent deaths at the hands of police. Saginaw resident Milton Hall, a mentally ill black man was shot eleven times by police in 2012. An unarmed Detroit resident, Malice Green, was beaten to death by police in 1992. At least 21 fatal police shootings occurred in 2018, an increase of 50 percent compared to 2017; and
Whereas, Nationwide protests have focused attention on the need to change policing culture and for Congress to enact reforms at the highest levels. In April 2021, the United States House of Representatives passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (H.R. 1280). The bill, now pending in the United States Senate, re-imagines public safety by providing grants to community-based organizations, addresses racial and religious profiling, bans chokeholds and no-knock warrants, holds police accountable in court, provides for investigations into police misconduct, creates a nationwide police registry to track officers subject to disciplinary actions, and enhances funding for training. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is an appropriate first step in reforming police practices to protect the rights of all Americans; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That we urge the Congress of the United States to enact policing reforms to mandate anti-bias training, ban carotid holds and chokeholds, require the use of other de-escalation methods before use of deadly force, require body cameras, and address qualified immunity for law enforcement officers, among other initiatives; and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the Michigan congressional delegation.
