Police reform efforts collapse in divided Minnesota Legislature
In the days since the world saw Minneapolis police kill George Floyd, expectations were high that the death of an unarmed black man would compel decisive action by the Minnesota Legislature.
But a week of emotional hearings and tense behind-the-scenes negotiations on police reform produced nothing more than an impasse between Gov. Tim Walz, the House Democratic majority and Republicans who control the Minnesota Senate.
Lawmakers left St. Paul at sunup Saturday morning without a deal on criminal justice reform, ending a long night of frustration and weeks of hope for finding some common ground.
The DFL governor called it an “embarrassment” for Minnesota and blamed Republicans for setting an “arbitrary” deadline: “I’m really worried the message this sends to all those tens of thousands of protesters who were on the streets, all those people across Minnesota and across the country who expected that this time it was going to be different.”
The divisions on display in the final hours of the special session trickled into other parts of the legislative agenda as well, leaving unsettled a tentative deal to distribute $841 million in federal COVID-19 aid to counties and towns across Minnesota. Also left undone: a billion-dollar-plus bonding package to finance public infrastructure projects throughout the state.
https://www.startribune.com/police-reform-efforts-collapse-in-divided-minnesota-legislature/571389112/
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WHY are our legislatures failing to do things for their citizens?
THIS is politics gone crazy - and BunkerBoy is the end result of this nonsense that began with RAYGUN - supported by NEWT - and really pushed by the TEA BAGS along with FAUX SPEWS, PervRUSH, and his minions.
HOW can America not want true service from its politicians? 
