Speak Up: Delaware lawmakers tout new police reform laws
With Gov. John Carney’s signature Aug. 7, lawmakers and statewide officials praised two police reform measures that will help bridge the gap between law enforcement and Delaware communities.
House bills 205 and 206, respectively sponsored by House Majority Leader Melissa Minor-Brown, D-New Castle, and Rep. Kendra Johnson, D-Bear, are the final two measures in the Legislative Black Caucus’ Justice for All Agenda, which followed the killing of George Floyd in spring 2020.
The agenda included initiatives, which are now law, that require police officers to use body-worn cameras, establish a statewide use-of-force standard, ban chokeholds, mandate recordings of custodial interrogations, prohibit the use of deceptive tactics against juveniles and mandate a minimum age of arrest and prosecution.
- How about civilian accountability, please? — Howard Gaines III
- The bills are horrible and do nothing for real accountability. Here are actual solutions: #EndQualifiedImmunity, #EndCivilAssetForfeiture, #EndNoKnockRaids, #RepealLEOBOR, #EndVictimlessCrimes, #EndTheWarOnDrugs, #EndTheWarOnGuns, #EnactInsuranceRequirements for officers, #EnactVicariousLiability for the chain of command. — Libertarian Party of Delaware
- Just another career politician! #Termlimits. — Beth Letitia
- Why are police treated like “special citizens”? These bills are weak, and they keep Delaware a police state. — Tommy Bou
- How about both? — Libertarian Party of Delaware
- One has to wonder: If, in fact, John Carney and his lib minions, partners and predecessors have known “for a long, long time,” why haven’t they done anything sooner? The Democrats have been in charge, choking control of this state for more than 20 years. Why is it, now, they seem to be reacting to what they have long known? Maybe, just maybe, Carney is stuffing your ears with more of his condescending, feel-good horse manure. — Dennis Mehrenberg
