City of Milwaukee - File #: 200218

• File #: 200218
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/16/2020
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 7/28/2020
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the Department of Administration - Intergovernmental Relations Division to seek introduction and passage of legislation making race-based acts of unnecessarily summoning a police officer a hate crime.
• Sponsors: ALD. LEWIS, ALD. DODD, ALD. COGGS
• Indexes: INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS DIVISION, RACE RELATIONS, STATE LEGISLATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/5/2020	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/28/2020	1	COMMON COUNCIL	SUBSTITUTED	Pass	15:0
7/28/2020	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Coggs asked to be Co-sponsor. There were no objections.	Pass	15:0
7/20/2020	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appeared: Ald. Dodd - Co-sponsor Ald. Lewis - Co-sponsor Brenda Wood - IRD	Pass	4:0
6/25/2020	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
6/16/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
200218
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
180898
Sponsor
ALD. LEWIS, DODD, AND COGGS
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Department of Administration - Intergovernmental Relations Division to seek introduction and passage of legislation making race-based acts of unnecessarily summoning a police officer a hate crime.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of Administration - Intergovernmental Relations Division to seek introduction and passage of legislation making race-based acts of unnecessarily summoning a police officer a hate crime.

Body
Whereas, Black and brown individuals in the United States performing daily tasks are often the subject of unjustified 911 calls, which can potentially lead to dangerous consequences for individuals who have been falsely accused of crimes; and

Whereas, The recent incident in New York City in which a black man who was birdwatching had the police called on him for no legitimate reason has helped bring the issue of unnecessarily summoning a police officer to national attention; and

Whereas, In August 2018, a person unjustifiably called the police on Wisconsin State Representative Shelia Stubbs, a black woman, as she walked around a neighborhood in Madison, Wisconsin, knocking on doors while canvassing for an election; and

Whereas, Questioning and investigations by police based on false information perpetuate an attitude of mistrust that many black and brown communities feel toward police departments; and

Whereas, Involving the police in unnecessary situations is a waste of police department resources and a distraction from real crime; and

Whereas, Legislators in the State of New York have introduced Assembly Bill A3566, which would amend the law regarding first, second, and third degree false reporting of incidents by specifying them as hate crimes; and

Whereas, if passed, Wisconsin 2019 Assembly Bill 755 would make it a Class C misdemeanor to unlawfully summon a law enforcement officer ...