City of Milwaukee - File #: 201319

• File #: 201319
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/19/2021
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/9/2021
• Title: Substitute resolution urging President Joseph R. Biden to issue an executive order banning the use of qualified immunity for police officers in wrongful-death lawsuits brought against these officers, whether on- or off-duty.
• Sponsors: ALD. DODD, ALD. KOVAC, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. ZAMARRIPA, ALD. COGGS, ALD. PEREZ, ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. LEWIS, ALD. RAINEY
• Indexes: FEDERAL LEGISLATION, POLICE DEPARTMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/18/2021	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/9/2021	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
2/1/2021	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Ald. Dodd - Sponsor Jordan Primakow - IRD Kim Walker - CA Katryna Rhodes - ACA Ald. Perez, Hamilton to be added as co-sponsors; there were no objections.	Pass	3:0
1/28/2021	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
1/19/2021	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
201319
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. DODD, KOVAC, BAUMAN, ZAMARRIPA, COGGS, PEREZ, HAMILTON, LEWIS AND RAINEY
Title
Substitute resolution urging President Joseph R. Biden to issue an executive order banning the use of qualified immunity for police officers in wrongful-death lawsuits brought against these officers, whether on- or off-duty.
Analysis
This resolution urges President Joseph R. Biden to issue an executive order banning the use of qualified immunity for police officers in wrongful-death lawsuits brought against these officers, whether on- or off-duty, and to implement provisions of H.R. 7120 -- George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. The Department of Administration - Intergovernmental Relations Division shall actively support these efforts and shall include the substance of this resolution in the City of Milwaukee's Federal Legislative Package for the 117th United States Congress.
Body
Whereas, The recent election of President Joseph R. Biden has brought hope for real policies to help prevent the further spread of the COVID-19 virus and to help America recover from its effects, hope that the government elected to serve all of us will search for real answers to end structural racism and other causes of economic inequality, and hope that America can again join the community of nations as partner and friend; and

Whereas, One issue that may have been lost in the tumult of the past several months, however, is the need to fundamentally change the way police agencies interact with the communities they are intended to serve; and

Whereas, It is tragic fact that George Floyd's death while in police custody was only the most recent in a long list of profound human tragedies carried out at the hands of racist, and many will argue, corrupt, police officers; and

Whereas, For all those who see in police officers not a friend but an oppressor, there can be no hope without the confidence that those responsible for shaping pol...