Commentaries by Ashely Monti & Matthew Fischer

Black Lives Matter: The Remaining Gaps in Vermont’s Action to Better Policing

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Black Lives Matter: The Remaining Gaps in Vermont’s Action to Better Policing

Ashely Monti & Matthew Fischer

July 30, 2020 09:00:59 am

In the midst of the Black Lives Matter movement, Vermont passed a police bill that prohibits the use of chokeholds and requires officers to wear body cameras. The General Assembly passed the bill unanimously and Governor Phil Scott signed it into law on July 13, 2020. At the bill’s signing, Governor Scott stated: Exactly eight [...]

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