Florida Governor Signs Controversial Bill into Law

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a controversial bill into law that restricts the power of citizen review boards to investigate police misconduct. The bill has sparked debate and criticism from activists and community leaders.

signed a controversial bill into law“They’ll stack it with activists and they'll just start reviewing things and trying to put people under the gun,” DeSantis said Friday about citizen review boards.“The governor, with all due respect to him, he cannot tell citizens what they can and cannot do,” said Jacksonville Pastor R. L. Gundy with Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church.“We’re going to look at the things that happen,” he said.

“I don’t think it will change anything as far as how officers are examined because agencies are required to investigate their own,” Jefferson said. The new law allows the sheriff to appoint members to a different kind of review board that would only examine policies and procedures, not specific investigations.making it unlawful to approach or remain within 25 feet of a first responder doing their job who gave a verbal warning not to approach. Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Mark Glass said this law will benefit officers attempting to make an arrest during a protest where others may object.

 

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