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Democratic Representative Introduces More Police Reforms

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

June 4, 2021

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Representative David Bowen, D-Milwaukee, introduced twelve additional bills for law enforcement reforms Thursday after criticizing other police reform legislation moving through the Capitol this week as not going far enough.

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