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Proposal ID1099
Proposal2022 Platform Amendment: Chapter II, Section H Criminal Justice, 5 add Community Control of Police
PresenterPlatform Committee Sponsor: Wisconsin Green Party
Floor ManagerTamar Yager
PhaseClosed - Adopted
Discussion08-22-2022 - 09-18-2022
Voting09-19-2022 - 09-25-2022
Presens QuorumTwo Thirds of Active Accredited States/Caucuses
Consens QuorumTwo Thirds of Yes and No Votes

Background

Community control of police was a key proposal of the 2020 Green Presidential campaign, and was advocated as well by many down-ballot campaigns and state and local parties as a solution to out-of-control police misconduct that has sparked massive protests in recent years. This amendment would make community control of police official Green Party policy.

Proposal

Amend Chapter II. Social Justice, Section H Criminal Justice, Subsection 5 Police Accountability, to add the following language as item f:

"Establish community control of police through elected local police oversight boards with subpoena power to investigate complaints about police behavior and hold offending officers accountable. These boards will be empowered to hire and fire police officers and chiefs."

Resources

Approval of this proposal will amend the 2020 GPUS Platform.

Contacts:

Wisconsin Green Party Co chairs:
Dave Schwab, david.c.schwab@gmail.com
Jo’ Nathan Kingfisher, zkingfisherbird@gmail.com

References

This proposal is also available for comment at: https://gpus.org/other/platform-2017/2022-chapter-ii-social-justice-5/

The Hawkins/Walker 2020 proposal on community control of the police is at: https://howiehawkins.us/community-control-of-the-police-an-idea-whose-time-came-and-never-left/


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