Thursday, December 10, 2020

Charlie sent the Police Reform Bill Back to the Legislature

 thus keeping peace with the Police Unions and the State GOP, I'm gonna bet we'll never hear about that bill ever again.  He picked a good day to pluck an irksome political thorn from his side, the FDA approved the Pfizer Covid19 vaccine, even as the pandemic spirals on out of control, nationally...I think WCVB finally mentioned the bill's fate some ten minutes in on the 6pm broadcast with no follow up or opinions solicited.

Anyway, I doubt the political stars will be back in alignment for this bill anytime soon, everything is about to  be flooded out by "vaccine politics" and the slow train wreck that is the handoff from Trump to Biden.  It seems a shame because there is a need for change that builds trust without and without communities of color in the Commonwealth. Alas for different reasons the local republicans and democrats fear anything that can be construed as being "anti law enforcement", and so here we are, exactly where I thought we'd be, some six months ago.

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