Shelby County Commissioner Amber Mills told KWAM she opposes the two “dangerous” police reform resolutions catered to a “small group of activists.
“It’s a knee-jerk reaction. It’s short-term thinking, not big picture or long-term,” Mills told “Wake Up Memphis” host Ben Deeter Tuesday.
“This is a commissioner doing what a small group of activists wanting to kind of tie the hands of our law enforcement officers is coming forward,” she said. “I do not support it at all. We need to stop vilifying our law enforcement officers. This ordinance does that and I do not like it one bit.”Click here to download the FREE KWAM App to stay up to date on breaking news across Memphis and the Mid-South.
The police reform measures in reaction to Tyre Nichols’ death were discussed at the commission meeting Monday.
The first ordinance includes disbanding the SCSO’s crime-fighting units and task forces, similar to the now-disbanded SCORPION unit.
Mills said she’d vote no to the ordinance, calling it “dangerous.”CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE KWAM WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR UNCENSORED CONSERVATIVE NEWS COVERAGE!
“I mean my mind races to the task force that serves the warrant going to get the criminals that they know,” she said.
The second ordinance would ban biased traffic stops, limit searches of unmarked cars and bar surveillance as an option to pretextual traffic stops.The two ordinances were sent back to the committee and not discussed. It’s the second or third time this has happened, Mills pointed out, and she said it’s just a commissioner listening to a small group of activists and putting their demands in the ordinances.
“We have no control over Memphis police, it’s a lot of stuff that really needs to be cleaned up,” Mills added.
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