McSTREAMY.COM (03/10/2015) – A Madison, Wisconsin shooting incident has angered state citizens and caused national news attention on all of the networks as well as newspapers around the world. The police officer shooting of a young black, biracial man, is under independent investigation, which is now required by a state law. It is a first of a kind law. The law co-author was near the area when the shooting took place.
“My heart goes out to all who were impacted by this tragedy,” Assembly Representative Chris Taylor said. Taylor was co-author of the Independent Investigation legislation that now mandates such treatment in situations such as the one which occurred in Madison.
The family says the shooting and killing of Tony Robinson may not be about racial tensions and other similar incidents involving police officers around the United States that have caught the media’s eye, because Richardson was biracial.
The shooting incident in Madison, Wisconsin, Friday, involving a police officer, is now the subject of an independent investigation mandated by Wisconsin law. That law was co-authored by Madison area State Assembly Representative Chris Taylor (D-Madison) in the last session of the State Legislature. Coincidentally, she says she was in the area where the Friday shooting took place.
Friday night at approximately 6:30 pm, Representative Chris Taylor pulled into a gas station on Williamson Street in Madison, Wisconsin. Rep. She says, while there she witnessed a commotion outside of the house across the street that ended in an officer fatally shooting a person, who has been described to be an unarmed man.
Law co-author, Rep. Chris Taylor (D) says her heart goes out to those impacted by Madison shooting.
As a member of the Joint Committee on Finance, Taylor began last week with a briefing at which Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel requested funding for additional staff to conduct independent investigations. She ended her week at the scene of the incident that took the life of a human being, which requires independent investigation, mandated by the state law that she co-authored.
“Our community has been particularly inflicted with officer-involved deaths,” Taylor said.
“I know the families of everyone involved are devastated. Our community had only begun to heal from a 2012 officer-involved death and this is extremely hard on this community,” Taylor said.
“As the author of the law that requires an independent investigation into officer-involved deaths, I am hopeful that the new law will afford this process a chance to work, enabling the family involved and the community to get the answers they deserve,” said Representative Chris Taylor.
“While I am proud that Wisconsin’s is the first law in the nation requiring an independent investigation into officer-involved deaths, it is just a first step,” she said. “This is where the rubber meets the road.”
“Governor Walker signed this bipartisan law last session, yet neglected to provide the needed funds for additional independent investigators within the DOJ over the next two years”, Representative Taylor complained.
“We must fight for fairness in our communities, in our statehouse and in our state budget”, Democratic Assembly Representative Taylor stated.
The official Biography of Chris Taylor listed at the Wisconsin Legislature website:
Born January 13, 1968, Los Angeles, CA; married; 2 children. Graduate Birmingham H.S. (Van Nuys, CA) 1986; B.A. U. of Pennsylvania 1990; J.D. U. of Wisconsin Law School 1995. Full-time legislator. Former public policy director, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and practicing attorney. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin; Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin; Planned Parenthood Federation; Sierra Club; Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Former member: Public Interest Law Bd. (legislative subcom. chair). Elected to Assembly in August 2011 special election; reelected since 2012.
Portions of this March 10, 2015 article reprinted here with permission from WisconsinReport.com.
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