City of Madison - File #: 60763

• File #: 60763
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/1/2020
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• On agenda: 6/2/2020
• Final action: 6/2/2020
• Enactment date: 6/4/2020
• Enactment #: RES-20-00406
• Title: Denouncing the murders of African Americans across the United States of America without consequence.
• Sponsors: Sheri Carter, Syed Abbas, Samba Baldeh, Rebecca Kemble, Tag Evers, Lindsay Lemmer, Keith Furman, Arvina Martin, Barbara Harrington-McKinney, Donna V. Moreland, Michael E. Verveer, Patrick W. Heck, Marsha A. Rummel, Grant Foster, Shiva Bidar

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/2/2020	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
6/1/2020	1	Council Office	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT UNDER SUSPENSION OF RULES 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, & 2.25 - MISC. ITEMS

Fiscal Note
No appropriation required.
Title
Denouncing the murders of African Americans across the United States of America without consequence.
Body
WHEREAS Madison’s Common Council passed a resolution last year recognizing the presence, struggles and resilience of African Americans over 400 years since lading on the shores of Virginia as slaves; and,

WHEREAS, on October 15, 2019, Madison’s Common Council passed a resolution declaring racism as a public health crisis; and,

WHEREAS, on June 17, 2009 the Common Council passed a resolution condemning hate motivated violence; and,

WHEREAS, Madison has experienced its share of police involved violence against unarmed African American men; and,

WHEREAS, we have witnessed the murders of unarmed African American men and women at the hands of law enforcement and forever law enforcement from Sandra Bland to Breonna Taylor to Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony Robinson to now George Floyd; and,

WHEREAS, the Madison Common Council grieves and empathizes with the hurt of the African American community in Madison and across the United States; and,

WHEREAS, the Trump administration has systematically weakened the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, responsible for rooting out racial prejudices in law enforcement and criminal justice practices; and,

WHEREAS, the City of Madison Common Council continues to take steps to ensure that policies and procedures of the Madison Police Department do not result in similar outcomes of murders of unarmed Black persons,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Madison Common Council denounces the actions of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd on May 26, 2020; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Common Council acknowledge that not all police officers are racists, however, Derek Chauvin’s actions were deplorable, horrific, and infuriating. We also deplore the actions of the officers who sto...