Ohioans renewed their call for police reform in the wake of another deadly shooting. A 10 -year -old from Ohio made national news, and Republicans debated impeaching the state’s Supreme Court chief.
We complete what that means in this week’s episode of Ohio Politics Explained.
This is a podcast from the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau where we listen to you state political news in 15 minutes or less. This week, host Anna Staver was joined by reporter Haley BeMiller.
The death of Jayland Walker at the hands of Akron police officers has sparked a new call for police reform in Ohio.
Walker, 25, got more than 60 injuries on his body, according to a local coroner, after eight officers fired a fire after a chase.
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine called the shoot a tragedy and asked members of state lawmakers to finally move forward on a set of reforms that he implemented after the assassination of George Floyd in 2020.
2) Ohio child makes national news
The 10 -year -old girl who did not give her name made national news after the Indianapolis Star reported that he was crossing the state line for an abortion.
The girl was reportedly six weeks three days pregnant – making him far too far for legal abortion in Ohio than since the overthrow of Roe vs. Wade.
DeWine also called the situation a tragedy but declined to discuss how the law he signed in 2019 to ban almost all abortions after six weeks affects this particular family.
A group of Republican lawmakers sent each other a post earlier this year about the possibility of impeaching Ohio’s Chief Justice, Maureen O’Connor.
The Republican leader of the state Supreme Court has upheld three Democratic justices and rejected several sets of new State Council and Senate maps as unconstitutional. A movement that disturbed some people at his party.
Ohio has a second primary for state House and Senate districts scheduled for Tuesday, August 2.
This unusual move to split Ohio’s primary into two separate dates is a product of the state’s ongoing problems with redistricting. And it left candidates without districts, costing the state at least $ 20 million and sowed a lot of public confusion.
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