Demand for change: What you need to know Thursday

Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, and State Reps. Phil Plummer, R-Dayton, and Cindy Abrams, R-Harrison, introduced legislation to address police reform.

RELATED: Rep. Plummer introduces police reform legislation in Ohio General Assembly

Already, Gov. Mike DeWine has asked a state advisory panel for new guidelines governing how police agencies cover large crowds that become violent.

The legislative proposal on police reform and DeWine’s request represent demands for change after the death of George Floyd, who was killed Memorial Day while in police custody in Minneapolis.

DeWine has asked the Ohio Collaborative Community-Advisory Board to establish rules for how police should handle unruly crowds in the future.

“At what point in a protest do things like tear gas, pepper spray, non-lethal projectiles become necessary?” he asked. “What tactics and techniques are in fact best practices for dealing with a crowd that is failing to disperse?”

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Some things you need to know today about the demand for change:

• ‘Gone With the Wind’ pulled from HBO Max over Floyd protests
• Merriam-Webster updates ‘racism’ entry in its dictionary
• George Floyd’s brother tells Congress to not let sibling’s death be in vain
• NASCAR bans Confederate flag at its events, properties

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