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  • Opinion: Legislation aims to make law enforcement the enemy

    Wesley Waller and Malin Parker, Guest columnists|Updated Feb 23, 2021

    This legislative session is bringing real change to New Mexico, but not the kind we think New Mexicans are looking for. This session has brought to the table several bills squarely aimed at making law enforcement the enemy of the people, while simultaneously introducing other bills that are designed to lift the burden on the criminal. House Bill 4 and Senate Bill 227 are examples of this detrimental proposed legislation. How and why is this happening? Why would legislators in one of the most violent states in the country...