Sen. Tran of Fitchburg calls policing bill ‘ill conceived’

Fitchburg state Sen. Dean Tran kicked off Senate debate over policing reform on Monday by delivering a scathing indictment of the bill written by Democratic leaders, calling it “ill conceived and politically driven” with no attempt to get at the roots of racism.Tran, the highest ranking Asian American elected official in Massachusetts, said he had been “struggling” with the bill since it was introduced last Monday, feeling both rushed to review it and unsatisfied with its direction. […]