Kenneth C. Crowe II is reporting for the Times Union an effort on the part of Rensselaer County Democrats to pass a resolution that calls for the Republican-controlled legislature to support the Black Lives Matter movement as well as racial justice for people of color, has proven difficult. The measure was rewritten after three of the six Democratic lawmakers withdrew their sponsorship and city police complained, saying the resolution did not adequately reflect the interactions between law enforcement and the minority community. The rewritten resolution changed the original phrase, “continuing structural and systemic racism that is evident in law enforcement and the justice system,” replacing it with “continuing structural and systemic racism that plague our communities.” Lawmakers also removed a phrase that stated the legislature is “outraged by these injustices in law enforcement that unfairly target black people and all people of color,” and replaced it with the county legislature “cannot ignore these injustices that have unfairly targeted black people and other people of color.” Officer Nick Laviano, president of the Troy Police Benevolent Association, said, “We’ve voiced our displeasure with the section that puts all law enforcement in a negative light and the legislators understand and have apologized. I look forward to working with them on future police reform.” The resolution put forward by the Democrats was inspired in part by the Troy Rally for Black Lives that drew an estimated 11,000 people to the city on June 7. Read the full story in the Times Union.