. >> reporter: last march, manuel ellis died after being arrested by six officers in tacoma, shinon. eyeny wrongdoing and now the state's attorney general still investigating the use of force. videos of the evidence have sparked a plea for statewide police reform. >> that training should have been in place. i know i cannot murder people because i can go to prison. it should be like that for officers and it's not. they need rules in place like we need rules in place. >> reporter: in the cawake of t deaths, bills are working their way through legislature banning choke holds and requiring active by-stander training and adding discipline if they do not step in and report bad conduct, many of these are stalled in congress. >> there's a huge impotes to get it done. the vast majority of our officers are good, ethical human being that want to do the right thing. they need the tools and that structure to enable them to do that. >> reporter: but the group representing the rank and file officers worries that the reforms will drive people away from a career in law enforcement. >> this sweeping r

. >> reporter: last march, manuel ellis died after being arrested by six officers in tacoma, shinon.s attorney general still investigating the use of force. videos of the evidence have sparked a plea for statewide police reform. >> that training should have been in place. i know i cannot murder people because i can go to

the investigation into the use of force around manuel ellis' death could wrap up as early as the end, gayle. >> crkris, what a great analogy where she said the whole car is th parts.led weuste fix bui love thaanalogy. question, knowusesed a bd's na. do you know if there's any progress on that legislation? >> reporter: gayle, the bill remained stalled in the senate but in the days since the shooting of daunte wright, there is informal conversations being had between republican stories and democrats in the house about what could potentially move forward and pass. gayle. >> all right. we'll stay on top of that as well. thank you, kris. back to new york. >> thank you, gayle. >>> more news out of minnesota, actually. this morning, we remember one of the state's best loved and known political figures, walter mondale, the former vice president, senator and ambassador to japan died yesterday at the age of 93. as vice president, he was a key contributor to president jimmy carter's groundbreaking camp david. historians credit mondale with redefining the vp role of being a senior adviser and go