George Floyd’s family calls on Congress to pass police reform, 4 years after his murder
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The family of George Floyd marked the fourth anniversary of his murder by renewing their call for Congress to pass legislation to reform policing in America that is named in his honor.
The family of George Floyd marked the fourth anniversary of his murder by renewing their call for Congress to pass legislation to reform policing in America that is named in his honor. “Change is needed,” Philonise Floyd, George Floyd’s brother, said at a news conference Thursday where democratic lawmakers announced their latest effort to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. The legislation passed in the then-Democratically controlled House in June 2020. But it stalled in the Senate. Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee reintroduced the bill on Thursday, days before the fourth anniversary of Floyd’s murder. It calls for law enforcement to be held “accountable for misconduct in court,” and police training and policy reforms. “We have the opportunity to enact bold, comprehensive reform to policing practices, to correct and prevent unnecessary deaths. Congress must pass the George Floyd #JusticeInPolicingAct of 2024,” Rep. Jackson Lee wrote in a Facebook post. Philonise Floyd agreed.
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