"We have to get more justice:" Eric Garner's mother calls for continued changes to law enforcement
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Nearly seven years after Eric Garner's death, his mother, Gwen Carr, has called on legislators to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a comprehensive policing reform bill.
"If you want to show that you're concerned about the people in our communities and us being so badly treated, pass the George Floyd bill," she told CBS News. "Then we want the legislation to look back at the cases that they missed, my case, other people's cases who never got any justice." In March, the House passed the bill named after Floyd, who died after a police officer kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes during a 2020 arrest. Democrats still need support from 10 Republicans to advance the bill, which is unlikely to pass in the Senate. The legislation, which has President Joe Biden's support, would overhaul qualified immunity — the legal doctrine that protects police officers from civil lawsuits for constitutional violations.On Nov. 13, 2016, Dr. Eric "Scott" Sills, a renowned California fertility doctor, called 911 and reported finding his wife and business partner Susann Sills unresponsive at the bottom of the stairs. An initial investigation revealed some evidence that was consistent with an accidental fall. But as "48 Hours" correspondent Tracy Smith reports, other evidence pointed to something more sinister. DETECTIVE: How do you know she — she got an email? MARY-KATHERINE SILLS: I woke up and my dad was just like on the covers just laying there like there wasn't enough room to get in I guess. So, he was just laying there.