Tyre Nichols' mom said if lawmakers don't act, 'blood' will be 'on their hands.'
February 7, 2023, 5:04 AMPresident Joe Biden delivers opening remarks during a meeting of the White House Competition Council in the East Room, Feb. 1, 2023.When President Joe Biden delivers his second State of the Union speech Tuesday night, two guests are expected to be in the audience: the mother and stepfather of Tyre Nichols.with Memphis police last month. His death has sparked calls for police reform at the federal level.
It's a topic Biden is likely to address as he speaks to lawmakers and the nation in what could be his largest audience of the year. But how far he'll will go in calling for reform, and how far his comments will go in a divided Congress, remains to be seen. RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols sits with her husband, Tyre's stepfather Rodney Wells during an interview with ABC News, Jan. 27, 2023.Biden said he was "outraged and deeply pained" when graphic footage of Nichols' fatal confrontation with police was released last month showing officers striking and kicking Nichols.
"People are going to be listening very closely for what's the vision for what public safety and reforms look like," Finney said of Biden's speech, "because it's got to go hand in hand.
President Joe Biden delivers opening remarks during a meeting of the White House Competition Council in the East Room, Feb. 1, 2023.The George Floyd policing bill passed the Democrat-controlled House in 2020 and 2021 but stalled in the Senate. It now faces bigger hurdles now that the House is controlled by a Republican majority.
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