Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats are transforming a “moment of national anguish” into “a moment of national action,” promising the bill is the first step in a series of actions Democrats will take.
Congressional Democrats observed a nearly nine-minute moment of silence in honor of George Floyd, with some taking a knee inside the Capitol just before unveiling sweeping police reform proposals.Congressional Democrats introduced a sweeping police misconduct reform bill Monday, seizing the political moment as protests sweep across the country in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, although House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed emerging calls to “defund the police.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer kneel with Congressional Democrats during a moment of silence at the Capitol in Washington, June 8, 2020.A few minutes before the news conference, Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer led a group of Democrats in a moment of silence, taking a knee for 8 minutes, 46 seconds - the time that elapsed when a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck.
“Today, with the Justice In Policing Act, the Congress is standing with those fighting for justice and taking action,” Pelosi proclaimed. “We cannot settle for anything less than transformative, structural change, which is why the justice in policing act will remove barriers to prosecuting police misconduct and covering damages.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi looks stands with members of the Congressional Black Caucus during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., June 8, 2020. “Now some Senate Republicans have acknowledged egregious wrongs, but few have expressed the need for floor action,” Schumer, D-N.Y., said. “Too many have remained silent. Maybe they're hoping the issue goes away. I promise that it will not. Democrats will not let this go away and we will not rest until we achieve real reforms.”
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