Philonise Floyd, George Floyd’s brother, testified in front of Congress on Wednesday.
George Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd, implored lawmakers to “stop the pain” and hold police officers accountable in testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday as the House Democrats and Senate Republicans move forward on separate police reform bills in the wake of George Floyd’s death.... [+]
during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability at the U.S. Capitol on June 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. The hearing comes after the death of George Floyd while in the custody of officers of the Minneapolis Police Department. “If his death ends up changing the world for the better — and I think it will...
There’s bipartisan support for a police reform bill on Capitol Hill, but the House and Senate disagree on the details. House Democrats are debating a bill that would ban chokeholds, including the maneuver used by Derek Chauvin in Floyd’s death, and no-knock warrants in drug cases, as was used in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, in March, and increase police accountability, among other reform measures.
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