Ben Crump urged lawmakers to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in Nichols' memory.
By Chelsea Bailey & Antoinette RadfordThe lawyer representing Tyre Nichols' family has called on the US Congress to pass urgent police reform legislation in the wake of his death.Speaking to US media, Ben Crump urged President Joe Biden to use Mr Nichols's death to gain support for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act was introduced in 2021 after Mr Floyd was killed by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. His death sparked international protests. "Shame on us if we don't use his tragic death to finally get the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act passed," Mr Crump told CNN. The lawyer said if the law did not change, deaths at the hand of police would continue.
But the Republican House of Representatives Judiciary chair Jim Jordan warned politicians to not rush legislation. On Saturday, the Memphis Police Department disbanded the so-called Scorpion special unit of which the police officers now charged with murder were members.
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