Congresswoman IlhanMN talks with rtraister about the fight against structural racism and injustice, and how the Congressional Black Caucus can move us forward
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Ilhan Omar: We all watched the horrifying death of George Floyd in the hands of the police officer, and police officers who failed their oath by not interfering and preserving that life. The outrage and frustration that we see now is truly warranted; the sadness and the heartbreak that many in our community feel is completely justified. What we’re also seeing is people exploiting that pain for their own destructive gain.
RT: This week Minneapolis became the first school district to vote to terminate the police department’s contract with its public schools, something you’ve been pushing for and applauded. Are you feeling hopeful that other of these concrete reforms, including some that you just mentioned, are now more within grasp than they have been before this wave of protest?
IO: I do. I actually think our calls to ask the state to step down and to respect people’s First Amendment right to protest and utilize their voice have been heard. I joined my constituents in asking for the excessive force and its presence to be diminished because I believe aggression begets aggression.
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