On the recordMay 21, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I rise in anguish on behalf of George Floyd and his family, on behalf of Minneapolis, and on behalf of everyone who has been impacted by police brutality. It has been 4 years since George was brutally murdered in front of the whole world. We have been fighting every day since then to pass meaningful criminal justice reform. What we are fighting for is a dignified life. What we are fighting for is equal access to exist as ourselves. What we are fighting for is to undo 400 years of being brutalized, victimized, surveilled, enslaved, imprisoned, and having the life choked out of us in the cities we call home. We will continue to fight for change until we achieve a better future, the future that George deserved. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. ____________________
