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The national outcry to end racial injustice in the U.S. has expanded from protests in the streets to appeals on Capitol Hill. Philonise Floyd, George Floyd's younger brother, headlined a Wednesday hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, which is working on a bill to address police violence and racism. Lisa Desjardins reports and joins Judy...
Philonise joined police reform advocates and law enforcement officials to testify before lawmakers during a hearing on Wednesday about U.S. policing practices and accountability. The United States needs "a national standard for policing behavior built on transparency and accountability," Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney who represents the Floyd family, wrote in prepared remarks.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Philonise Floyd, a brother of George Floyd, says he's testifying to Congress because he wants his brother's death to be "more than another name” on a growing list of those killed during interactions with police. Floyd's appearance before a House hearing Wednesday comes a day ...
... of black people continue across the country. Watch the hearing in the video player above. Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee will hear from Philonise Floyd, George Floyd's brother, along with with police chiefs, police reform advocates and the lawyer for the family of Floyd, a black man who ...
The CEO of CrossFit is stepping down after his tweet about George Floyd sparked a social media backlash and led to affiliated gyms and Reebok cutting ties with the exercise brand. Greg Glassman said in a statement posted on CrossFit Inc.'s website late Tuesday that he decided to retire ...
... sign an executive order banning choke holds by the Houston police department.Now, this is a police department that you have to remember, leading into George Floyd's death, we had six officer-involved shootings with civilians in the five weeks leading into George Floyd's death. So, there was ...
... a baking sun to pay their respects to Floyd, whose body lay in an open gold-colored casket. Over the past six days, memorials for Floyd were also held in Minneapolis, where he lived in recent years, and Raeford, North Carolina, near where he was born. WATCH: Mourners remember George ...
... is witnessing the birth of a new movement in our country. Yamiche Alcindor: Congressional Democrats introduced a sweeping set of policing reforms in response to Floyd's death and protesters' demands. The Justice in Policing Act bans choke holds, develops a national standard for use of force, limits the transfer ...
... from mental illness and/or drug and alcohol addiction, Resch said she will stay with the department in a different role. Demonstrators held two peaceful George Floyd protests in Portland but a third one that lasted until the early hours of Monday resulted in at least 20 arrests, with some ...
France has seen several protests over the past week sparked by Floyd's death, which is stirring up anger around the world. President Emmanuel Macron has stayed unusually silent so far both about Floyd's death and what's happening in France. Macron's office said he spoke to the ...
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