Lawmakers echo Kamala Harris’s call for passage of George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
Addressing the nation on Tuesday evening, Joe Biden said the guilty verdict for the former Minneapolis police office Derek Chauvin was “a start”. But, he said, “in order to deliver real change and reform, we can and we must do more”.
“Protests unified people of every race and generation in peace and with purpose to say enough,” Biden said. “Enough. Enough of the senseless killings. Today’s verdict is a step forward.
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.@RepKarenBass and @RepGwenMoore in an emotional embrace on the heels of the Chauvin guilty verdict.
“I was so stunned. I was knocked off my feet. I thought maybe we would get manslaughter,” Moore said to Bass before hugging her. pic.twitter.com/nNwuuOQewR
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