'There were tears flowing in the room, but we are hoping that beyond the emotion of it that it will lead to significant policy change.'
"There were tears flowing in the room, but we are hoping that beyond the emotion of it that it will lead to significant policy change," Merritt said.
Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper Jones, told reporters on Capitol Hill Tuesday evening she didn't think Trump's executive order was"enough" but called it"a start." Senator Cory Booker speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to examine issues involving race and policing practices in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd and the civil unrest that followed, on Capitol Hill on June 16, 2020, in Washington, DC.Graham continued his opening remarks,"I have learned over the years, but particularly recently, that every black man in America feels threatened when they are stopped by the cops.
"The question for the committee, is it possible to find common ground? The answer is obviously, yes, if we want to. As chairman, I would like to," Graham added. Expressing his hesitation with reforms to qualified immunity, Graham said,"I don't think most cops want to go into the business if they could lose their house if they make a mistake, but maybe there's something we can do with the concept of qualified immunity that would put more accountability into the agencies that run police departments."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., introducing a witness, acknowledged the unavoidable: Floyd's death happened in her home state. Attorney Lee Merritt testifies during a Judiciary Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, June 16, 2020, in Washington, D.C.In what turned into a testy exchange between Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and expert witness Vanita Gupta, Cornyn asked Gupta why she used the term"structural racism" instead of"systemic."
Booker and Harris rejected"simplistic" evaluations and conclusions on racism, they suggested, were being pushed by Republicans in the hearing. The two Democrats join Scott as the only three black members in the U.S. Senate.
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