“What we’re facing is a real reckoning on a lot of levels.” Black activists believe the police killing of George Floyd and the attending nationwide civil unrest could be the catalyst for overhauling the criminal justice system.
FILE - In this July 11, 2016, file photo, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Alicia Garza attends the arrivals at VH1's Hip Hop Honors at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. Black activists believe the police killing of George Floyd and the nationwide civil unrest that followed could be the catalyst for overhauling the criminal justice system. “What we’re facing is a real reckoning on a lot of levels,” said Garza.
Many activists believe the unrest could be an opportunity to press Democratic leadership, including presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden, to address criminal justice in a deeper way. Floyd’s family and civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton have announced a march on Washington in August to call for a federal policing equality act.
Days after that interview, Ellison upgraded charges against fired Minnesota officer Derek Chauvin and charged three other policemen with aiding and abetting murder. “I don’t see black folks’ liberation through an electoral politics lens,” Omeoga said. “The pandering that’s happening in this moment by politicians is because they understand the system is unstable. People are questioning the system.”
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