House Speaker Nancy Pelosi escorts George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, to his witness seat before the start of the Judiciary Committee hearing on police reform.
“Honor George, and make the necessary changes that make law enforcement the solution and not the problem,” Philonise Floyd said before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
Philonise Floyd, a brother of George Floyd, arrives to testify before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed changes to police practices and accountability on Capitol Hill, June 10, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Floyd arrived on Capitol Hill the day after funeral services for his George Floyd, who has become a worldwide symbol in demonstrations over calls for changes to police practices and an end to racial prejudices.3:15 p.m.
"They just dragged his body across the concrete. His lifeless body. Every day, I'm gonna have to live with that. My family is gonna have to live with that. His kids are gonna have to live with that," he added. Rep. Martha Roby, R-Ala., asks questions during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed changes to police practices and accountability on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Washington."Sitting here, coming to try to tell you all about how I want justice for my brother, I just think about that video over and over again. It felt like eight hours and 46 minutes," Floyd said."Everyday just looking at him, being anywhere, that is all people talk about.
Angela Underwood-Jacobs attends a House Judiciary Committee hearing to discuss police brutality and racial profiling, in Washington, June 10, 2020.Underwood Jacobs, following Floyd, compared their two situations -- though her brother, a police officer, died in the line of duty, while Floyd's brother died in police custody.
Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing to discuss police brutality and racial profiling, in Washington, June 10, 2020. "If there is no accountability, Congresswoman Bass, it will keep happening. And we pray that George Floyd is the last one, but if this great body doesn't act. It's going to happen again and I predict what's going to happen in the next thirty days," he continued."It only seems to be the police that has this great authority. this power that we've given them, and it goes unchecked.
Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., while acknowledging problems with qualified immunity, argued there were concerns with a full repeal. "I would submit to you that there will probably be more racism if people take the law into their own hands than if they relied on the police to investigate crimes and to protect the public," he said.
"Because they worked at the same place, so for him to do something like that, it had to be premeditated and he wanted to do it," Floyd said. Benjamin Crump, the civil rights attorney representing George Floyd's family, began his opening testimony with a wish. Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump speaks during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability at the U.S. Capitol, June 10, 2020, in Washington, D.C.Crump also took the opportunity to say the names of others who, he says, have died at the hands of police officers.
Crump presented a handful of concrete reforms to lawmakers: mandatory body cameras, appropriate level of force based on level of threat, banning restraints like chokeholds and strangleholds, and reforms to how qualified immunity is applied to police officers."If officers know they have immunity, they act with impunity. If officers know they can unjustly take the life of a black person with no accountability, they will continue to do so," he said.
Lancaster, California City Council member Angela Underwood Jacobs gives her opening statement, June 10, 2020, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. of the House Judiciary Committee about policing practices and law enforcement accountability prompted by the death of George Floyd while in police custody.
With emotion in her voice, Underwood Jacobs then called on Americans to respond with"kindness and love." "I couldn't take care of George the day he was killed, but maybe by speaking with you today, I can help make sure that his death isn't in vain. To make sure that he is more than another face on a t-shirt. More than another name on a list that won't stop growing," he began.
"I can't tell you the kind of pain you feel when you watch something like that. When you watch your big brother, who you've looked up to your whole life, die. Die begging for your mom," Floyd said."I'm tired of the pain I'm feeling now and I'm tired of the pain I feel every time another black person is killed for no reason. I'm here today to ask you to make it stop. Stop the pain. Stop us from being tired.
George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, gives his opening statement during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., June 10, 2020.Floyd noted that while the world knows him as George, he knew his brother as Perry, and looking to the ceiling, he said he hoped his brother was resting -- in power -- with his mother.
He also seized the opportunity to criticize Democrats for calls to defund the police, though Democratic leadership has largely called for reform, not a complete dismantling. "Millions of Americans now call out I can't breathe as a rallying cry in the streets, all across our country, demanding a fundamental change in the culture of law enforcement and meaningful accountability for officers who commit misconduct," Nadler said."Today, we answer their call.""African Americans are more than twice as likely to be shot and killed by police.
Chairman Nadler has asked that everyone present keep their masks on at all times, unless speaking, citing public health reasons.
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