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Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry released the following statement:
Washington, DC) Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01) made the following statement today after a Minneapolis jury found police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all charges of manslaughter and murder.
“The traumatic death of George Floyd, and the impact on our nation’s police, continue to wrench our hearts. Though the verdict will be debated, you just can’t put your knee on someone’s neck area for nine minutes and expect to be exonerated in a trial,” Fortenberry said.
“Perhaps now that this has passed, we can open a new chapter of community-based policing, relationship-building, and non-lethal restraint,” Fortenberry added.
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The mob that broke into the U.S. Capitol spent hours roaming the building, including Statuary Hall where a bronze statue of Ponca Chief Standing Bear was installed in 2019.
Two Catholic members of US Congress reflect on attack, work ahead Assault on US Capitol was a threat not just to this space, but to the idea of America, a congressman said
Updated: January 12, 2021 05:49 AM GMT
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A demonstrator, who wished to remain anonymous, holds a US National flag as the Washington National Guard, State Patrol and a fence surround the state Capitol as the Legislature opens the 2021 session in Olympia, Washington on January 11, 2021. (Photo: Jason Redmond / AFP)
Seeing the U.S. Capitol building being stormed by a rioting mob on Jan. 6 brought a visceral reaction from Congressman Jeff Fortenberry, a Republican from Nebraska. Fortenberry, who is Catholic and often attends daily Mass at St. Peter s Church on Capitol Hill called the attack a desecration.
Two Catholic members of Congress reflect on Capitol attack, work ahead
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., is seen in this undated photo. (CNS photo/Kristie Boyd, U.S. House Office of Photography)
By Mark Zimmermann • Catholic News Service • Posted January 12, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) Seeing the U.S. Capitol building being stormed by a rioting mob Jan. 6 brought a visceral reaction from Congressman Jeff Fortenberry, a Republican from Nebraska. Fortenberry, who is Catholic and often attends daily Mass at St. Peter’s Church on Capitol Hill, called the attack a “desecration.”
The rioters broke through windows and doors, overwhelmed Capitol Police lines and rampaged through the building, causing members of Congress and staff to flee to secure areas, as the mob proceeded to ransack congressional offices and wander into the abandoned Senate chamber.