‘Stop killing us’: Eric Garner’s mom, other advocates meet with lawmakers amid growing demand for police reform Michael McAuliff, Chris Sommerfeldt
Gwen Carr and other relatives of Black Americans killed by cops met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday in a push for rapid passage of a sweeping police reform bill, ramping up pressure one day after President Biden set a firm deadline for action on the high-stakes issue.
Carr, whose son, Eric Garner, died after an NYPD officer put him in a now-illegal chokehold on Staten Island in 2014, was joined by Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, Alissa Findley, the sister of police murder victim Botham Jean, and other advocates for back-to-back meetings with both Democrats and Republicans.
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Republican Tim Scott and Democrat Chuck Schumer meet with relatives of four black Americans shot by cops as they push Congress to pass the George Floyd bill
Relatives of George Floyd and other black Americans shot by cops were on Capitol Hill Thursday to push Congress to pass gun control legislation
Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, and other advocates held separate meetings with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Tim Scott We need to let everybody know how we feel about our brothers and our families and family members who have been killed, Philonise Floyd said
Advocates were on Capitol Hill the same day a bipartisan group of lawmakers met to discuss police reform legislation
Bills Filed to Sink the American Firearms Industry Democrats on Capitol Hill Thursday debuted bicameral legislation that will open the gun industry to frivolous lawsuits shopped around to activist courts. Termed the somewhat pearl-clutching Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act the measures proposed by U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calf.) and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) do one main thing kill the bipartisan Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act which was passed by Congress in 2005. Best known as the PLCAA, the law insulates the gun industry ranging from local gun shops to publicly traded gun makers against harassing lawsuits designed to bankrupt such companies.
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