WASHINGTON
Soon after the police officer who killed George Floyd was convicted of murder, President Biden called Floyd’s relatives with a promise: Once he could sign legislation named for Floyd to change policing nationwide, he would fly them to Washington for the occasion.
Floyd’s family arrives at the White House on Tuesday, the anniversary of his death. But there will be no bill-signing ceremony. Bipartisan negotiations on Capitol Hill have yet to produce a breakthrough, a reminder of the steep hurdles that Biden faces confronting the country’s entrenched racial problems and its political polarization.
“If we cannot make progress on this issue in this environment, I question when we ever will be” able to, said Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, a close Biden ally and the highest ranking Black member of Congress as the No. 3 House Democratic leader.
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Kayla Reed is the executive director and co-founder of Action St. Louis.
Editor s note: This is part two of a collaboration between The Missouri Independent and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting looking at how the fight for police reform in St. Louis has evolved. Read part one.
The race was too close.
Kayla Reed, co-founder and executive director of Action St. Louis, curled over her desk. Her long, dark locs created curtains around her body as she used one hand to search election results on her cellphone. With the other hand, she hopped into a Zoom call on her laptop.