Yield the floor. Madam president , ours is a nation with the split screen of a battle on two fronts, one is the pandemic that weve been fighting now for many months and the other is to continue the fight to defeat Racial Injustice that has sadly divided our nation since its very inception. One week ago today, george floyd, a native houstonian, tragically died in the custody of a Law Enforcement officer. As the gut wrenching video of his death spread, so has the passion and the anger among all of us who wonder how can Something Like that happen . Our constitution guarantees every american the right to protest injustice and i believe we all have a responsibility to stand up for whats right and condemn what is plainly wrong. People of all color, backgrounds, and ages are demanding that justice be served in the case of george floyd. The first step in that process came on friday when the officer, who had him in custody, was i am himself arrested and charged with third degree murder. Devasta
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US Justice Department Ramps Up Investigations of Police
Voice of America
20 May 2021, 23:05 GMT+10
WASHINGTON - In the wake of George Floyd s death last May beneath the knee of then-police officer Derek Chauvin, Black Lives Matter protesters demanded that the Justice Department investigate the Minneapolis police department for civil rights violations. FILE - People hold up signs, including one with an image of George Floyd, outside the courthouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 20, 2021, after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty in the death of Floyd.
Under the Obama administration, the Justice Department investigated two dozen police agencies for evidence of misconduct and gross violations of Black Americans rights, eventually entering into court-approved agreements with 14 of them to try to correct the problems.
US Justice Department Ramps Up Investigations of Police
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