Four years since George Floyd, a Black man living in Minnesota, was murdered at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer, the Senate has refused to pass any meaningful legislation reining in police violence.
Meanwhile this crisis continues to get worse – with police killing more people last year than any previous year on record, and Black and brown people, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ community still being killed by police at a disproportionate rate. It's clear, unchecked, unaccountable policing puts us all in harms way. Yet police continue to experience broad immunity, job security even with a pattern of misconduct, and a steady supply of war equipment directly from the Pentagon.
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act could address these issues by helping end racial profiling, creating real accountability for police, and reining in the crisis of police violence. Urge your representatives to pass this bill now.
