400 organizations across the U.S., ranging from the National Bar Association to the National Association of Realtors, co-signed a letter to Congress demanding immediate police reform legislation in the wake of George Floyd's death.
"Now is the time for Congress to pass meaningful police reform legislation," the Washington-based human rights group wrote in a statement on Monday."While we appreciate hearings and resolutions, we need comprehensive measures enacted.
The organization reiterated that this week's protests following Floyd's May 25 death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers are not new. The letter highlighted the"long cycle of lawlessness" against black people, including Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 murder, the 1992 Los Angeles police abuse of Rodney King and the Ferguson, Missouri demonstrations after the police shooting of another unarmed black man, Michael Brown.
President and chief executive of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Vanity Gupta, penned an op-ed published inon Tuesday morning. She said the Justice Department's criminal investigation in the killing of Floyd is"a first step," but that the Trump administration's record shows it's likely the last.
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