‘How we honor George Floyd’s life, and countless others’
Published Wednesday, Apr. 21, 2021, 11:12 am
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The conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd is a step in the right direction, but it’s just that – a step in the right direction.
“Today’s verdict will never bring George Floyd back into the arms of his family and loved ones. We cannot forget that we will never get true, full justice, until we take action to change the system that took Mr. Floyd’s life, and impacted countless other Black Americans, like Lt. Caron Nazario and Donovan Lynch here in Virginia. Too many of us have been hurt and harmed when the cameras have been
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The D.C. Council established an independent commission in September to create the report following the protests against police brutality last summer.
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Local leaders are pressing for dozens of recommendations to reform law enforcement in the District.
The D.C. Police Reform Commission, a 20-member group of local legal experts and reform activists, published a 259-page report earlier this month outlining more than 90 recommendations to reform policing in the District, including slashing the size of the Metropolitan Police Department by as much as 3,000 officers. The report also calls for MPD to require police to use technology that turns on body cameras whenever an officer pulls their gun and abolish qualified immunity, which protects police from civil lawsuits.
“I’m serving this country, and this is how I’m treated? he said at one point.
“Yeah well, guess what? I’m a veteran, too,” police officer Joe Gutierrez responded. “And I know how to obey.” Nazario said he was afraid to get out, to which Gutierrez replied: “You should be.”
Within minutes, Nazario was pepper-sprayed, struck in the knees to force him to the ground and handcuffed. No charges were ever filed.
Videos of the December incident taken by the officers’ body cameras and Nazario’s cellphone became public last week, sparking outrage and accumulating millions of views. Nazario has sued the two officers, alleging his constitutional rights were violated during the traffic stop in the small Virginia town of Windsor. Officer Gutierrez has also been fired.
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