This week, house democrats, with the support of floyds family, reintroduced that act to create federal Police Reform. This is something that is a priority, this is demanded, and if you want to wait for someone like this to hit your front door and then you will be proactive, you have a problem. As democrats reintroduce that bill, President Joe Biden issued a Statement Saying President Biden also said he signed an Executive Order to implement aspects of the George Floyd Justice in policing act. If that legislation makes it through congress this time, it would address issues ranging from Policing Practices to accountability of Law Enforcement. If passed, it would lower the Criminal Intent Standards to convict a Police Officer for misconduct, limit qualified immunity as a defence to liability in a private civil action against a Law Enforcement officer and limit the unnecessary use of force and restricts the use of No Knock Warrants and chokeholds. Earlier, i spoke with representative Sheil
well, the men involved in the murders of george floyd and ahmaud arbery have a lot more they have to answer for. and it s coming in the form of two federal trials that are underway right now. now, while derek chauvin already pleaded guilty for violating floyd s civil rights, this moment now focuses on the three other officers who were on the scene, two of whom you see right there. the two who helped keep floyd down, and the other who had a form of crowd control, while he faced the crowd. now, all of them, prosecutors say, all of them deprived floyd of his right to medical care, and his right to life, the same right that prosecutors argue was denied to ahmaud arbery on the basis of his race. this moment puts our legal system to the test really. how will it deal with people who have a wanton disregard for human life, particularly black lives, it seems? i want to bring in ellie hoenig
call for your free publisher kit today! the men involved in the murders of george floyd and ahmaud arbery have a lot more they have to answer for, and it s coming in the form of two federal trials that are under way right now. while derek chauvin already pleaded guilty for violating floyd s civil rights, this moment now focuses on the three other officers who were on the scene. the two who helped keep floyd down and the other who had a form of crowd control while he faced the crowd. all of them, prosecutors say, all of them deprived floyd of his right to medical care and his right to life, the same right that prosecutors argue was denied to ahmaud arbery on the basis of his race. now, this moment puts our legal
now, two of them helped chauvin hold mr. floyd down. while another stood by to keep the crowd at bay. well, over the past two weeks, these three former officers have been on trial for violating his civil rights . and i know it s hard to know what is happening, when there isn t wall-to-wall coverage like there was for the derek chauvin trial, especially because these proceedings are not being televised, as, by the way, is the norm for a federal quorum and these are federal charges. but it doesn t mean that this trial is any less important and, in fact, well, the way i see it, it could be the most impactful thing on the future of policing. maybe, even more so than chauvin s conviction. here s why. so, prosecutors say these officers knew, through their training, that george floyd needed help. that, they knew that as floyd s cries for help stopped because he stopped breathing, that they had a duty to intervene and render aid, regardless of the
floyd s neck for nine and a half minutes. two of them helped chauvin hold mr. floyd down. while snore stood by keeping the crowd at bay. over the past two weeks the former officers have been on trial for violating civil rights. and i know it s hard to know what s happening when there isn t wall to wall coverage like there was for the derek chauvin trial especially because these proceedings are not televised as the is norm for a federal courtroom. and these are federal charges. but it doesn t mean that this trial is any less important. and in fact the way i see it it could be the most impactful thing on the future of policing. maybe even more so than chauvin s conviction. here is why. so prosecutors say these officers knew through training that george floyd needed help. that they knew that as floyd s cries for help stopped, because he stopped breathing, that they had a duty to intervene and render aid regardless of the