'Stop the pain,' George Floyd's brother pleads with Congress

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By LISA MASCARO and ANDREW TAYLOR

WASHINGTON (AP) — George Floyd’s brother challenged Congress on Wednesday to “stop the pain” as lawmakers consider a sweeping law enforcement overhaul, so the man he looked up to won’t become just “another name” on a growing list of black Americans killed during interactions with police.

Philonise Floyd’s appearance before a House hearing came a day after funeral services for his older brother, the 46-year-old African American whose death has become a worldwide symbol in demonstrations calling for changes to police practices and an end to racial prejudice.

“I’m here today to ask you to make it stop. Stop the pain,” Philonise Floyd told the silenced hearing room.

Choking back tears, he said he wants to make sure that his brother, whom he called “Perry,” is “more than another face on a T-shirt, more than another name on a list that won’t stop growing.”



Philonise Floyd, a brother of George Floyd, reacts as he describes the pain of losing his brother as he testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed changes to police practices and accountability on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)


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[TristanIsolde]

1. It has to stop, anf now is the moment

not tomorrow, not in a few years , now.

Even if it takes defunding the police force, building it from the ground up again, improving the training and entry requirements, whatever it takes. Black lives matter, they fucking do. They matter more than the entrenched interests that are happy with the status quo.