A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.

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People For Member,

Tonight, we pause with a deep sense of relief that the officer who
murdered George Floyd will be held accountable for his actions. For
countless others whose lives were taken as a result of police violence,
their perpetrators have evaded accountability for their actions – and we
must continue pushing forward in the fight towards justice.

[ [link removed] ]Join People For’s Ben Jealous, Mayor Svante Myrick, noted civil rights
leader and historian Mary Frances Berry (invited), and MoveOn’s Rahna
Epting tomorrow, April 21, for a discussion on the George Floyd verdict
and the future of justice in America >>

An exact start time is still to be determined, but RSVP today and we will
be sure to notify you before the event begins on how and when to join! If
you’re unable to attend a link to the recording will be shared following
the briefing.

Now that the Trump Administration is gone, we have new opportunities to
pursue justice that previously would not have been possible. Attorney
General Merrick Garland has already taken steps to address police
misconduct, just last week rescinding a Trump-era memo that limited the
use of ‘consent decrees’ – a tool to hold police departments accountable –
but more can and must be done.

We must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act at the federal
level, which will not solve every problem but is a good start. And we must
do the hard work of fundamentally changing policing at the local level,
which is happening across the country from the state level to the city and
county level, where we are seeing some innovative solutions proposed.

While we continue mourning the loss of George Floyd, and for the many
families who have lost loved ones to police violence, we must strengthen
our commitment to rooting out systemic racism in our justice system, so
that no family ever needs to grieve again as George Floyd’s family is
grieving now.

Anything less will only allow these acts of violence to continue.

[ [link removed] ]Join us as we process today’s verdict and how it shapes the trajectory
of our fight towards justice >>

Thanks for all that you do.

In solidarity,

Zach, People For the American Way

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