Content warning: This email discusses police violence and murder.
Today marks one year since George Floyd was murdered by police. My heart is with his family — and all Black and Brown families who have had a loved one taken from them by the police.
George Floyd's life mattered. Manuel Ellis's life mattered. Breonna Taylor's life mattered. Tony McDade's life mattered. The lives we lost to police violence mattered. It's important that we say their names and say that Black Lives Matter. But we must also honor them with action — organizing to end police brutality, anti-Blackness, and racism.
A first, transformative step is finally passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and sending it to the president's desk. The House did its part, but the painful reality is that this bill faces an uncertain future in the Senate until we end the filibuster.
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is the most transformative policing intervention introduced by Congress in recent memory. It would reimagine policing by ending qualified immunity, banning chokeholds, establishing a police misconduct registry, and demilitarizing the police.
But until the Senate takes action, our march toward justice will be tragically and unnecessarily stalled by political inaction. Add your name to our petition calling on the Senate to urgently end the filibuster and finally pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
While it is important that we clearly say "Black Lives Matter," it is not enough. We must fight for Black and Brown lives and finally secure real, meaningful, and transformative justice. Thank you for joining me in making it happen.
In solidarity,
Pramila
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