[1]Ayanna Pressley

Content warning: This email discusses a murder



George Floyd should be alive today, at home with his fiancé, children, and
siblings. But one year ago, on May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by
a police officer who held his knee on George’s neck for more than 9
minutes.

George Floyd didn’t give his life to become a martyr. His life was
violently stolen.

To be clear, George Floyd’s murder has everything to do with white
supremacy, the disparate criminalization of substance use disorders, and
America’s inability to see Black people’s humanity.

No one should die the way George Floyd did. A person’s murder should not
require global uprisings against state-sanctioned violence to result in
consequences.

We can’t bring George Floyd back, but we can — and must — confront the
endless cycle of death and trauma that state-sanctioned violence creates
in our communities with meaningful policy and budget change.

Ending qualified immunity is the most substantive aspect of the George
Floyd Justice in Policing Act — we can’t afford to abandon it. We owe it
to the families, the organizers who have mobilized to advance racial
justice, and the people who have been murdered by police.

Today, I'm holding the Floyd family close and praying they know healing
and peace.

I also pray that my colleagues at every level of government remain acutely
uncomfortable with the fact that our work won't be complete until we
legislate to dismantle every system that finances and perpetuates
brutality, murder, and state-sanctioned violence at home and abroad.

In solidarity, 

Ayanna

 


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