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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