From the Liveblog of
Monday, June 8, 2020
Congressional Democrats take a knee for George Floyd
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleHouse and Senate Democrats hold a moment of silence at the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall, reading the names of George Floyd and others killed.
They then kneel for 8 minutes and 46 seconds — now a symbol of police brutality and violence — the length of time prosecutors say Floyd was pinned under a white police officer’s knee before he died.
“We’re here to observe that pain,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says, drawing on the nation’s founding with slavery.
“We’re here to respect the actions of the American people to speak out against that,” she says, before kneeling on one knee. “We are here to honor George Floyd.”
House and Senate Democrats observe a moment of silence for all of the Black lives we have lost in America due to police brutality and for those who have also suffered physical and emotional abuse. It is time for a change. Enough is enough. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/bz6rCUCCND
— The Black Caucus (@TheBlackCaucus) June 8, 2020
— AP
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