Pelosi Kneels With Other Democrats in 'Moment of Silence'

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi led House and Senate Democrats in a moment of silence at the Capitol Building's Emancipation Hall, Monday, June 8.
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READ MORE: Congressional Democrats called for the biggest overhaul of the country’s policing laws in decades Monday, setting up a new clash with President Donald Trump, who is demanding tough law enforcement.

“The world is witnessing the birth of a new movement in our country,” Rep. Karen Bass, one of the co-sponsors of the legislation, told reporters, “People marching to demand not just change but transformative change that ends police brutality, that ends racial profiling and ends the process of denying Americans the right to have the ability to sue when they have been injured by an officer.”

In the wake of the death two weeks ago of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man held in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Democrats in both the House and Senate are aiming to broaden police accountability, track “problematic” officers through a “national police misconduct registry” and end the practice of transferring military equipment to police departments across the nation.

Democrats have scheduled hearings beginning Wednesday in the House of Representatives and hope to pass what they are calling the “Justice in Policing Act of 2020” by the end of this month. To become law, the bill would also have to be passed in the Republican-controlled Senate, where a hearing on policing is scheduled for next week.
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[jackmihof]

This is why other countries laugh at the United States.

[pseudohippie]

This is the most pathetic photo op I've ever seen.

[gsb]

Imagine if Trump and his administration did this 🤣 the media wouldn’t let it go

[scottlazar]

Scarfs...like Floyd just came off the boat from Africa...what an insult to his family and him.

[KJensenStudio]

Kente cloth and kneeling?? Most cringeworthy moment Ever.

[innerthoughts]

As a black man, I was laughing my ass off, showed this to my wife we was weak as pillow

[janajayj]

This is disgusting!!! And they dared shame Trump for a “photo-op”....we SEE YOU NANCY!

[r.u.kidding]

I have never seen them kneel for a FALLEN SOLDIER.

[jackdelaney]

Their PR team said "How can we appeal to blacks, wear a kente cloth". Even though its a west african garment and they are meant to be standing up for BLACK AMERICANS !!! So out of touch and shows they really dont see blacks as American

[ECO-zdzh]

It's like if George Floyd was Japanese, these people would be wearing kimonos lol

[maryjo]

This was the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen!

[vaosefuuder]

... and where's a predator drone strike when one really needs it?

[wellokayyes]

What a pathetic chapter of our country.

[reallifemoments.]

It was staged, there us nothing sincere about that. It was a photo opportunity. Picture never show the truth it is a picture people are positioned in place.

[ACColorado]

They heard some BLM members were going to walk by so they got themselves into the correct position to show them some love.

[snyfilms]

These Kente Cloths came from a country that was one of the maon exporters of slaves.

[gengarcarport]

aren't those colors of the ashanti tribe known for slave trading?

[petecarpenter]

What a joy to see Pelosi struggling to stand up !

[hydrosludge]

I believe she knew those colors are from the Ashanti. You know the ones selling the slaves.

[Octavus]

How did the knee thing become a thing? Ridiculous.