Harris mourns Tyre Nichols at funeral and calls for police reform: He ‘should have been safe’

Nichols’ funeral service happened less than a week after video footage of his arrest was revealed, shaking a country accustomed to videos of cops cruelty, specifically versus individuals of color. The 5 officers charged with Nichols’ death are Black.

” As vice president of the United States, we require that Congress pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Joe Biden will sign it and we must not postpone,” Harris stated Wednesday.

The costs two times cleared your house under Democratic control– in 2020 and 2021– mostly along celebration lines. However it never ever went throughout the Senate, even after Democrats won control in 2021, in part, since of differences about certified resistance, which safeguards policeman from being taken legal action against in civil court.

Senate Democrats got another seat in in 2015’s midterm elections to pad their bulk, however they’re still far except the 60 votes that would be require for such an effort to prosper. That implies any policing overhaul that can discover significant assistance in Congress will likely be removed of the type of steps for which protesters are calling.

” We have a mom and a daddy who grieve the life of a boy who must be here today. They have a grand son who now does not have a daddy. His bros and sis will lose the love of aging with their infant bro,” Harris stated in her remarks.

” And when we take a look at this scenario, this is a household that lost their boy and their bro through an act of violence at the hands and the feet of individuals who have actually been charged with keeping them safe.”