Lawmakers ‘must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act now’, Biden says, amid shock over Sonya Massey death

Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, moments after shocking police video was released showing an Illinois officer fatally shooting Sonya Massey after she called police fearing a home intruder.

In his first public statement since dropping his bid for re-election, Biden said the shooting of Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, by white Sangamon county sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson, in her home in Springfield, after a dispute over a pot of boiling water, “reminds us that all too often Black Americans face fears for their safety in ways many of the rest of us do not”.

Biden, who is recovering from Covid at his home in Delaware, said Massey, “a beloved mother, friend, daughter and young Black woman … should be alive today”.

    • ImpressiveEssayBanned from community
      110·
      2 years ago

      That is horrific. I hope some day you watch the footage and feel bad for this.

        • ImpressiveEssayBanned from community
          111·
          2 years ago

          Wow. How incredibly horrible. I’m reporting sorry.

          But that’s too far.

          • PythagreousTitties@lemm.eeEnglish
            8·
            2 years ago

            A three day old account comes in here saying that racism should not be addressed, then proceeds to defend a cop that murdered a poor old women in her house, and then gets upset and starts trying to report everyone lmao.

            Fucking gold.

                • ImpressiveEssayBanned from community
                  111·
                  2 years ago

                  You can check my comments. I’m quite liberal.

                  I’m just… not American. I’m Irish. We don’t have American gun problems. (Although I have lived there)

                  I’m sorry my comments upset you but it is extremely interesting to see how many people immediately jumped to attacks and making up things I said instead of actually engaging with any of my reasonings.

                  I might leave Lemmy soon, if that’s how this place works. Bully people out immediately…