[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress

George Floyd should be alive today. Like every Black man, he deserved to
grow old, to laugh with his children, to love and be loved.

But five years ago today, George Floyd was murdered in broad daylight by
police — a harrowing reminder of the brutal, state-sanctioned violence
that Black folks in America have endured for generations and that we
continue to endure to this day.

In the days and weeks that followed, America underwent a so-called
‘reckoning’ on racial injustice. People from every corner of this country
mobilized, demanding justice, accountability, and transformative change. 

But five years later, meaningful policy change remains stalled in
Congress, corporations are backing away from their commitments to racial
equity, and a white supremacist once again occupies the White House —
continuing his unprecedented assault on Black America, rolling back
policies that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, and advancing
harmful executive actions to ‘unleash law enforcement’ and threaten Black
lives. Without meaningful policy and budget change, the unjust status quo
will persist, and we will continue to be robbed of innocent lives.

This anniversary must be more than hashtags, performative statements, and
remembrance. So this week I’ve reintroduced the George Floyd Justice in
Policing Act, my People’s Justice Guarantee, and the Ending Qualified
Immunity Act. 

The People’s Justice Guarantee is a comprehensive, decarceration-focused
resolution that outlines a framework for a fair, equitable and just legal
system that calls for decarceration and the dramatic reduction of jail and
prison populations, eliminating wealth-based discrimination and corporate
profiteering, transforming the experience of confinement, and investing in
historically impacted communities.

And the Ending Qualified Immunity Act would eliminate the unjust and
court-invented doctrine of qualified immunity and restore the ability for
people to obtain relief when state and local officials, including police
officers, violate their legal and constitutionally secured rights. 

We’ll never have true justice for George Floyd. True justice would be
George Floyd alive today, at home with his fiancée, children, and
siblings. As we mark this somber anniversary, we owe it to George, his
family, and everyone killed at the hands of law enforcement to continue
governing like lives depend on it and building a more just America where
everyone can thrive and live free from fear.

Ayanna




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