May 28, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 100 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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                        JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD

  (Mr. MFUME asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MFUME. Madam Speaker, I rise today because I want to call the 
name of George Floyd.
  George Floyd lost his life this week because of a Minneapolis police 
officer.
  George Floyd died for no known reason. He was not armed. He was not 
intoxicated. He was not aggressive. And he was not threatening.
  George Floyd pleaded for his life. He cried out for help. He groaned 
in pain. And then he died with his face pressed against the ground and 
the knee of a police officer against his neck.
  This was not an arrest. This was murder. It was the murder of George 
Floyd, and it ought to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
  God help us as a Nation if we choose to be silent at this sad and 
tragic time.

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