Calls for reform have grown in the aftermath of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols' death following a violent beating by police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, in January.
"We demand that Congress pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act," said Harris, who sponsored the bill during her tenure as a California senator."Joe Biden will sign it and we should not delay and we will not be denied. It is not negotiable."
"Again, Tim, and I have not stopped talking," he emphasized."We're guys that have gotten the opportunity zone legislation done. We've gotten the criminal justice reform done. We may have stopped formal negotiations, but he and I are actually friends. We may be in different parties and disagreed on a host of stuff, but the reality is, we're two Black men in America, we've had really awful experiences with law enforcement that law enforcement leaders say are unjust.
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