[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 10, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H4018]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TIME TO MAKE PROTECTING THIS NATION A PRIORITY
(Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my anger
at what I saw on the video that was taken of the event down in
McKinney, Texas, on Friday, in which a big and burly police officer,
wearing white socks, manhandled a young, 15-year-old Black girl in a
bathing suit and man-handled other young Black people who were there
simply to attend a pool party.
That kind of heavyhanded, out-of-control police misconduct must be
stopped in this country. We must do something about it. I was so angry
that I could not be there to do something about it, but I am here to do
something about it. I pledge to the people to do everything I can to
make sure that we eliminate those kinds of officers from police forces
throughout the country.
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