[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 22, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H3623]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  THE WORDS OF A BLACK POLICE OFFICER

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Madam Speaker, for those wondering what it is 
like to be a Black police officer amid the violent demonstrations that 
continue in cities across our country, consider what Portland Police 
Officer Jakhary Jackson said about the rioters in his own words.
  ``It's been very eye-opening. It says something when you're at a 
Black Lives Matter protest and you have more minorities on the police 
side than you have in a violent crowd, and you have White people 
screaming at Black officers.''
  Let me repeat Officer Jackson's words once more, because you will not 
hear any of this from our national media. Once again, here are the 
words of a Black police officer facing a violent mob of predominantly 
White anarchists.
  ``It's been very eye-opening. It says something when you're at a 
Black Lives Matter protest and you have more minorities on the police 
side than you have in a violent crowd, and you have White people 
screaming at Black officers.''

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