[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 121 (Thursday, July 25, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H4918-H4919]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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               CALLING FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL POLICE REFORM

  (Mr. BOWMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOWMAN. Mr. Speaker, we should all be outraged by the murder of 
Sonya Massey, an unarmed 36-year-old mother of two who was killed in 
her own home, clearly struggling with mental illness.
  The police officers did not know how to respond. They threatened to 
shoot her in the face, and they actually shot her in the face.

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  Sonya Massey should be alive today. Breonna Taylor should be alive 
today, and Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many 
more.
  We need transformational police reform now in our country. This 
officer should have never been on the job.
  As a Black man, every time I see another Black person, particularly a 
Black woman, killed by law enforcement, it takes a piece of my soul.
  We have a Black woman running to be President while Black women are 
being shot and killed in our communities. Enough is enough.

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