[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16345]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             ASSURING A NEW ERA BETWEEN CITIZENS AND POLICE

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, a new generation of young people of every 
race is demonstrating nonviolently to make sure that the larger meaning 
of the Michael Brown tragedy is not lost.
  His death has become much more than a moment of anguish. Michael 
Brown has crystallized the painful experience that had found no outlet 
until now: the routine stops of Black men by police in the streets of 
our country because of the color of their skin.
  The body-mounted cameras, announced by the President yesterday, are a 
good and practical beginning. Let's hope that local communities will 
use this tragedy to assure a new era of genuine collaboration that 
citizens need with the police who serve and protect them.

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