[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17114-17115]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            I CAN'T BREATHE

  (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, Black men and boys killed by 
police.

     I can't breathe.
     Impunity for the killers. No justice, no peace.
     I can't breathe.
     Militarized police met peaceful protesters on their knees.
     I can't breathe.
     Weapons of war, a show of force on our streets.
     I can't breathe.
     Disenfranchised youth driven to violence as speech.
     I can't breathe.
     Cynical media think this makes great TV.
     I can't breathe.
     This cowardly Congress afraid of losing our seats.
     I can't breathe.
     Half-hearted reform when there is more that we need.
     I can't breathe.
     Just thinking about the despair that it breeds.

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     I can't breathe.
     Black lives matter. Hear my pleas.
     I can't breathe.

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