Biden calls for justice after footage released of police killing Black woman
by Edward Helmore from US news | The Guardian on (#6PDD9)
Lawmakers must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act now', Biden says, amid shock over Sonya Massey death
Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, moments after shocking police video was released showing an Illinois officer fatally shooting Sonya Massey after she called police fearing a home intruder.
In his first public statement since dropping his bid for re-election, Biden said the shooting of Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, by white Sangamon county sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson, in her home in Springfield, after a dispute over a pot of boiling water, reminds us that all too often Black Americans face fears for their safety in ways many of the rest of us do not".
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