Article 5J8NR George Floyd family urges Biden to pass police reform bill as it stalls in Senate

George Floyd family urges Biden to pass police reform bill as it stalls in Senate

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David Smith in Washington
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Floyd's brother describes Biden as a genuine guy' but urged him to pass a law to protect people of color' at White House meeting

Say his name," said seven-year-old Gianna Floyd. In bright sunshine outside the west wing of the White House, family members and lawyers raised their fists and said her father's name in chorus: George Floyd!"

They were marking exactly one year since the police murder of Floyd, an African American man, in Minneapolis shook America with months of nationwide protests against racial injustice and demands for police reform.

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