URGE MI SENATORS & SEN. MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMERTO CHAMPION THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT BACKGROUND: On March 3rd, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act was adopted by the U.S. House with a vote of 220 – 212. All six of Michigan’s Democrat (and no Republican) Representatives co-sponsored the bill. This police reform was propelled by the public killing of George Floyd, a 26 year old unarmed black man by a Minneapolis Police officer almost one year ago. The pattern of police misconduct toward people of color created the environment for the Black Lives Matter movement. Since 2015, an investigation by NPR has found 135 unarmed black men and women have been fatally shot by police nationwide. These killings have made it […]