The death of Georges Floyd has started a real movement, people of all race, ethnicity, and background are coming together to ask for justice, end police brutality, some ask for defunding the police. If you are black in America, your life is in danger, if you got stopped by a police, chances are you’ll get injured, throw in jail and in even dead. That’s the reality. Enough is enough, the nation and people from all over the world are marching to end discrimination, and police killing. In some states, governors and Police department are making drastic steps toward police reform. Today, governor Andrew Cuomo as signed and executive order ” the ‘Say Their Name’ Reform Agenda package following the killing of George Floyd and an ongoing pattern of police brutality against minority communities across the nation. These landmark policing reforms will help reduce inequality in policing and reimagine the state’s criminal justice system. The reforms include:
- Allowing for transparency of prior disciplinary records of law enforcement officers by repealing 50-a of the civil rights law;
- Banning chokeholds by law enforcement officers;
- Prohibiting false race-based 911 reports; and
- Designating the Attorney General as an independent prosecutor for matters relating to the civilian deaths.
“The murder of George Floyd was just the tipping point of the systemic injustice and discrimination that has been going on in our nation for decades, if not centuries,” Governor Cuomo said. “These are issues that the country has been talking about for a long time, and these nation-leading reforms will make long overdue changes to our policing and criminal justice systems while helping to restore community confidence in law enforcement. I want to applaud Senator Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie and the bill sponsors for working through these tough issues and for their fast action. New York State is the progressive capital. We never sit back and say just what the nation should do – we show the nation what it should do, and we did that again today.”
The murder of George Floyd was just the tipping point of the systemic injustice and discrimination that has been going on in our nation for decades, if not centuries.”
Source:https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-signs-say-their-name-reform-agenda-package
This is it, activists from all over the country, lawmakers are drafting new pieces of legislation to change what is long overdue. Black lives matter
Protesters on the street of New York
