President Biden calls for police reforms to mark 3rd anniversary of Floyd’s murder

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden marked the third anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by calling on Congress to pass meaningful police reforms.

Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was killed by white police officers in 2020, reigniting the Black Lives Matter movement.

“I urge Congress to enact meaningful police reform and send it to my desk. I will sign it. I will continue to do everything in my power to fight for police accountability in Congress, and I remain willing to work with Republicans and Democrats alike on genuine solutions,” said Biden. 

He said he will continue to do everything in his power to fight for police accountability.

Biden said he will be willing to work with Republicans and Democrats on the issue.

He said, we must build on the progress made so far and rededicate ourselves to the work we must do every day to change hearts and minds and laws and policies.

“As a Nation, may we ensure that George Floyd’s legacy and the legacy of so many others we also honor every day are not solely about their deaths, but what we do to honor their memory,” he added.

He said that as a nation, we should make sure that the legacy of George Floyd and the legacy of so many others who we also honor every day is not just about their deaths.

 But what do we do to honor their memory.

Biden recalled that Floyd’s young daughter Gianna told him the day before her father’s funeral that “Daddy changed the world.”

He admitted that three years after her father’s assassination, “My response to Gianna is still the same.”

He added that the murder of George Floyd brought home to many what the black and brown communities have long known and experienced.

“George Floyd’s murder exposed for many what Black and Brown communities have long known and experienced — that we must make a whole of society commitment to ensure that our Nation lives up to its founding promise of fair and impartial justice for all under the law,” he said in his statement. 

Biden said that we must make a whole-of-society commitment to ensure that our nation fulfills its founding promise of fair and impartial justice for all under the law.

“The injustice that has been brought to the world’s attention has sparked one of the largest civil rights movements in generations — with calls from all corners to acknowledge and address the challenges in our criminal justice system and our institutions more broadly,” he said.