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Biden calls for justice after footage released of police killing Black woman

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”.

Biden, who is recovering from Covid at his home in Delaware, said Massey, “a beloved mother, friend, daughter and young Black woman … should be alive today”.

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  • But I'm poor

    • I don’t see how that’s an impediment to contacting your reps

      • It's an impediment to them caring

        • They don’t ask for your income when you call. Also, defeatism is the status quo’s best friend. It takes a lot of noise and work to move the needle.

          • The status quo's second best friend is directing our efforts towards strategies that don't work.

            I think we should vote only for candidates who oppose FPTP. If you don't think that's likely to work, then you're a defeatist!

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