In a speech today, Joe Biden asked Congress to take up police reform bills outlawing chokeholds and banning the transfer of military weapons to police forces. He also said he would create a police oversight commission in his first 100 days as president.
The forceful dispersal began before the Washington, D.C., curfew had begun, and the bishop overseeing the church has
"The president held up the Bible at St. John's Church yesterday. I just wish he opened it once in a while instead of brandishing it," Biden said."If he opened it, he could have learned something: that we are all called to love one another as we love ourselves. It's really hard work, but it's the work of America. Donald Trump isn't interested in doing that work."
Biden addressed police abuses and economic disparities that affect what he called"communities that have had a knee on their neck for a long time" — alluding to the since-charged police officer who had his knee on Floyd's neck before he died.
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