Let’s Discuss… The George Floyd Justice In Policing Act with Representative Karen Bass

On One with Angela Rye

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🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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This week’s #On1WithAngelaRye is a special LIVE episode recorded on Clubhouse. We were joined by the incredible former CBC Chair and Representative from California, Ms. Karen Bass. Congressmember Bass has served the 37th district of California since 2011. She serves on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, where she is the Chair of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights. She also serves on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, where she works to craft sound criminal justice reform policies. In this episode, we dive into the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, its language, myths, and misconceptions of the bill and discuss ways everyone can help move this bill forward.

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0:00.0	We're all my children at a light like we're on in the city but steady striving to do right.
0:05.0	My people are warriors, all we know is to fight.
0:08.0	Freeze, shake, see God and everything got right to you.
0:11.0	This is a special edition of On One with Angela Rye.
0:14.8	I am thrilled to be here with someone who I see as a mentor.
0:19.9	She has been a phenomenal leader, both in the California State Assembly on the ground in
0:26.5	LA.
0:27.5	And now in the United States Congress, she serves as the subcommittee chair on foreign affairs
0:34.2	for Africa where I just went and she coached me up on my trip.
0:38.6	And where this bass is really shining right now, you all, where we need her the most,
0:44.4	is around police violence and ensuring that we can actually, mindfully, realize justice
0:52.1	through the criminal justice system and as it relates to our interactions with law enforcement.
0:56.7	She is the lead sponsor for the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act, which she has
1:01.4	shepherded through the House of Representatives last Congress and this Congress overwhelmingly.
1:06.8	And both times it has been stuck in the United States spinning.
1:10.9	So with that, Miss Bass, I just want to say thank you for being here.
1:14.6	It is such a joy to sit with you always and I'm so excited about this educational conversation
1:19.6	to uplift and make sure folks on Clubhouse and everywhere they listen to On One with
1:23.6	Angela Ryer educated on this very important issue.
1:27.5	Well, thank you and as always, it's great to see you and thank you for all that you do
1:32.8	because really I can't do what I do without the masses of folks pushing us because you
1:38.4	know Congress can move in 10 days or 10 years and what makes the difference is the outside
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