More than a dozen families of Black victims killed or brutalized by police have been invited by Congressional Black Caucus members as guests to President Joe Biden’s Tuesday night State of the Union address, theGrio has learned.
House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic House Assistant Leader Jim Clyburn, and other Democratic lawmakers, will be hosting the parents and siblings of George Floyd, Eric Garner, Walter Scott, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Ronald Greene, and several others, to join the parents of Tyre Nichols on Capitol Hill as President Biden delivers his second annual SOTU address, where he is expected to strongly focus on police reform and public safety.
To shine a blaring light on the reignited calls to pass police reform, RowVaughn and Rodney Wells, the mother and stepfather of Nichols – the 29-year-old recently beat to death by Memphis police – will sit in First Lady Dr. Jill Biden’s box to watch the president’s remarks after being initially invited by the chair of Congressional Black Caucus, U.S. Steven Horsford of Nevada. Read more
