A day after an emotional funeral for George Floyd in his hometown of Houston, his brother Philonise Floyd testified in front of Congress on Wednesday (June 10) about police accountability and violence by law enforcement in the African-American community.
Reading a prepared statement to a House judiciary committee hearing on racial injustice, Floyd described what his family has experienced since his older brother died as Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
When asked by Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, why Chauvin would have held his knee on his brother's neck, Floyd said he felt it was "personal."
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Philonise Floyd was one of a dozen people testifying on Capitol Hill about police accountability and reform.
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