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George Floyd's family visits Capitol Hill

(25 May 2021) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4327675 The family of George Floyd is visiting Washington on the anniversary of his death to mourn with President Joe Biden and prod Congress to act as they commemorate the loss of their brother, father and son one year ago. Floyd's death sparked a global reckoning over racism and growing calls for police reform, but a legislative response has been elusive. Still, congressional negotiators remain optimistic about the prospects for a bill, and say they've made progress toward an agreement this week. The Floyd family has multiple opportunities to weigh in on the congressional efforts Tuesday. In addition to their visit to the White House, the family met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Rep. Karen Bass, the lead House negotiator on the policing bill, as well as plan to meet with key senators. While Biden set the anniversary of Floyd’s death as the initial deadline for legislation to reach his desk, the issue of police reform is a particularly politically thorny one. Congressional negotiators have struggled to find a compromise that can make it through an evenly divided Senate. Floyd died on May 25, 2020 after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes, while Floyd repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe. His death sparked months of nationwide protests focused on racism and a renewed debate over police reform in the U.S.. Chauvin was convicted last month on multiple charges stemming from Floyd’s death. The Democratic-controlled House approved a sweeping bill in March that would make it easier for individual police officers to be sued and charged with crimes. It would also ban chokeholds, limit no-knock warrants and create a national database of officers with histories of complaints and disciplinary problems. That bill has gone nowhere in the Senate, where the 50 Democrats will need support from at least 10 Republicans to overcome a bill-killing filibuster. GOP lawmakers have preferred more modest changes. Though they’ve recently expressed increased optimism about striking a deal, congressional bargainers have been laboring for weeks in search of a compromise on overhauling police procedures. Negotiators’ chief stumbling block has been over “qualified immunity,” which generally shields individual officers from civil lawsuits. Democrats have wanted to eliminate that protection while South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, the lead Republican bargainer, has proposed retaining that immunity for officers but allowing lawsuits against police departments. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...