The lawyer for George Floyd’s family said from the White House Tuesday that his blood is on police reform legislation as he demanded Congress get a bill passed after Floyd’s relatives and friends met with President Joe Biden.
‘We have to respect the spilled blood that’s on this legislation – it must be meaningful and we can do this together,’ attorney Benjamin Crump said in a statement outside the Oval Office following a meeting with Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Philonise Floyd holds up his fist as the family arrives to the White House
Standing behind Crump were Floyd’s brothers Rodney, Philonise and Terrence, his nephew Brandon Williams, his six-year-old daughter Gianna and her mother Roxie Washington. Also joining the group were other lawyers on the team for Floyd’s family and close friends identified as Dominique and William.
In a statement released following the meeting, Biden said: ‘The Floyd family has shown extraordinary courage, especially his young daughter Gianna, who I met again today.’
He also shared the sentiment that Floyd’s death helped enact change.
‘The day before her father’s funeral a year ago, Jill and I met the family and she told me, ‘Daddy changed the world.’ He has,’ Biden continued.
Crump revealed that he and the family would go back to Capitol Hill on Tuesday afternoon to meet with Senators Cory Booker, a Democrat, and Tim Scott, a Republican, both black lawmakers who are working on negotiations to get a bipartisan police reform bill to the floor.