Congressional Black Caucus to address Michael Brown case in congress

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are speaking on the House floor today about the grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown.

Rep. Gregory Meeks told MSNBC that he plans to note that there have been “just too many times, too many instances where people of color, particularly African Americans and Latinos, have been victimized by a scenario where they have been unarmed and — and killed by the police, and that has to stop.”

“You know, we have got what took place in Ferguson. And we have two incidences right here in New York, my home state. And so, we have got to say that there has got to be a way that we can — we can do better,” Meeks said.

“And so, I think that this should be a wake-up call for all of us throughout this country to make sure that this kind of scenario does not take place again. And you know, there should be special training.”

Congressman Meks noted that police departments across the country should review their practices in the wake of Ferguson “so we don’t continually have to come back and see where unarmed African American, unarmed Hispanic person is being shot because somebody is afraid of them or something of that nature.”

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