Rep. Velazquez Issues Statement on Events in Minneapolis
May 30, 2020
May 30, 2020
WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following statement on events in Minneapolis:
"Tragically, three simple words - 'I can't breathe' - have become a powerful symbol of how structural racism in America quite literally kills people. As I have said for some time, COVID-19 has crystalized longstanding inequalities and cruelties in our society. Those of us from New York remember all too painfully Eric Garner's death, and we still feel his family an . . .
"Tragically, three simple words - 'I can't breathe' - have become a powerful symbol of how structural racism in America quite literally kills people. As I have said for some time, COVID-19 has crystalized longstanding inequalities and cruelties in our society. Those of us from New York remember all too painfully Eric Garner's death, and we still feel his family an . . .