Rep. Cohen Issues Statement on Death of African Americans in Rural Southeast Georgia
May 30, 2020
May 30, 2020
WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Stephen Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement in response to the death of African Americans in rural southeast Georgia, Louisville, and Minneapolis:
"We can't keep adding to the list of names that includes the high-profile cases of Philando Castille, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Sandra Bland and countless others - including Darrius Stewart in 2015 and Steven Askew in 2013, both in Memphis -- without acknowledging that police encounters wit . . .
"We can't keep adding to the list of names that includes the high-profile cases of Philando Castille, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Sandra Bland and countless others - including Darrius Stewart in 2015 and Steven Askew in 2013, both in Memphis -- without acknowledging that police encounters wit . . .