The younger brother of George Floyd, Philonise, addressed Congress on Wednesday advocating for police reform, a day after his family, who were joined by friends and sympathizers, laid him to rest in their hometown of Houston.
Please listen to the call I’m making to you now, to the calls of our family, and to the calls ringing out in the streets across the world,” Philonise told the House Judiciary Committee hearing on police brutality and racial profiling.
Thank you for the invitation to be here today to talk about my big brother, George.
The world knows him as George, but I called him Perry.
I couldn’t take care of George the day he was killed, but maybe by speaking with you today, I can help make sure that his death isn’t in vain.
