The families of Black people killed by police, including George Floyd's brother and Michael Brown's father, attended the State of the Union address alongside lawmakers advocating for urgent police reform.
This comes after the renewed outcry over police brutality following the recent beating death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police.
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which seeks to reform police practices and was introduced after George Floyd's murder in 2020, has failed to clear the Senate in 2021.
Meanwhile, President Biden called Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act by the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder in 2021, but negotiations stalled and more than 2,200 Americans were killed by police from 2021 through 2022.
The Guardian and The Independent report on the urgent need for police reform in the US, with the families of Black people killed by police attending the State of the Union address in a show of support.
The renewed calls for reform come on the heels of the recent beating death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police, which has reignited the nationwide outcry over police brutality.
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which was introduced after George Floyd's murder in 2020, seeks to reform police practices, but has failed to clear the Senate in 2021 due to stalled bipartisan negotiations.
Meanwhile, President Biden urged Congress to pass the Act by the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, but the deadline was missed and over 2,200 Americans were killed by police in 2021 and 2022.
While both sources agree on the urgency of reform, The Guardian highlights the presence of the families at the State of the Union and the recent incident in Memphis, while The Independent underlines the missed deadline and the high number of killings by police since then.