Pelosi: Protesters will force Congress to act on police reform

By Susan Ferrechio

Published June 26, 2020 5:21pm ET

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said public protests would push Congress to act on stalled legislation aimed at reforming police departments to curb racial bias and misconduct.

“We’ll see what they can do in the Senate, but the American people will not take no for an answer,” Pelosi told reporters Friday. “Hundreds of thousands of people lining the streets, day in and day out, week in and week out. Now one month, saying, ‘Enough is enough.’”

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