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"Hear the street calls": George Floyd's brother calls for police reform

"Put an end to the suffering" of African-Americans: George Floyd's brother launched a vibrant appeal to the United States Congress on Wednesday, imploring elected officials to adopt significant police force reforms.

Very moved, Philonise Floyd explained "not being able to describe the pain" felt by watching the video of her brother's ordeal, asphyxiated on May 25 in Minneapolis by a white policeman who knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes.

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