{"id":1228,"date":"2020-06-04T22:28:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T22:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosen-testing.senate.gov\/2020\/06\/04\/rosen-holds-listening-session-with-nevada-faith-leaders-in-the-african-american-community\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T20:23:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T20:23:47","slug":"rosen-holds-listening-session-with-nevada-faith-leaders-in-the-african-american-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2020\/06\/04\/rosen-holds-listening-session-with-nevada-faith-leaders-in-the-african-american-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosen Holds Listening Session with Nevada Faith Leaders in the African-American Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">LAS VEGAS, NV<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) held a listening session with faith leaders in Nevada\u2019s African American<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:black\">community to discuss national events following the<\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:black\">wrongful death of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as well as how Nevadans can work together to address ongoing issues of hate and systemic racism in America.<\/span><\/span><u1_p><\/u1_p><span style=\"mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri\"><o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">\u201cOur nation is in a lot of pain. On May 25th, the life of George Floyd was<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:black\">brutally taken<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>at the hands of law enforcement officers who swore an oath to serve and protect our country<span style=\"color:black\">,\u201d<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><b>dijo el Senador Rosen.<\/b><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>\u201c<\/span>Unfortunately, George Floyd\u2019s story is not a unique one, the list of injustices is long and keeps growing, and so do the cries from a nation in distress. Over the<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:black\">course of the last week, I have had conversations with community organizers, law enforcement officials, and even with my own family; and<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>it<span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:black\">is clear &#8211;<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:black\">all of us must do our part if we are going to bring about the social change that Dr. King dared us to dream about. I\u2019m<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>glad for this opportunity to listen and hear directly from members of Nevada\u2019s Black community on how I can be a better ally and how I can use my office to take action that will lead to long-term change &#8212; change for the better, for all.\u201d<\/span><u1_p><\/u1_p><o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">BACKGROUND:<\/span><\/u><\/b><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color:black\">On Monday, Senator Rosen will be co-sponsoring&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black\">the<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><i>Police Training and Independent Review Act<\/i>, legislation which<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">incentivizes states to enact laws requiring independent investigations and prosecution of the use of deadly force by law<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:black\">enforcement officers.<\/span><\/span><u1_p><\/u1_p><span style=\"mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri\"><o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black\">This week,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cortezmasto.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/cortez-masto-rosen-colleagues-call-for-federal-investigation-into-racially-discriminatory-and-violent-policing-at-minneapolis-police-department\"><span style=\"color:purple\">Senator Rosen joined colleagues in<\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"color:purple;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial\"><span style=\"color:purple;background:white\">calling on the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct an investigation<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial\"><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"background:white\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background:white\">into the patterns and practices of racially discriminatory and violent policing in the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD).<\/span><\/span><\/span><u1_p><\/u1_p><o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">This week, Senator Rosen also<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/rosen-cortez-masto-statement-mcconnells-blocking-resolution-support-constitutional-right-protest\/\"><span style=\"color:#954F72\">joined a resolution<\/span><\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>supporting Americans\u2019 constitutional right to peacefully protest and condemning President Trump\u2019s use of tear gas against peaceful protesters outside a church in Washington, DC.<\/span><u1_p><\/u1_p><o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black\">###<\/span><u1_p><\/u1_p><span style=\"font-family:&quot;-webkit-standard&quot;,serif\"><o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS, NV&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) held a listening session with faith leaders in Nevada\u2019s African American&nbsp;community to discuss national events following the&nbsp;wrongful death of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as well as how Nevadans can work together to address ongoing issues of hate and systemic [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-1228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press_release","tag-general"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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