"Is that what a black man's worth? Twenty dollars?"

"Is that what a black man's worth? Twenty dollars?"

Philonise Floyd, whose brother was killed by Minneapolis police, testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. The hearing, tied to House Democrats' police reform proposal, took place as Republican reform efforts in the Senate began to take shape.

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