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George Floyd's brave brother tells Congress 'he didn't deserve to die over $20'

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11.06.2020 - 06:03

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George Floyd's brother pleaded with the US Congress not to let his older sibling's death be in vain, telling lawmakers he "didn't deserve to die over $20" in a "lynching". "They lynched my brother.

That was a modern-day lynching in broad daylight," Philonise Floyd, 42, of Missouri City, Texas, told the committee, his voice breaking with emotion.

He told the assembled lawmakers he was there to ask them to "stop the pain". The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee was holding the first congressional hearing to examine racial injustice and police brutality following the black man's May 25 death.

A Minneapolis policeman was filmed kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes, with Mr Floyd's death prompting a wave of protests across the

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