Congress urged by Christian groups to pass police reform

BYJORDAIN CARNEY-

A coalition of Christian groups known as the "Prayer & Action Justice Initiative", is urging Congress to pass police reform legislation, after the debate on Capitol Hill largely stalled earlier this year. 

In a letter the groups wrote to congressional leaders on Tuesday, marking 90 days since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis."Today, as presidential politics takes over the headlines, we want you to know that the Church has not moved on. Millions of Americans all over the country are praying that this moment might be different, that we will react to injustice not just with ceremony and partisan posturing, but with prayer and united action. We have not moved on, and neither can Congress."

The letter stressed that Congress should "pass meaningful nonpartisan criminal justice reforms that improve public safety, promote the public trust through increased transparency and real accountability, and ensure equitable and proportional treatment of all Americans by our criminal justice system." 

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