Breaking the Sound Barrier by Amy Goodman

George Floyd, Cariol Horne, and the Duty to Intervene

04.22.2021 - By Democracy Now!Play

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By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan

The pace of police killings in the U.S. has not slowed since the protests erupted after George Floyd’s death. Cariol Horne, a Black police officer who was fired after stopping a fellow officer’s assault on a handcuffed man–but was recently vindicated in court–is pushing for “Cariol’s Law” to be passed across the country, as Congress debates the “George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020.”

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