housejudiciary brother. he was giving testimony at a house judiciary committee brother.iciary committee here two hearing on police brutality and racial profiling. he saying he doesn't want his brothers death to be in vain. it was a brutally honest and very painful testimony. be in vain. it was a brutally honest and very painful testimonym be in vain. it was a brutally honest and very painful testimony. it was herfamily brave and very painful testimony. it was her family brave and courageous of him tojust the her family brave and courageous of him to just the day after his brother was buried to speak. and to continue the campaign and the call for something to change in the us policing. first and foremost that is the country he was speaking about where george floyd was killed. and actually it is a an issue of racism and police violence that spreads around the world, actually. that's why we are seeing protests and campaigns everywhere. george floyd is not by any stretch of the imagination the first man, the first black man to be killed by excess police violence. our only ho

financial times has a picture of george floyd's brother philonise floyd, who testified at a housejudiciary committeepolice brutality and racial profiling in washington. and the daily telegraph says that borisjohnson is aiming to scrap the two—metre distancing rule in schools by september. it also has a story onjk rowling, who revealed she is a victim of sexual assault while explaining her stance on women's rights, following her controversial tweets this week about trans women. so let's begin... christopher and polly, great to have you with us. let art with the metro. crack open the bubbly. when it comes to that support bubble, this idea that single people can group up. probably, this will be a funny headline, but for many, this will be really, really important. absolutely. a lot of people who live on their own have been incredibly isolated during the lockdown period. just as other people like me or like chris, who have families, but frankly chris, who have families, but fra nkly love chris, who have families, but frankly love a bit of isolation. i guess what's problematic here is honestly, i just lo

philonise floyd spoke to the housejudiciary committee as it considers the issue of police brutality.e said his brother could not become "another name on a list" of african—american‘s who lost their lives at the hands of us police. i couldn't take care of george that day he was killed. but, maybe by speaking with you today, i can make sure that his death will not be in vain. i'm tired. i'm tired of pain. the pain you feel when you watch something like that. when you watch your big brother, who you looked up to for your whole life, die, die, begging for his mum. i'm here to ask you to make it stop. stop the pain, stop us from being tired. george called for help, and he was ignored. please, listen to the call i'm making to you now. before mr floyd spoke, the hearing was opened by the housejudiciary chairman, the democrat jerry nadler. he recounted the events in minneapolis and said the american people wanted meaningful change. we are all familiar with the terrifying words "i can't breathe." they were uttered in minneapolis by george floyd while a police officer pinned a knee to his neck