it is important for people to hear from botham jean's mother, not snippets from the press conference, actually hear her talking for 30 minutes about what the murder of her son was, what it did to her, her family, what it did to the country of st. lucie a and how it reflected upon them -- st. lucia, and how it affected -- how it reflected upon them. i think it is important to hear from the sister of kayla moore to understand think trans and taupo police violence impact vulnerable communities. so that is the work the commission began lead along with the international association of democratic lawyers last july, with 12 commissioners around the world, and for brilliant wrapper tutors -- and four brilliant rappaorteurs, so that we can finally address this issue honestly and with some kind of big or. -- some kind of vigor. steve: i am fighting myself to bring attention to things. i found when i was reading james foreman and his student's piece this weekend about traffic tax, and we had daunte wright, and we also had lieutenant nazario who was stopped. and it takes you to this place where,

amber guyger is serving ten years for killing botham jean. amber guyger's attorneys say the conviction should be overturned because she, quote, made a mistake and had a right to defend herself since she thought she was in her own apartment. a ruling is not expected until later this year. >>> an online recipe site will no longer add beef recipes in order to help the planet. editors at epicurious says it is not done as a slight to people who eat meat but is about sustainability. >>> a young woman once known as "disaster girl" has cashed in on her famous meme. zoe roth was 4 when the image of her smirking in front of a controlled fire gained fame in 2005. her grin was added to other historic images, including the sinking of the titanic. she is now 21 and sold the meme for $430,000. she'll also receive 10% of any future sale. so that smirk. >> iconic. >> definitely. >>> coming up, "bridesmaids" ten years later. >> we talk with some of the talent behind the blockbuster, that's next. you're watching "world news now". do you have a life insurance po

family members of george floyd, eric garner and botham jean among those meeting with senators. the family has met with republican senator tim scott and they say that their talks went well. president biden is urging congress to pass a sweeping george floyd policing and justice act before may 25th, the one-year anniversary of of floyd's death. >>> now the deadly standoff in boone, north carolina. the sheriff says two deputies were shot and killed while checking on a family in their home. the gunman is also accused of killing his mother and step-father before then taking his own life. here's abc's steve osunsami. e is sharing tonight f that another of his deputies has died after police responded to this home. police were called to make a welfare check and were gunned down by a man inside on wednesday morning. >> got an officer shoate. >> reporter: they share they were called to the home just days before over issues with a 32-year-old they're now identifying as isaac barnes. >> he was waiting for the officers and we had an issue over the weekend. >> reporter: sergeant chris ward an

guyger saying she believed she had entered her own apartment when she opened fire, killing botham jean in 2018, thinking he was an intruder. it was his apartment, it was a different floor. her lawyers now claiming self-defense in court today, asking her conviction be overturned. >>> tonight, the fbi now arresting two of its ten most wanted in connection with the deadly attack on the capitol. both arrests for violent attacks on police. jonathan munafo allegedly seen on video assaulting capitol officer, ripping away his riot shield. more than 400 peope now facing charges. here's abc's rachel scott tonight. >> reporter: it was one of the most egregious attacks from the capitol siege and tonight, authorities say the man responsible is in custody. the fbi says this body camera video shows the moments 34-year-old jonathan munafo ripped a riot shield from an officer's hands before violently punching him in the face. officials say at one point he tried using this wooden flag pole to break into the capitol, seen here in this video posted online and referenced in the criminal complaint. his soci

act of this case by case including the cases in the family members of george floyd briana taylor botham jean kayla moore and others and then heard expert testimony from folks talking about historic violence all the way to andrea richie talking about police violence against black women gender nonconforming in trance people and so these conversations are right in the report this analysis about these pretextual traffic stops about mental illness so many of these cases involve traffic stops involve people with mental illness involved people that are looking for help and calling the police to get some help and folks are ending up dead in and when case paralyze you know that we've looked at and so there's recommendations here that talk about of course the domestic issue and looking at what can be done to meth the cli with respect it all the way from training and reform all the way to some aspects of abolition where you're talking about defunding and be feigning the police you find all of that in the. report but there's also the conversations about and findings around the issue of how we take this

i also spoke with the sister of botham jean. was killed by a policewoman in dallas, texas. and i met with the mother of eric gardner. we met with senator schumer, the majority leader, senator tim scott, senator lindsey graham for over an hour. we talked a lot about the pain they suffered. we talked a lot about how they want to prevent this from happening again with other families. it was very emotional. i appreciate senator scott and senator graham really listening intently and them saying they're going to find a way to get meaningful legislation because these families are part of a fraternity that nobody wants to be part of, john, where they lose their loved ones to police by excessive force. unfortunately it's growing at an alarming rate in living color in the black community. >> meaningful bipartisan legislation, which would be rare on many different fronts. i wonder if you have a sense of what the remaining obstacles are. >> well, you know, senator scott andsenator graham are working with senator booker. and congresswoman ka

they were frustrated a new, with michael brown, and rice, you get the 2016 and 2017 you have botham jean and then you have a city now in minneapolis and as the entire city, as well as the entire nation moved to their televisions, watching this trial, asking, would there be some semblance of justice in a case which we all watched george floyd under a police officer's name for more than nine minutes? and in the three weeks that that trial was happening, here we have yet another case where a law enforcement officer has taken the life of a young black man under circumstances in which the average viewer, and certainly the average black fewer funds themself outraged. they find themselves exit. they are looking at this case and saying this should not happen. i don't think we can overstate the frustration, the exhaustion, and how miserable the cycle is for those who work in the space and who do this type of activism, much less just back americans or whether they work in the space or not, watching this time and time again and each time thinking that could be my child. that could be my daughter. t

i met with seven moms, most of whom had lost children to police violence including allison jean whose son bothamle happy. i didn't want to see people laughing because i lost a son who did not deserve to die in the way that he did. >> reporter: and sybrina fulton, trayvon martin's mother. >> the same pain these ladies have, i have. the sleepless nights. >> reporter: even in the midst of their loss, they fight for justice. >> some people are just in a moment. but we've got to be about a movement. >> the platform i have that america provided for me because they murdered my son. >> i'm no longer trying to save the life of my son but if i can save the life of another mother, i'm going to do it every day of the week. >> reporter: though she found justice for her son allison jean says her pain is the same. >> i did not lose a child to natural causes. my son was killed so in addition to grief, the grief and the pain, i still have to fight for justice. >> reporter: and then similarly the outcome of derek chauvin's trial serves as a signal that there's still much work to be done. what does this verdict to