Oversight Hearing on Policing Practices
Date:
Location:
2141 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
Witnesses
Ms. Gwen Carr
Mother of Eric Garner
Mr. Ron Davis
Former Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services Office
Mr. Patrick Yoes
National President, Fraternal Order of Police
Rev. Al Sharpton
Founder, National Action Network
Mr. James Blake
Former Tennis Professional and Commentator
Chief Gina Hawkins
Chief of Police, Fayetteville Police Department, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Professionals
Ms. Heather Mac Donald
Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff
Co-Founder and President, Center for Policing Equity
Ms. Lynda Garcia
Policing Campaign Director, The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
Documents
- Revised Witness List
- Letter from the National Association of Police Organizations, Inc - submitted by the Honorable Doug Collins
- Letter from the Detectives' Endowment Association, Inc. - submitted by the Honorable Doug Collins
- Letter from the NAACP - submitted by the Honorable Steve Cohen
- H. Con. Res. 270 - submitted by the Honorable Matt Gaetz
- City Journal article titled "Diallo Truth, Diallo Falsehood" - submitted by the Honorable Louie Gohmert
- Manhattan Institute article titled "Al Sharpton Just Won't Let Racial Wounds Heal" - submitted by the Honorable Louie Gohmert
- PNAS article titled "Officer Characteristics and Racial Disparities in Fatal Officer-Involved Shootings" - submited by the Honorable Louie Gohmert
- Tweet by Joe Scarborough - submitted bu the Honorable Hakeem Jeffries
- Statement from Dr. Tiffany Crutcher
- Justice Roundtable
- Letter from Cato Institute
- Letter from the Civilian Complaint Review Board
- Letter from Amnesty International
- ACLU of Maryland 2015 Update Regarding Deaths in Police Custody
- ACLU Robinson Brief
- ACLU of Maryland article titled "ACLU Update: At Least 21 People Died in Police Custody in Maryland in 2015"
- Statement from the ACLU
- ACLU of Maryland article titled "Fredrick Residents Challenge Unconstitutional Policing of Latinx People By Sheriff Chuck Jenkins"
- ACLU of Maryland article titled "Montgomery County Police Hold African American Family for an Hour to Conduct Illegal Search"
- Marc Morial, National Urban League Statement
- National Urban League 10 Point Justice Plan
- Article titled "Re-imagining Public Safety: Prevent Harm and Lead with the Truth" - submitted by Phillip Atiba Goff
- Impact Statement of Kadiadou Diallo - submitted by Rev. Al Sharpton
- Impact Statement of Lesley McSpadden - submitted by Rev. Al Sharpton
- Impact Statement of Sequita Thompson - submitted by Rev. Al Sharpton
- Daily Wire article titled "Flashback: Al Sharpton Screaming at a Crowd to 'Off the Pigs' and 'Crackers' - submitted by the Honorable Matt Gaetz
- Forbes article titled "Lessons from Rev. Al Sharpton's $4.5 Million Tax Bill" - submitted by the Honorable Matt Gaetz
- National Review article titled "Al Sharpton is Not a Civil-Rights Hero" - submitted by the Honorable Matt Gaetz
- NY Post article titled "Al Sharpton Sells His Life Story Rights for $531,000 - to his own charity" - submitted by the Honorable Matt Gaetz
- NY Times article titled "As Sharpton Rose, So Did His Unpaid Taxes" - submitted by the Honorable Matt Gaetz
- The Federalist article titled "Democrats' Embrace of Al Sharpton Exposes Their Hypocrisy" - submitted by the Honorable Matt Gaetz
- Village Voice article titled "Pols, Press Party with Sharpton and His Corrupt Network" - submitted by the Honorable Matt Gaetz
- Washington Examiner article titled "Here's who Democrats are Praising When they Praise Al Sharpton" - submitted by the Honorable Matt Gaetz
- Article titled "Reconciling Results on Racial Differences in Police Shootings - submitted by Heather Mac Donald
- Additional Testimony - submitted by Heather Mac Donald
- PNAS article titled "Officer Characteristics and Racial Disparites in Fatal Officer-Involved Shootings" - submitted by Heather Mac Donald
- Reply to Knox and Mummolo: Critique of Johnson et al. (2019) - submitted by Heather Mac Donald
- Making Inferences About Racial Disparities in Police Violence - submitted by Heather Mac Donald
- A Roadmap for Change: Federal Policy Recommendations for Addressing the Criminalization of LGBT People and People Living with HIV - submitted by Lambda Legal
- Failing to Protect and Serve: Police Department Policies Toward Transgender People - submitted by Lambda Legal
- Statement from National LGBT HIV Criminal Justice Working Group, Lambda Legal, and National Center for Transgender Equality
- Lambda Legal article titled "Protected and Served?"
- Protected and Served Executive Summary
Subcommittees