Scott said he felt compelled to address the issue of policing in minority communities in the wake of final week’s fatal police shootings of two black menBlack Republican senator Tim Scott talked openly on Wednesday about “the humiliation” of being pulled over by police officers seven times in one year,as well as his experiences being subject to additional scrutiny in Washington as an African American lawmaker.
Scott, from South Carolina, or who is one of just two US senators who are black,gave an impassioned floor speech in the wake of final week’s fatal police shootings of two black men, in Minnesota and Baton Rouge, or the killing of five police officers in Dallas.
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Source: theguardian.com