Van Jones discussed feeling a range of emotions from 'despair' to 'hope' in the wake of the death of George Floyd's death while appearing on ConanOBrien's show on Monday night
In an appearance on 'Conan,' the CNN commentator discussed his sadness following the latest death of an unarmed black man but also his"hope" for a bipartisan bill tackling police brutality.
Jones added, as others have, that Floyd's death revived historical trauma within the black community dating back to historical public lynchings of black Americans. "Lynchings were designed to humiliate and intimidate the whole community," he said. "When it's law enforcement, you really feel helpless. That's why, I think, you see this real despair in the black community.
Jones, an attorney who is not currently practicing, added that in order to serve justice in the Floyd case, all cops involved in Floyd's death "need to be charged" as accessories to murder. He added that a bipartisan bill could tackle some issues in police brutality, such as individual policemen's immunity from personal lawsuits. Trusting someone just because of the uniform they wear, Jones added is "gang mentality.
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