Watch: Advocacy group raises alarm over police reform and artificial intelligence racial bias

Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, sits before the Grio’s “Hill with April Ryan.”

In this week’s edition of The Grio Journal, “The Hill with April Ryan,” we tackle the difficulty of police accountability, a top concern for a lot of Black Americans who proceed to call for the passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, is amongst those calling for federal laws within the wake of the fatal police shooting of U.S. Airman Roger Fortson on May 3 in Florida.

Hewitt tells Grio that any “chance” of passing George Floyd laws would have occurred throughout the last Congress. Republicans, who currently control the U.S. House of Representatives, oppose working with Democrats to pass any bill that may tighten accountability measures for law enforcement officers. Meanwhile, the White House continues to induce Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which was thwarted by Republican Sen. Tim Scott, who led negotiations on behalf of the GOP. Hewitt also spoke with theGrio about one other essential issue regarding racial justice: racial bias in artificial intelligence.

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