Hearings

Witnesses

Ms. Gwen Carr 
Mother of Eric Garner

• Carr Testimony
• Carr Truth in Testimony
• Carr Bio

Mr. Ron Davis 
Former Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services Office

• Davis Testimony
• Davis Truth in Testimony
• Davis Bio

Mr. Patrick Yoes 
National President, Fraternal Order of Police

• Yoes Testimony
• Yoes Truth in Testimony
• Yoes Bio

Rev. Al Sharpton 
Founder, National Action Network

• Sharpton Testimony
• Sharpton Truth in Testimony
• Sharpton Bio

Mr. James Blake 
Former Tennis Professional and Commentator

• Blake Testimony
• Blake Bio
• Blake Truth in Testimony

Chief Gina Hawkins 
Chief of Police, Fayetteville Police Department, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Professionals

• Hawkins Testimony
• Hawkins Truth in Testimony
• Hawkins Bio

Ms. Heather Mac Donald 
Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

• Mac Donald Testimony
• Mac Donald Bio

Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff
Co-Founder and President, Center for Policing Equity

• Goff Testimony
• Goff Additional Testimony
• Goff Truth in Testimony
• Goff Bio

Ms. Lynda Garcia
Policing Campaign Director, The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights

• Garcia Testimony
• Garcia Truth in Testimony
• Garcia Bio

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