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Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, led House and Senate Democrats in a moment of silence at the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall after reading the names of George Floyd and others killed in police custody. They kneeled for 8 minutes and 46 seconds – the length of time prosecutors say Floyd was pinned under a white police officer’s knee before he died
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Source: Elections - theguardian.com