Congressional Black Caucus members wore ‘1870’ pins to honor Black victims of police killings

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey distributed about 30 pins to commemorate the year that Henry Truman, a Black man, was shot to death by a Philadelphia police officer.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus honored the first documented police officer killing of an unarmed, free Black person in the United States by donning “1870” pins during the president’s State of the Union address Tuesday.

Democratic Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey distributed about 30 pins to commemorate the year that Henry Truman, a Black man, was shot to death by a Philadelphia police officer, today!

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