Congressional Black Caucus, other Democrats to wear pins advocating policing reform
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus and other Democrats will wear black pins tonight to highlight policing reform, an issue that has stalled on Capitol Hill but for which there have been renewed calls in the wake of Tyre Nichols' beating and death.
The round, black pins members are wearing have the year "1870" bolded in white. The year, they say, refers to the first known instance of an unjustified police officer killing of a Black person in the U.S, according to lawmakers.
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., was passing out the pins along earlier with a card noting police killed Henry Truman in 1870.
"153 years later, nothing has changed," the card said.
Meanwhile, some Republican members have been wearing lapel pins resembling AR-15 rifles in recent weeks, distributed by Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ariz.
Biden is expected to address policing reform in his State of the Union address and has invited Nichols' parents to attend as his guests.
-ABC News' Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott