Hylton's girlfriend, Amaala Jones-Bey, is now left to raise her daughter without Hylton. The baby turned three months old on the night her father was killed.

"I don't have words for this," the grieving girlfriend told CBS News. "I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy, because it really is like leave you stuck, lost confused on how it's happening. I had a whole family plan, not today, not tomorrow, but I was going to get my family, and Karon was working towards that."

As protests continued around the country following the killing of George Floyd during the summer, the D.C. Council passed an emergency bill regarding body camera footage, the AP reported. The mandate requires footage to be released within five days of a death involving a police officer or the use of force.

“I think we can all appreciate that this is a time for positive change. But positive change doesn’t occur through violence,” Newsham said. “We police in an unbiased way. We police in a lawful way. If we see a member of the police department that doesn’t do that, they can no longer be a member of this department.”

According to The New York Times, several mayors around the country are facing pressure as activists advocate for police reform in the wake of ongoing killings of Black people.

In Seattle, activists are criticizing mayor Jenny Durkan as police mistreat demonstrators. In Minneapolis, where Floyd was killed, mayor Jacob Frey faced backlash during the summer after refusing to say he supports dismantling the police. Mayor Lyda Krewson of St. Louis was forced to leave her home temporarily when dozens of protesters showed up to her residence, chanting “Resign Lyda, take the cops with you.”

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