SALON: “Reckless and cruel”: House GOP quietly kills civil rights panel days after Tyre Nichols video

The proposal to reinstate the panel came from Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who pointed at the outcry over Nichols' killing in her defense of the subcommittee. In a Friday statement, Crockett called the dissolution "an abject failure" by the Oversight Committee.

"In the midst of this tragedy and nationwide time of grief, the House Oversight Committee Chairman made a reckless and cruel decision to eliminate the vital Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee when we need this subcommittee's leadership and insight the most. This is an abject failure by one of the most powerful committees in the House of Representatives," Crockett said. "Systemic policing and extremist violence are killing people, devastating our communities, and breaking the hearts of families we took an oath to defend and protect at all costs ... I will be consulting the Chairman and House Republicans to bring back accountability and transparency to one of the most influential Committees in Congress."