ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orlando woman is among the family members invited to stand by President Joe Biden as he signs an executive order for police reform that’s named after George Floyd. The signing ceremony comes on the second-year mark since Floyd’s death at the hands of police.

Mona Hardin and her daughter boarded a flight bound for Washington, D.C., early Wednesday. Ronald Greene, Hardin’s son, was killed in 2019. Body-worn cameras released long after his arrest and death show Louisiana troopers beating and using a stun gun on him.


What You Need To Know

  • President Biden is set to sign an executive order enacting some policing reforms Wednesday

  • The order will be signed on the two-year mark since George Floyd’s death

  •  An Orlando mother, Mona Hardin, will stand by the president in the ceremony 

  • Hardin's son, Ronald Greene, died after troopers stopped him in Louisiana

Three years ago, Hardin’s family was initially told Greene died in a car crash.

That’s why the signing and ceremony bring up a mixture of feelings for her, both happiness and anger. She reflected as she stepped through the Transportation Security Administration line at the airport.

“It’s unbelievable,” Hardin remarked.

“After three years, well we get up here with heavy but also happy hearts for the fact that we’ve come this far. It’s just a bag of mixed feelings.”

Among those joining the Hardins in the ceremony set for 4 p.m., will be civil rights activists, police officers and other families.

The reforms the President enacts is expected to include incentives for police departments to ban chokeholds, a registry for problem officers and national accreditation standards for officers.

But Hardin said it’s only a start. She said she wants more to happen to hold those behind the badge accountable to serve and protect citizens.

“It’s just unbelievable what’s been going on in the three years since my Ronnie was killed,” Hardin said. “I should say since my Ronnie was murdered. And what I’ve come to know as far as politics what’s going on behind the scenes, it’s just unbelievable, and it’s ugly. But for us being there, getting with the families (of victims), networking like we always do, it’s an emotional healing.”