SOCIAL
SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS OF SEVERAL CELEBRITIES WHO ARE
SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE UNREST.
>> A LOT OF THE CELEBRITIES ARE
FROM ATLANTA AND THEY ARE
HAVING THEIR BOOTS ON THE
GROUND.
GROUND.
GROUND. I'M ABOUT TO SHARE WITH YOU A
VIDEO FROM THE PRESS CONFERENCE
THAT TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY.
FIRST, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A
PERSPECTIVE.
PERSPECTIVE. I AM A NATIVE OF ATLANTA BORN
AND RAISED HERE AND ONE OF THE
KEY POINTS I MADE DURING THE
PRESS CONFERENCE WAS NO TREE --
WOULD HAVE TREATED ATLANTA THE
WAY THEY DID.
THEY HAVE RUINED DOWNTOWN , THE
WESTSIDE, PARTS OF ATLANTA
WHERE WE HAVE OVER 50 WOMEN OF
COLOR, BLACK WOMEN WHO OWN
BUSINESSES, LACK BUSINESSES
RUINED AND MULTIPLE BUSINESSES
AROUND THE PLANET RUINED.
AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE
THINGS WE HEARD IN THESE
PASSIONATE, PASSIONATE SPEECHES
BY NOT ONLY THE MAYOR BUT --
>>> ATLANTA IS THE PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE LIKE ME AND OTHER ARTISTS
AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO COME FROM
OUR CULTURE AND OTHER PEOPLE
WHO RISE OUT OF THE WRECKAGE OF
THE STRUGGLE WE ALL EXPERIENCE,
JUST BY BEING BORN A CERTAIN
COLOR IN THIS COUNTRY.
BUT ATLANTA IS A PLACE WHERE WE
CAN SET AN EXAMPLE OF
PROSPERITY.
PROSPERITY. PEOPLE LIKE DOCTOR KING, THAT
PAVED THE WAY FOR -- WHEN
EVERYTHING ELSE GOES AWAY, WHEN
YOU DON'T GET TREATED RIGHT IN
NEW YORK OR L.A.
YOU CAN GET IT TREATED RIGHT IN
ALABAMA, ATLANTA HAS BEEN HERE
FOR US.
FOR US.
FOR US. THE CITY DOES NOT DESERVE THIS.
I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF OTHERS DO
BUT WE CANNOT DO THIS HERE.
IT SACRED.
IT SACRED. IT MUST BE PROTECTED.
>> Reporter: --
>> I DID NOT WANT TO COME AND I
DON'T WANT TO BE HERE.
I AM THE SON OF A POLICE OFFICER
. MY COUSIN IS AN ATLANTA CITY
POLICE OFFICER.
POLICE OFFICER. >> OTHER COUSIN IS A POLICE
OFFICER.
OFFICER.
OFFICER. AND I HAVE A LOT OF LOVE AND
RESPECT FOR POLICE OFFICERS
DOWN TO THE ORIGINAL OFFICERS
IN ATLANTA AND EVEN AFTER
BECOMING POLICE, HAD TO DRESS
IN A YMCA BECAUSE WHAT OFFICERS
DID NOT WANT TO GET DRESSED
METEOROLOGIST. HERE WE ARE 80s
SEITER AND I WAS THE WHITE
OFFICERS -- ASSASSINATED A
BLACK MAN. I
KNOW THAT TORE YOUR HEART OUT.
AND I KNOW IT IS CRIPPLING.
AND I HAVE NOTHING POSITIVE TO
SAY.
SAY.
SAY. AT
SAY. AT THIS MOMENT.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE.
BUT I AM RESPONSIBLE TO BE HERE
BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST DOCTOR
KING AND PEOPLE JUST NICELY WHO
MARCHED IN PROTEST.
IT WAS PEOPLE LIKE OUR
GRANDMOTHER, PEOPLE LIKE MY
AUNTS AND UNCLES, AND IN
PARTICULAR REVEREND JAMES
ORANGE, AND REVEREND LOVED WHO
IT -- LOVE WE JUST LOST LAST
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. I'M
YOU. I'M DUTY-BOUND TO BE HERE TO
SIMPLY SAY THAT IT IS YOUR
DUTY NOT TO BURN YOUR OWN HOUSE
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. FOR
DOWN. FOR ANGER.
FOR ANGER. IT IS YOUR DUTY TO FORTIFY YOUR
OWN HOUSE SO THAT YOU MAY BE A
HOUSE OF REFUGE IN TIMES OF
ORGANIZATION AND NOW IS THE
TIME TO PLOT, PLAN, AND
STRATEGIZE, ORGANIZE AND
MOBILIZE.
MOBILIZE.
MOBILIZE. IT IS TIME TO BEAT UP
PROSECUTORS YOU DO NOT LIKE. IT
IS TIME TO HOLD THE OFFICES
ACCOUNTABLE, CHEAP AND DEPUTY
CHIEFS, ATLANTA IS NOT PERFECT
BUT LOT BETTER THAN WE WERE AND
A LOT BETTER THAN THE CITIES
ARE.
ARE.
ARE. I
ARE. I MET AS . HELL.
I WOKE UP WANTING TO SEE THE
WORLD BURN DOWN.
I AM TIRED OF SEEING BLACK MEN
DIE.
DIE.
DIE. HE
DIE. HE CASUALLY PUT HIS KNEE ON A
HUMAN BEING'S NECK.
FOR NINE MINUTES.
AS HE DIED LIKE A ZEBRA IN THE
CLUTCH OF ALLIANCE JOB.
AND WE WATCH IT LIKE MURDER
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THAT IS WHY CHILDREN ARE BURNED
TO THE GROUND.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF US
TO MAKE THIS BETTER.
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ONE
OFFICER CHARGE PEOPLE WANT TO
SEE FOR OFFICERS PROSECUTED AND
SENTENCED. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE
TARGETS BURNING.
TARGETS BURNING. WE WANT TO SEE THE SYSTEM THAT
SETS UP FOR SYSTEMIC RACISM
BURNED TO THE GROUND.
AND AS I SIT HERE, IN GEORGIA,
WHITEMAN SAID THAT FUNDAMENTAL
LAW STATED THAT WHITES WERE
NATURALLY THE SUPERIOR RACE AND
THE CONFEDERACY WAS BUILT ON A
CORNERSTONE, THE CORNERSTONE
THAT BLACKS WOULD ALWAYS BE
SUBORDINATE.
SUBORDINATE. THE OFFICER BELIEVED THAT
SPEECH.
SPEECH.
SPEECH. BECAUSE HE KILLED THAT MAN LIKE
AN ANIMAL.
AN ANIMAL. AND IN THE CITY, OFFICERS HAVE
DONE HORRENDOUS THINGS AND HAVE
BEEN PROSECUTED. THE CITY IS
CUT DIFFERENT.
CUT DIFFERENT. IN THE CITY YOU CAN FIND OVER
50 RESTAURANTS OWNED BY BLACK
WOMEN.
WOMEN.
WOMEN. I
WOMEN. I DID NOT SAY MINORITY AND I
DID NOT SAY WOMEN OF COLOR.
AFTER YOU BURN DOWN YOUR OWN
HOME WHAT YOU HAVE LEFT?
>> Reporter: THEY WERE VERY
POWERFUL REMARKS AND MANY OF IT
RINGING ON CHALLENGES ALSO PICK
HE ENDED HIS REMARKS BY
CHALLENGING THE MAYOR TO CREATE
A REVIEW BOARD BUT REMEMBER
ATLANTA HAS A REVIEW BOARD.
I LOOK THAT UP AND THE CITIZENS
REVIEW BOARD.
REVIEW BOARD. ESTABLISH SINCE 2007 AND
DESIGNED TO PROVIDE CITIZEN
OVERSIGHT AND MISCONDUCT OF
ACCUSATIONS AGAINST POLICE AND
ALSO TO CREATE THAT
TRANSPARENCY FOR CITIZENS AND
POLICE AND ALSO AS I MENTIONED
SEVERAL OTHER CELEBRITIES
STEPPING UP AND DOING THEIR
PART AND DOING SOMETHING IN
REGARDS TO RAISING AWARENESS OF
POLICE BRUTALITY.
POLICE BRUTALITY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT JAMIE
FOXX WAS DOING.
HE IS THE ACTOR WHO JOINED
DEMONSTRATORS IN MINNEAPOLIS TO
PROTEST THE SHOOTING DEATH OF
GEORGE FLOYD AND HE ATTENDED
THE RALLY FRIDAY SPEAKING
BRIEFLY SAYING HE CAME TO
MINNEAPOLIS NOT AS A CELEBRITY
BUT AS A BLACK MAN BEING
SUPPORTIVE.
SUPPORTIVE. HE LATER CALLED THE SHOOTING
DEATH OF FLOYD AND REESE AND
PROCESS A TOUGH TIME.
HE ALSO ADDED THE COMMUNITY IS
NOT AFRAID TO STAND AND NOT
AFRAID OF THIS MOMENT.
>> IF YOU'RE WHITE, BLACK,
BROWN OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN
I'M SURE YOU FEEL THE RACISM
GOING ON IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW.
NO MORE SENSELESS KILLING OF
HUMAN BEINGS.
HUMAN BEINGS. NO MORE SEEING PEOPLE OF COLOR
AS LESS THAN HUMAN.
WE CAN NO LONGER LOOK AWAY.
GEORGE IS ALL OF OUR FAMILY IN
HUMANITY.
HUMANITY.
HUMANITY. HE IS OUR FAMILY BECAUSE HE IS
A FELLOW AMERICAN.
>> AS YOU SEE THERE AND HEARD
THAT HIS BEYONCE WHO SAYS WE
ARE BROKEN AND DISCUSS IT AND
CANNOT NORMALIZE THIS TYPE OF
PAIN AND AS YOU HEARD SHE CALLS
FOR NO MORE SENSELESS KILLINGS
OF HUMAN BEINGS.
SPECIFICALLY PEOPLE OF COLOR.
SHE THEN CHALLENGES THE JUSTICE
SYSTEM AND ASKED FANS TO FIND
-- SIGN THE CHANGE OR PETITION .
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