I can't believe it.
I've been doing this since I was 12.
I'm 20 years old now.
I've been through so much in this movement.
I've been arrested, jailed,
beaten up by the cops, almost killed.
I've been through so much,
and I just can't believe this. I can't.
Yeah!
Narrator: Emotions ran high in Minneapolis
after Derek Chauvin was found guilty
in the death of George Floyd.
Yes, yes, yes!
Everybody that we lost, all my comrades I lost,
they're looking down. I know they're happy right now.
Black power!
Black power! Black power!
We young, we lit, we taking back our s---!
I said we young, we lit, we taking back our s---!
If we don't get no justice
they don't get no peace!
Woman: It took a second to sink in,
and then I was like, God, God did this.
And that he just wants us to come together
and stop all of the violence and the hate.
The hate, he wants us to stop the hate.
George Floyd!
The words can't express right now.
I'm shaking. It's been building up for a full year.
This is just not the end. This is just the beginning.
And I'm so happy. Yes!
I'm so excited.
Narrator: Some here had come prepared for the worst.
There's a lot of people with backpacks on,
and it's not because we came from school.
It's because we were ready for either outcome.
So I have goggles, I've got really thick, furry mittens
that block a lot of the tear gas out.
Extra mittens for people who might not have any.
Another pair of leggings and a shirt.
Narrator: And many were shocked
that this moment of justice had finally come.
It's just so, so worth it.
And prayers do work, really. It really does.
We prayed every day, all week, for justice,
and it's here.
Say his name! George Floyd!
I feel like justice has been served, finally.
I feel like this is something that should be set
as the precedents across the board.
My grandson, it means that hopefully
he won't have to live with that fear
that I had to live with all my life
when encountering police officers.
Justice for George Floyd!
There's hope still to be had for other cases.
Like when it comes to Daunte Wright's case
and Adam Toledo's case, there is hope
that the right thing will happen.
This ain't the end of the fight.
The family is going to get justice from this man going to jail.
But it's a movement out here, and y'all the people.
And we're going to keep on fighting and saying George Floyd's name,
and we're going to keep on marching across the country
until we get legislative change
so this don't happen no more.
I feel as though this makes us unstoppable.
I feel like the fact that we were able
to secure justice for George Floyd
means that we can secure justice
for every Black person who was killed by police.
This is a message to every little Black child
coming up that your life matters.
And if your life is taken at the hands of the state,
there will be consequences.
And I hope every killer cop is watching and paying attention,
because today, the Black Lives Matter movement
served notice on you.
We have so much more work to do.
We still have so many names
that we don't even know of right now.
So we have to keep going. This is just the beginning.
And I truly believe we're going to change this world.
I mean that.
Black lives, they matter here!
George Floyd! What's his name?
George Floyd!
When I say "Say his name," say "Daunte Wright!"
Say his name!
Daunte Wright!
We want justice!