THIS FINE CITY, MAYOR SYLVESTER
TURNER, IN THAT ORDER.
GOD BLESS YOU.
>>> HELLO, EVERYONE, ON THIS DAY
OF PRAYER WHERE WE TRY TO
UNDERSTAND GOD’S PLAN AND OUR
PAIN.
TO GEORGE’S FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
WE KNOW THE DEEP HOLE IN YOUR
HEARTS WHEN YOU BURY A PIECE OF
YOUR SOUL DEEP IN THIS EARTH.
AS I SAID TO YOU PRIVATELY, WE
KNOW
KNOW, WE KNOW YOU NEVER FEEL THE
SAME AGAIN.
FOR MOST PEOPLE HOW YOU FEEL NOW
WILL SLOWLY TURN DAY AFTER DAY
AND SEASON AFTER SEASON IN THE
PURPOSE OF THE MEMORY OF THE ONE
YOU LOST.
FOR YOU, THAT DAY HAS COME
BEFORE YOU CAN FULLY GRIEVE.
AND UNLIKE MOST, YOU MUST GRIEVE
IN PUBLIC AND IT’S A BURDEN, A
BURDEN THAT IS NOW YOUR PURPOSE
TO CHANG THE WORLDE THE WORLD FO
BETTER IN THE NAME OF GEORGE
FLOYD.
LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, I HAVE
WATCHED WITH USA AS YOU SUMMONED
THE ABSOLUTE COURAGE TO CHANNEL
GOD’S GRACE AND SHOW THE GOOD
MAN GEORGE WAS.
JUSTICE IS TOO LONG DORMANT TO
MOVE MILLIONS ACTIVELY AND
PEACEFULLY.
BUT AMONG ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD WHO FEEL CONNECTED TO
THIS TRAGEDY ARE THE ONES WHO
LOST SOMETHING THAT CAN NEVER,
EVER BE REPLACED.
TO GEORGE’S CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILD
GRANDCHILD, I KNOW YOU MISS YOUR
DAD AND YOUR GRAND DAD.
AS I SAID TO YOU WHEN I SAW YOU
YESTERDAY, YOU’RE SO BRAVE.
DADDY’S LOOKING DOWN.
HE’S SO PROUD OF YOU.
I KNOW YOU MISSED THAT BEAR HUG
THAT ONLY HE COULD GIVE.
THE PURE JOY OF RIDING ON HIS
SHOULDERS SHOW YOU COULD TOUCH
THE SKY.
THE COUNTLESS HOURS HE SPENT
PLAYING ANY GAME YOU WANTED
BECAUSE YOUR SMILE, YOUR LAUGH,
YOUR LOVE IS THE ONLY THING THAT
MATTERED AT THE MOMENT.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS, HONEY.
NO CHILD SHOULD HAVE TO ASK
QUESTIONS THAT TOO MANY BLACK
CHILDREN HAVE HAD TO ASK FOR
GENERATIONS, WHY?
WHY IS DADDY GONE?
LOOKING THROUGH YOUR EYES, WE
SHOULD ALSO BE ASKING OURSELVES
WHY THE ANSWER IS SO OFTEN TOO
CRUEL AND PAINFUL.
WHY IN THIS NATION DO TOO MANY
BLACK AMERICANS WAKE UP KNOWING
THEY COULD LOSE THEIR LIFE IN
THE COURSE OF JUST LIVING THEIR
LIFE.
WHY DOES JUSTICE NOT ROLL LIKE A
RIVER OR RIGHTEOUSNESS LIKE A
MIGHTY STREAM?
WHY IN
WHY?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE CANNOT
TURN AWAY.
WE MUST NOT TURN AWAY.
WE CANNOT LEAVE THIS MOMENT
THINKING WE CAN ONCE AGAIN TURN
AWAY FROM RACISM THAT STINGS AT
OUR VERY SOUL.
FROM THE SYSTEMIC ABUSE THAT
STILL PLAGUES AMERICAN LIFE.
AS THURGOOD MARSHAL ONCE IM
IMPLORED
IMPLORED, AMERICA MUST ASCEND
FROM FEAR, FROM THE HITATRED.
WE MUST ASCEND BECAUSE AMERICA
CAN DO BETTER, WE MUST DO
BETTER.
I GREW UP WITH CATHOLIC DOCTRINE
THAT FAITH WITHOUT WORK IS DEAD,
THAT YOU’LL KNOW US BY WHAT WE
DO.
WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE DENIAL
OF THE PROMISE TO SO MANY PEOPLE
FOR SO LONG.
IT’S ABOUT WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE
BELIEVE AND MAYBE MOST
IMPORTANTLY WHO WE WANT TO BE TO
ENSURE THAT ALL MEN AND WOMEN
ARE NOT ONLY CREATED EQUAL BUT
ARE TREATED EQUALLY.
WE CAN HEAL THIS NATION’S WOUNDS
AND REMEMBER ITS PAIN, NOT
CALLOUS THE HEART AND FORGET.
I KNOW REVEREND SHARPTON IS
THERE IN HOUSTON WITH YOU TODAY.
REV, I WATCHED YOU SPEAK LAST
WEEK, EVERYTHING THERE IS A TIME AND A PURPOSE AND A SEASON UNDER
AND A PURPOSE AND A SEASON UNDER
THE HEAVENS AND TODAY IS THE
TIME.
NOW IS TIME TO HAVE THE ANSWER
TO GIVE TO OUR CHILDREN WHEN
THEY ASK WHY.
BECAUSE JUSTWITH JUSTICE FOR GEO
FLOYD, WE’LL TRULY BE ON OUR WAY
TO RACIAL JUST AND THEN YOUR
DADDY WILL HAVE CHANGED THE
WORLD.
WILL GOD BE WITH YOU, GEORGE FLOYD.
AND THERE YOU HOLD THE BATEREATH