THANK YOU.
HI, EVERYBODY.
I WANT TO STOP AND SAY -- THAT
WAS A LITTLE WEAK, EVERYBODY.
I NEED STRONGER.
EVERY DAY SHOOTING, ARE EVERY
DAY PROBLEM.
NOW, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY
HEARS THIS.
EVERY DAY SHOOTING, ARE AN
EVERYDAY PROBLEM.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
CHICAGO'S YOUTH WHO ARE
SURROUNDED AND AFFECTED BY GUN
VIOLENCE EVERY DAY.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO THOSE YOUTH
WHO MAY BE SHOT WHILE GOING TO
THE GAS STATION, THE MOVIES, BUS
STOP, CHURCH OR TO AND FROM
SCHOOL.
THE VOICES HAVE BEEN SILENT FAR
TOO LONG AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK
FOR EVERYONE THAT BELIEFS A
CHILD BEING KILLED IN CHICAGO OR
ANY OTHER CITY IS STILL NOT AN
ACCEPTABLE NORM.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M HERE TO
SPEAK ON MY BROTHER WHO WAS SHOT
AND KILLED WHILE LEAVING CHURCH
APRIL 26.
SINCE 2006 THERE HAVE BEEN MORE
THAN 5,850 PEOPLE SHOT AND
KILLED IN CHICAGO AND SINCE 2012
THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 16,000
PEOPLE SHOT.
NOW, LET ME REPEAT THAT ONE MORE
TIME.
SINCE 2006 THERE HAVE BEEN MORE
THAN 5,850 PEOPLE SHOT AND
KILLED IN CHICAGO AND SINCE 2012
THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 16,000
PEOPLE SHOT IN CHICAGO.
THESE FACTS ARE NOT JUST PART OF
A SPEECH.
THESE ARE MOTHERS, FATHERS, SONS
AND DAUGHTERS.
THESE ARE LAWYERS, DOCTORS,
ARTISTS AND MUSICIAN.
THESE ARE LIVES CUT SHORT DUE TO
SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE.
I MUST ASK, THOUGH, CHICAGO'S
EPIDEMIC DIDN'T START OVERNIGHT.
IT IS CAUSED BY MANY PROBLEMS WE
ARE STILL NOT DEALING WITH
TODAY.
WHEN YOU HAVE A CITY THAT FEELS
IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO PAY FOR
SPORTS COMPLEX, RESIDENT FUND,
SCHOOL S,
YOU HAVE MONEY SPENT FOR
TOURISTS, THAN GETTING GUYS ON
THE STREETS REAL JOBS, YOU HAVE
GUN VIOLENCE.
MANY FEEL ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE
PROGRAM IS "NONESSENTIAL
SPENDING."
YOU HAVE GUN VIOLENCE.
ELECTED OFFICIALS FEEL GETTING
MONEY FROM THE NRA IS MORE
SPORPT, YOU HAVE GUN VIOLENCE.
AND RESIDENT FUNDS AND RESOURCES
ARE MORE IMPORTANT, YOU HAVE GUN
VIOLENCE.
TIME TO REALIZE IT'S NOT JUST A
CHICAGO PROBLEM OR PARKLAND
PROBLEM, IT'S AN AMERICA
PROBLEM.
IT'S IMPORTANT -- WE ARE HERE
DEMANDING WE GET WHAT WE OF THIS
COUNTRY DESERVE.
WE DESERVE -- [INDISCERNIBLE]
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WE
NEED TO SPEND ON PEOPLE THAT
ACTUALLY LIVE THERE.
IT'S TIME TO THINK ABOUT ALL
COMMUNITIES EQUALLY.
STOP JUDGING, TIME TO STOP
JUDGING YOU THAT LOOK LIKE ME OR
MY BROTHER THAT COME FROM
PRIVATE COMMUNITIES ANY
DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE ELSE.
IT EATS TIME FOR AMERICA TO
NOTICE THAT EVERYDAY SHOOTINGS
ARE EVERYDAY PROBLEMS.
I CLOSE WITH WHAT MARTIN LUTHER
KING, JR. SAID.
WE MUST ACCEPT FINE