OFFICE.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE
NEED TO DO WHEN WE GET ANGRY AND
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY, WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE WE GET OUT AND VOTE BECAUSE
IT’S SO IMPORTANT.
I DON’T HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT
OUR ANCESTORS THAT WERE BEATEN,
THAT WERE ARRESTED, JUST TO GET
THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
I DON’T HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT
THAT BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING IN A
TIME RIGHT NOW WHERE WE CAN
ACTUALLY SEE A CRISIS HAPPENING
RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
AND SO I DON’T HAVE TO TELL YOU
WHAT OUR ANCESTORS WENT THROUGH.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT THEY DID.
BUT WE’RE GOING THROUGH A TOUGH
TIME RIGHT NOW AND WHEN WE GET
ANGRY WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT ANGER AND IT DOESN’T
NEED TO BE DESTRUCTIVE.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WHERE WE
CAN SEE THE RESULTS OF WHAT
WE’RE DOING AND LIKE I SAID, RUN
FOR OFFICE, JOIN A NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION, MAKE SURE WE GET
OUT AND VOTE.
WE NEED TO DO THOSE THINGS.
WE NEED TO CHANGE THESE LAWS
THAT ALLOW POLICE OFFICERS OR
ALLOW ANYONE ELSE TO DISRESPECT
OUR OWN HOME.
I MEAN, I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED BY
THE DECISION THAT WAS MADE BY
THE GRAND JURY BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
I CAN -- YOU CAN’T RUN DOWN THE
STREET.
YOU CAN’T WALK DOWN THE STREET.
YOU CAN’T PLAY YOUR RADIO TOO
LOUD, YOU CAN’T SELL CIGARETTES,
YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING AND NOW
WE’RE NOT EVEN SAFE IN OUR OWN
HOMES.
>> IT’S -- BAFFLES THE MIND.
I MADE THE POINT THE OTHER DAY,
IMAGINE DECLARING THAT YOUR OWN
LIFE MATTERS IS BEING VIEWED AS
A POLITICAL STATEMENT.
IT’S BEYOND THE IMAGINATION AS
WE WATCH WHAT’S HAPPENING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR POINT
ABOUT RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
YOU RAN FOR OFFICE IN MIAMI AND
I HAD THE CHANCE TO VISIT WITH
YOU THERE AT THE TRAYVON MARTIN
FOUNDATION BUILDING AND IT’S
REALLY IMPRESSIVE WHAT YOU’VE
BEEN ABLE TO DO.
SO AS YOU ENCOURAGE ACTIVISM TO
CHANGE WHAT SHOULD BE MADE RIGHT
IN THIS COUNTRY, I WANT TO PLAY
FOR YOU THE REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF KENTUCKY, DANIEL
CAMERON WHO SOUNDS LIKE HE MAY
DISAGREE WITH THIS LEVEL OF
ACTIVISM.
>> THERE WILL BE CELEBRITIES,
INFLUENCERS AND ACTIVISTS WHO
HAVING NEVER LIVED IN KENTUCKY
WILL TRY TO TELL US HOW TO FEEL,
SUGGESTING THEY UNDERSTAND THE
FACTS OF THIS CASE AND THAT THEY
KNOW OUR COMMUNITY AND THE
COMMONWEALTH BETTER THAN WE DO.
BUT THEY DON’T.
LET’S NOT GIVE IN TO THEIR
ATTEMPTS TO INFLUENCE OUR
THINKING OR CAPTURE OUR
EMOTIONS.
>> MS. FULTON, YOU OF ALL PEOPLE
HAVE EARNED THE RIGHT TO SPEAK
TO THE PROTESTERS NOT ONLY ON
THE GROUND IN LOUISVILLE BUT ALL
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU’D LIKE TO
SAY TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENGAGE IN
LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGNS, WHO
HAVE MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD?
WHAT PIECE OF HOPE CAN YOU OFFER
THEM TODAY?
>> I WANT TO SAY FIRST OF ALL,
DANIEL CAMERON DOES NOT SPEAK TO
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
HE DOES NOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
AFTERRY CONDITION AMERICAN
PEOPLE OR PEOPLE OF COLOR.
HE’S TALKING TO A SPECIFIC
GROUP, PEOPLE WHO ARE PRIVILEGED
AND HAVE NO CONCERN ABOUT SLEEP
NG THEIR BEDS AND HAVE NO
CONCERN ABOUT BEING SAFE IN
THEIR OWN HOMES.
HE’S NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT
GROUP OF PEOPLE.
HE’S NOT TALKING TO THAT GROUP
OF PEOPLE.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIVE IN
KENTUCKY TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A
RIGHT AS HUMAN BEINGS NOT TO BE
SHOT AND KILLED BY THE POLICE.
AND NOBODY’S HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIVE IN
KENTUCKY.
CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL HIM
THAT?
IT’S ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IT’S
JUST ABOUT BEING A HUMAN BEING.
IS HE NOT A HUMAN BEING AND DOES
HE NOT UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
SHOULD FEEL SAFE IN YOUR OWN
HOME?
AND TO -- TO THE PROTESTERS, TO
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RALLYING AND
TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
SUPPORTING BREONNA TAYLOR’S
FAMILY ESPECIALLY HER MOM TAMIKA
PALMER I WANT TO SAY, DON’T GIVE
UP.
WE’VE GOT TO KEEP PUSHING ON.
WE’VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING ON.
WE HAVE TO BE ENCOURAGED.
WE GOT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
ONE ANOTHER AND WE’VE GOT TO
GIVE GOD THE GLORY.
GOD STILL HAS A HAND IN THIS AND
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND
THAT.
HE’S STILL IN CONTROL.
HE’S STILL SITS HIGH AND LOOKS
LOW AND WE CAN’T GIVE UP.
WE’RE LOSING TOO MANY LIVES TO
GIVE UP.
WE’VE GOT TO KEEP PUSHING AND
KEEP THAT FIRE HOT.
>> MAY I ASK YOU, HAVE YOU BEEN
IN TOUCH WITH BREONNA TAYLOR’S
MOTHER?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY LAST MONTH
IN AUGUST TO GO TO KENTUCKY TO
STAND WITH BREONNA TAYLOR’S MOM
AND HER FAMILY.
I ATTENDED A PRESS CONFERENCE
AND ALSO A RALLY THAT THEY DID
THERE.
SO YES, I’M IN TOUCH.
WE ALSO DO ZOOM CALLS, OF
COURSE, AND WE TALK ABOUT
SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE, WE TALK
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING
THAT’S GOING ON FROM POLICE
BRUTALITY TO, YOU KNOW, BLACK
LIVES MATTER AND SO, YES, I HAVE
MET HER.
I’M CONNECTED WITH HER AND I
JUST WANT TO TELL HER ON A
PERSONAL LEVEL AND I HAVE, TO
JUST KEEP MOVING.
JUST KEEP LIFTING UP AND
LISTENING TO PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT
YOU.