WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THE RV CRAZE.
>> LET’S TURN TO OUR 7:30
HEADLINES.
NEW PROTESTS ERUPTED IN
MINNEAPOLIS OVERNIGHT AFTER A
BLACK MAN DIED IN POLICE CUSTODY
ON MONDAY.
CROWDS OF PROTESTERS SWARMED THE
STREETS, FACING OFF WITH
OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR WHO FIRED
TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS.
IT STEMS FROM AN INCIDENT MONDAY
NIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE A MINNEAPOLIS
OFFICER PINNING GEORGE FLOYD
FACE DOWN PRESSING A KNEE TO HIS
NECK.
FLOYD PLEADS REPEATEDLY FOR
HELP,ING SAYING HE CAN’T
BREATHE.
HE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.
FOUR OFFICERS WERE FIRED.
THE FBI JOINED IN THE
INVESTIGATION.
JOINING US NOW IS GEORGE FLOYD’S
SISTER BRIDGET WITH FLOYD FAMILY
ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP.
GOOD MORNING, BRIDGET, GOOD
MORNING, BEN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> BRIDGET, I KNOW YOU HAVEN’T
HAD THE STOMACH TO LOOK AT THAT
VIDEO AND I DON’T BLAME YOU.
IT’S REALLY HORRIFYING.
WOULD YOU JUST TELL US HOW YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY ARE DOING IN
THIS MOMENT.
>> ME AND MY FAMILY ARE TAKING
THIS VERY, VERY HARD.
IT’S VERY HEARTBREAKING.
IT’S VERY DISTURBING TO OUR
PEACE.
WE’RE JUST DOING THE BEST THAT
WE CAN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE
DO THE RIGHT THING, DO WHAT HE
WOULD WANT US TO DO.
YES, IT’S VERY HARD, VERY HARD.
>> I CAN SEE THAT, BRIDGETT, I
CAN SEE THAT.
YESTERDAY THERE WAS SOME ACTION
TAKEN AGAINST THOSE OFFICERS,
FOUR OFFICERS, ALL FOUR WERE
FIRED.
YOU HAVE SAID REPEATEDLY THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.
NOT ENOUGH.
WHAT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE THOSE OFFICERS
TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER,
BECAUSE THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THEY
DID.
THEY MURDERED MY BROTHER.
HE WAS CRYING FOR HELP.
I DON’T NEED THEM TO BE
SUSPENDED AND ABLE TO WORK IN
ANOTHER STATE OR ANOTHER COUNTY.
THEIR LICENSE SHOULD BE TAKEN
AWAY, THEIR JOBS SHOULD BE TAKEN
AWAY AND SHE SHOULD BE PUT IN
JAIL FOR MURDER.
>> LET ME BRING IN BEN FOR A
SECOND, BEN CRUMP.
I HAVE A COPY OF THE POLICE
REPORT HERE.
THIS IS WHAT WAS SUBMITTED
INITIALLY.
I’M GOING TO READ YOU A PORTION
OF IT, AND THEN I’M GOING TO
SHOW YOU THE VIDEO OF WHAT
HAPPENED.
THEY SAY HERE THAT GEORGE FLOYD
WAS ORDERED -- THIS IS ALL OVER
A FORGERY, A FAKE $20 BILL.
HE WAS ORDERED TO STEP FROM HIS
CAR.
AFTER HE GOT OUT, HE PHYSICALLY
RESISTED OFFICERS.
OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO GET THE
SUSPECT IN HANDCUFFS.
THEN THIS VIDEO EMERGED, BEN,
THAT SHOWED A DIFFERENT PICTURE,
DOESN’T IT?
>> ABSOLUTELY, HODA.
WE HAVE MORE VIDEO EMERGING,
VIDEO FROM THE BUSINESSES’
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA ATTORNEY CRUMP.
WE HAVE PEOPLE SENDING VIDEOS
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWN YET.
IT SHOWS, HODA, A NONVIOLENT
CRIME MET WITH THIS KIND OF
VIOLENT, LETHAL, EXCESSIVE
FORCE.
THEY WERE ON HIS NECK IN THE FOR
ONE MINUTE, NOT FOR TWO MINUTES,
NOT FOR THREE MINUTES, NOT FOR
FOUR MINUTES, NOT FIVE FOR
MINUTES, NOT FOR SIX MINUTES,
NOT FOR EIGHT MINUTES BUT FOR NINE MINUTES WHILE HE IS BEGGING
NINE MINUTES WHILE HE IS BEGGING
TO BREATHE, BEGGING FOR LIFE.
IT’S AN I CAN’T BREATHE AGAIN
CASE IN 2020.
IT’S WORSE THAN ERIC GARDNER IN
MANY WAYS BECAUSE YOU HEAR THE
PEOPLE PLEADING WITH HIM,
PLEASE, GET YOUR KNEE OFF HIS
NECK.
HAVE SOME HUMANITY.
THIS IS A HUMAN BEING.
>> BEN, WHEN YOU LOOK ALSO AS
THE POLICE REPORT CONTINUES, AND
THIS IS HOW THE POLICE REPORT
COVERS THAT PART, THEY NOTED HE
APPEARED TO BE SUFFERING MEDICAL
DISTRESS."
OFFICERS CALLED FOR AN
AMBULANCE.
HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE
HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED.
IF NOT FOR THAT VIDEO OF HIM
PLEADING, BYSTANDERS BEGGING THE
OFFICERS TO BASICALLY GET OFF OF
HIM, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
WITH THIS CASE?
>> THEY WOULD HAVE GAVE A FALSE
NARRATIVE, HODA, AND THEY WOULD
HAVE SWEPT IT UNDER THE RUG.
WE HAVE THIS VIDEO, AND THEY HAVE TERMINATED THEM, BUT THEY
HAVE TERMINATED THEM, BUT THEY
NEED TO BE ARRESTED, AS BRIDGET
TURKEYBRIDGETT
SAID AND CHARGED WITH MURDER.
HOW MANY MORE SENSELESS KILLING
BY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED
TO TAKE THEM CAN WE TAKE IN
BLACK AMERICA AND ALL OF
AMERICA.
>> BRIDGETT, THE MAYOR LATER
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT POLICE REPORT
WAS INACCURATE.
HE SAID BEING BLACK IN AMERICA
SHOULD NOT BE A DEATH SENTENCE
OF THE MAYOR ADDED HE SHOULD NOT
HAVE DIED.
THE GOVERNOR CALLED THE LACK OF
HUMANITY IN THE VIDEO DISTURBING
AND SICKENING.
HE ALSO SAID MADE THIS
STATEMENT, WE WILL GET ANSWERS
AND SEEK JUSTICE.
DO YOU HAVE FAITH, BRIDGETT,
THAT JUSTICE WILL BE DONE IN
THIS CASE?
>> I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH BECAUSE
I BELIEVE IN THE UTMOST POWERFUL
GOD.
FAITH IS SOMETHING THAT ME AND
MY BROTHER ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT,
BECAUSE AVENUES GOD-FEARING MAN,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE DOES.
WE ALL HAVE OUR FAULTS.
WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES.
NOBODY IS PERFECT.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT JUSTICE WILL
BE SERVED.
I HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO STAND ON
IT.
>> JUST ONE FINAL QUESTION FOR
YOU, BEN CRUMP.
LeBRON JAMES POSTED THIS PICTURE
THAT’S BEEN SHOWN AROUND A BIT.
IT SHOWS COLIN KAEPERNICK
KNEELING AND THE POLICE OFFICER
KNEELING, AND HE BASICALLY SAYS,
DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW?
DO YOU THINK THAT THIS CASE MAY
ACTUALLY BE THE TIPPING POINT?
>> I DO, HODA, BECAUSE WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT NINE MINUTES.
IF YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CELL PHONE
AND SIT FOR NINE MINUTES AND
JUST SIT THERE, AMERICA, AND TRY
TO IMAGINE A KNEE ON YOUR NECK
SUFFOCATING YOU AND YOU BEGGING
TO BREATHE.
THAT’S WHY IT HAS TO BE THE
TIPPING POINT THAT WE HAVE TO
SAY EVERYBODY DESERVES EQUAL
JUSTICE, AND WE HAVE TO SEND A
MESSAGE WITH THIS CASE.
WE CANNOT ALLOW THOSE WHO ARE
SUPPOSED TO PROTECT AND SERVE US
TO DO THIS.
THERE CAN’T BE TWO JUSTICE
SYSTEMS, ONE FOR BLACK AMERICA
AND ONE FOR WHITE AMERICA.
WE HAVE TO HAVE EQUAL JUSTICE
FOR THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
>> BEN CRUMP, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
BRIDGETT, WE WISH THE BEST TO
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
I KNOW THAT YOUR BROTHER IS A
FATHER OF TWO, THE YOUNGEST IS 6