LET'S
LET'S TAKE A LISTEN IN TO SOME OF WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY IN
RESPONSE TO WHAT WE ARE
>> ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, I AM
A MOTHER TO FOUR BLACK CHILDREN
IN AMERICA.
IN AMERICA. ONE OF WHOM IS 18 YEARS OLD.
AND WHEN I SAW THE MURDER OF
GEORGE FLOYD, I HURT LIKE A
MOTHER WOULD HURT.
AND YESTERDAY WHEN I HEARD
THERE WERE RUMORS ABOUT
PROTESTS IN ATLANTA, I CALLED
MY SON AND I SAID, WHERE ARE
YOU?
YOU?
YOU? I
YOU? I SAID I CANNOT PROTECT YOU AND
A BLACK BOY SHOULD NOT BE OUT
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. SO
TODAY. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO OUT
CONCERN ME ABOUT WHERE WE ARE
IN AMERICA.
IN AMERICA. I WEAR THIS EACH AND EVERY DAY.
I PRAY OVER MY CHILDREN EACH
AND EVERY DAY.
AND WHAT I SEE HAPPENING ON THE
STREETS OF ATLANTA IS NOT
ATLANTA.
ATLANTA.
ATLANTA. THIS IS NOT
THIS IS CHAOS.
A PROTEST HAS PURPOSE.
WHEN DR. KING WAS ASSASSINATED,
WE DID NOT DO THIS TO OUR CITY.
SO IF YOU LOVE THIS
CITY THAT HAS HAD A LEGACY OF
BLACK MAYORS AND BLACK POLICE
CHIEFS AND PEOPLE WHO CARE
ABOUT THIS CITY WERE MORE THAN
50% OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE
MINORITY BUSINESS OWNERS, IF
YOU CARE ABOUT THIS CITY THEN
GO HOME.
GO HOME.
GO HOME. GO HOME AND PRAY THAT SOMEONE
LIKE REVEREND BEASLEY WILL COME
AND TALK TO YOU AND GIVE YOU
SOME INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT A
PROTEST SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND
HOW YOU AFFECT THE CHANGE IN
AMERICA.
AMERICA.
AMERICA. THIS POLICE CHIEF MADE A VIDEO,
PULL IT UP ON
SHE WAS APPALLED TO WATCH THE
MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD.
THIS WOMAN
THIS WOMAN YOU ARE NOT HONORING THE LEGACY
OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
YOU WERE NOT PROTESTING
ANYTHING BREAKING WINDOWS IN
THIS CITY.
THIS CITY. WHEN YOU BURNED DOWN THIS CITY,
YOU'RE BURNING DOWN OUR
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. IF YOU WANT CHANGE IN AMERICA,
GO REGISTER TO VOTE.
GO TO THE POLLS ON JUNE 9. DO
IT IN
IT IN
IT IN THAT IS THE CHANGE WE NEED IN
THIS COUNTRY.
THIS COUNTRY. YOU ARE DISGRACING OUR CITY.
YOU ARE DISGRACING THE LIFE OF
GEORGE FLOYD AND EVERY OTHER
PERSON THAT'S BEEN KILLED IN
THIS COUNTRY.
THIS COUNTRY. WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS.
WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS IS A
CITY.
CITY.
CITY. WE
CITY. WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS AS A
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. GO HOME.
GO HOME.
GO HOME. GO HOME.
GO HOME.
GO HOME. AND THE SAME WAY I CAN PROTECT
MY SON, I CANNOT PROTECT YOU
OUT IN THOSE STREETS.
YOUR THROWING KNIVES THAT ARE
POLICE OFFICER.
POLICE OFFICER. YOUR BURNIN
YOUR BURNIN YOU TO FACE A
TED TURNER STARTED CNN AND
ATLANTA 40 YEARS AGO BECAUSE HE
BELIEVED IN WHO WE ARE AS A
CITY.
CITY.
CITY. IT
CITY. IT WAS A BLACK REPORTER WHO WAS
ARRESTED THIS MORNING.
HE WORKED FOR CNN.
THEY ARE TELLING OUR STORY AND
YOU ARE DISGRACING
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. THIS IS NOT THE LEGACY OF CIVIL
RIGHTS IN AMERICA.
THIS IS CHAOS.
THIS WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
WE ARE NO LONGER TALKING ABOUT
THE MURDER OF AN