>>> WE’RE BACK WITH SOME OF THE
MOST HEARTFELT WORDS THAT WE
HAVE HEARD SIPSNCE ALL OF THIS
STARTED, FROM KILLER MIKE, A
RAPPER AND ACTIVIST URGING
PROTESTERS, URGED THEM OVER THE
WEEKEND TO FIND A BETTER WAY.
THIS IS JUST PART OF WHAT HE
SAID.
>> IT IS YOUR DUTY NOT TO BURN
YOUR OWN HOUSE DOWN FOR ANGER
WITH AN ENEMY.
IT IS YOUR DUTY TO FORTIFY YOUR
OWN HOUSE, SO THAT YOU MAY BE A
HOUSE OF REFUGE IN TIMES OF
ORGANIZATION.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PLOT, PLAN,
STRATEGIZE, ORGANIZE, AND
MOBILIZE.
>> KILLER MIKE JOINS US NOW.
MIKE, I KNOW YOU’RE THE SON OF A
POLICE OFFICER, AN ATLANTA
POLICE OFFICER.
YOU’VE GOT COUSINS ON THE FORCE
AS WELL.
THAT NEWS CONFERENCE OVER THE
WEEKEND, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU
WERE SPEAKING SPONTANEOUSLY.
IT WAS A MESSAGE THAT WAS MEANT
FOR THE PEOPLE OF ATLANTA BUT IT
WENT VIRAL.
IT WENT NATIONWIDE.
IT RESONATED WITH SO MANY
PEOPLE, MIKE.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT MESSAGE IN
THIS MOMENT SPEAKS TO SO MANY.
>> I THINK I ACKNOWLEDGED --
SINCE I WAS TALKING TO ATLANTA,
I ACKNOWLEDGED THE FACT -- MY
FATHER DIDN’T GO ALL THE WAY
THROUGH RETIREMENT POLICE FORCE
AS A CHILD, I’M A YOUNG MAN.
I’D LIKE TO SAY I WAS AN
ACTIVIST EVEN BEFORE I WAS A
RAPPER.
I’VE BEEN ORGANIZING SINCE 15,
NOW MORE OF A MOBILIZER.
I THINK IT HIT HOME BECAUSE IT
SPOKE TO BLACK PEOPLE IN ATLANTA
AND BEYOND.
MY JOB WASN’T DEFENDING THE
POLICE IN THAT MOMENT, IT WAS
ESTABLISHING THE FACT I DO HAVE
POLICE IN MY FAMILY AND MANY OF
US KNOW.
BIGGER THAN THAT, IT WAS THE
FACT BLACK PEOPLE IN ATLANTA AND
BEYOND, OUR PRIORITIES BEYOND
THE CONFRONTATION OF THIS
MOMENT, IS TO PLOT, PLAN,
STRATEGIZE, ORGANIZE AND
MOBILIZE TO DESTROY THE SYSTEM.
IT’S MORE THAN JUST INDIVIDUAL
OFFICERS, THERE’S A SYSTEM OF
SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT RUNS
RAMPANT IN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM OR
INJUSTICE SYSTEM, AND WE NEED TO
ADDRESS THAT.
THERE AS SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS FOR
KEY MEN ASSOCIATED WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO HUNT DOWN A BLACK
MAN AND KILL HIM IN BRUNSWICK,
GEORGIA.
THERE’S A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS FOR
AN OFFICER THAT HAD HAS A RECORD
AN OFFICER THAT KILLED A MAN IN
MINNESOTA HAS TO EVEN STILL BE
ON THE FORCE.
THE DESTRUCTION OF THAT SYSTEM
IS GOING TO TAKE ORGANIZATION.
PEOPLE ORGANIZING ON THE GROUND,
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
THAT SPEECH WAS TALKING TO YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE ANGER AND
PAIN AND FRUSTRATION BUT MAY NOT
HAVE FOUND THE ORGANIZATION YET
TO HELP THEM EXPRESS THAT THERE
ARE ORGANIZATIONS ON THE GROUND
IN YOUR CITY.
THEY NEED YOUR HELP.
AFTER THIS MOMENT OF SPONTANEOUS
EMOTION, I WANT YOU TO JOIN
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND FIGHT
THE SYSTEM ON A DAILY BASIS.
>> HEY, MIKE, REALLY QUICKLY.
YOU SAID SOMETHING, I WANT TO
ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO BACK
AND LOOK AT THAT SPEECH IN ITS
ENTIRETY.
YOU WOKE UP MAD AS HELL AND YOU
WANTED TO SEE THE WORLD BURN
DOWN.
WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF BURNING OVER
THE LAST FEW DAYS.
YOU SAID FOR THOSE WHO RESPONDED
WITH VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION,
HOW CAN THEY MOBILIZE AND
ORGANIZE TO CREATE THE CHANGE
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT?
>> THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS, NEXT
LEVEL VOICE ACADEMY IN ATLANTA,
A FLORIDA RESTORATION COALITION
THAT’S GOT 900,000 FOR VOTERS
RIGHTS ACT.
THE MOMENT FOR BLACK LIVES LIVE
FREE.
YOU HAVE ORGANIZATION, YOU HAVE
ORGANIZATIONS NOW THAT ARE DOING
THIS WEEK.
I AM COMPELLED TO ENCOURAGE US
TO JOIN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS
INCLUDING GRANDFATHER AND GRAND
MATTER, NAACP, FPLC, THERE ARE
ORGANIZATIONS ON THE GRASSROOTS
AND GROUND LEVEL THAT NEED YOU.
BEYOND THE MOMENT, BEYOND THIS
MOMENT, WE NEED TO EXTEND THE
MOVEMENT.
WE ARE PART OF OVER 100 YEAR
CAMPAIGN TO HAVE OUR HUMAN
RIGHTS AND WORKERS RIGHTS
RECOGNIZED, TO NOT BE VICTIMS OF
A SYSTEM.
WE HAVE TO SEE OURSELVES AS
CONTINUING AN ONGOING MOVEMENT
AND NOT JUST VICTIMS RESPONDING.
WE ARE NOT VICTIMS.
WE ARE ORGANIZERS.
I DON’T CARE IF YOU’RE 17, A
12-YEAR-OLD KID THAT’S OUTRAGED.
GET 10 OF YOUR FRIENDS AND
FIGURE OUT ON A LOCAL LEVEL
WHICH ORGANIZATION NEEDS YOUR
HELP, JOIN THAT ORGANIZATION AND
FIGHT ON A LOCAL LEVEL.
FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT LIKE HELL.
>> KILLER MIKE, THANK YOU.
YOUR VOICE IS BECOMING VALUABLE.
PLEASE COME BACK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU’RE
DOING.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU.
>> RAPPER KILLER MIKE.