ARTICULATE IN SAYING WE HAVE TO
FIGHT FOR ALL AMERICANS.
>> MY NEPHEW, HE CALLING ME BABY
AL.
JESSE CALLING ME STEVE HARVEY.
BUT, MAN, I FEEL RELIEVED TODAY
THAT I FINALLY HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR HOPEFULLY
GETTING SOME SLEEP.
A LOT OF DAYS THAT I PRAYED AND
I HOPED AND I WAS SPEAKING
EVERYTHING INTO EXISTENCE.
I SAID, I HAVE FAITH THAT WE
WILL BE CONVICTED.
IT’S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY.
>> YEAH.
>> AND IT’S BEEN LESS THAN A
YEAR.
AND THE PERSON THAT COMES TO MY
MIND IS 1955.
AND TO ME HE WAS THE FIRST
GEORGE FLOYD.
THAT WAS EMMITT TILL.
>> WOW.
WOW.
>> I DID -- I WAS ON CNN WITH
DEBORAH WATTS AND SHE JUST
BROUGHT HIM BACK TO LIFE.
PEOPLE FORGOT ABOUT HIM.
>> YEAH.
>> BUT HE WAS THE FIRST GEORGE
FLOYD.
BUT TODAY YOU HAVE THE CAMERAS
ALL AROUND THE WORLD TO SEE AND
SHOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY
BROTHER.
THOSE EMOTIONS HIT YOU.
THE WORLD SEEING HIS LIGHT BEING
EXTINGUISHED.
AND I COULD DO NOTHING BUT WATCH
ESPECIALLY IN THAT COURTROOM
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AS
MY BROTHER WAS MURDERED.
TIMES, THEY’RE GETTING HARDER
EVERY DAY.
10 MILES AWAY FROM HERE, MR.
WRIGHT, DAUNTE WRIGHT, HE SHOULD
STILL BE HERE.
WE HAVE TO ALWAYS UNDERSTAND
THAT WE HAVE TO MARCH.
WE WILL HAVE TO DO THIS FOR
LIFE.
WE HAVE TO PROTEST BECAUSE IT
SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A NEVER
ENDING CYCLE.
>> YEAH.
>> REVEREND AL ALWAYS TOLD ME,
WE GOT TO KEEP FIGHTING.
I’M GOING TO PUT UP A FIGHT
EVERY DAY BECAUSE I’M NOT JUST
FIGHTING FOR GEORGE ANYMORE.
I’M FIGHTING FOR EVERYBODY
AROUND THIS WORLD.
>> YES.
>> I GET CALLS.
I GET DMs, PEOPLE FROM BRAZIL,
FROM GERMANY, EVERYBODY, LONDON,
IT
ITALY, THEY’RE ALL SAYING THE
SAME THING.
WE WON’T BE ABLE TO BREATHE
UNTIL YOU’RE ABLE TO BREATHE.
TODAY WE ARE ABLE TO BREATHE
AGAIN.
I TOLD YOU.
WE WILL GET JUSTICE.
AND WE STILL WE’RE GOING TO
FIGHT FOR YOU, TOO.
WE’RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR
EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR JUST
GIVING US THIS TIME BECAUSE WE
ARE HERE AND WE’RE NOT GOING
ANYWHERE.
AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE
PROTESTERS, ALL THE ATTORNEYS
WHO STEPPED UP, ALL THE
ACTIVISTS WHO STEPPED UP AND
MANY WHO THINK THEY’RE NOT
ACTIVISTS BUT ADVOCATES.
THANK YOU ALL.
>> AMEN.
>> BECAUSE JUSTICE FOR GEORGE
MEANS FREEDOM FOR ALL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
YOU DID IT.
>> GEORGE’S BROTHER FROM NEW
YORK CITY, TERRENCE FLOYD.
REVEREND FLOYD.
>> I’M NOT GOING TO PREACH
TODAY.
OH, MAN.
SO MANY EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW.
I’M GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT
SUPPORT AND PRAISE, THE LOVE
THAT WAS SHOWN, WHETHER YOU SENT
IT BY SOCIAL MEDIA OR WHETHER
YOU SENT IT E-MAILS OR WHATEVER.
WE JUST APPRECIATE THE LOVE.
APPRECIATE THE TEAM, THE CRUMP
LAW TEAM.
I CALL HIM UNC.
WE BUILT A BONDING RELATIONSHIP
THROUGH THIS JOURNEY.
HE WOULD CALL ME AND CHECK UP ON
ME AND ASK ME IF I’M ALL RIGHT
BECAUSE I’M THE ONLY ONE UP
HERE.
EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOWN SOUTH.
BUT HE NEVER STOPPED CHECKING UP
ON ME.
AND I’M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
I’M GRATEFUL FOR REVEREND
SHARPTON.
HE’S BEEN FIGHTING A LONG TIME.
LONG TIME.
MAN.
REVEREND JESSE JACKSON.
THERE IS A LOT OF HISTORY HERE.
HISTORY IS HERE.
THIS IS MONUMENTAL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> REVEREND JESSE JACKSON, AL
SHARPTON, THEY LIVED TO SEE
THIS.
>> WOW.
>> THEIR FIGHT WASN’T IN VAIN.
IT JUST DIDN’T HAPPEN WHEN THEY
DID IT.
BUT IT HAPPENED NOW.
>> AMEN.
>> AND THEY’RE HERE TO SEE IT
AND BE PROUD OF IT.
IT GOES BACK TO WHEN HE DID THAT
SERVICE.
MY FAMILY IS A FAMILY THAT WILL
NOT BACK DOWN FROM PRAYER.
>> YES.
COME ON.
>> AND I BELIEVE BECAUSE OF
PRAYER, WE GOT THE VERDICT WE
WANTED.
>> AMEN.
>> WE GOT ON OUR KNEES.
SOME OF US STOOD UP.
BUT WE ASKED THE RIGHT PERSON.
WE ASKED THE RIGHT ONE.
>> COME ON, GOD.
>> WE SAID, GOD, WE NEED
JUSTICE.
WE NEED IT NOW.
AND HE ANSWERED.
OH, MAN.
I’M JUST GRATEFUL.
I’M GRATEFUL THAT MY
GRANDMOTHER, MY MOTHER, MY AUNTS
THEY GOT TO SEE THIS HISTORY MADE.
I’M GRATEFUL MY BROTHER IS HERE.
I WILL SALUTE HIM EVERY DAY OF
MY LIFE.
I WILL SALUTE HIM BECAUSE HE
SHOWED ME HOW TO BE STRONG.
HE SHOWED ME HOW TO BE
RESPECTFUL.
HE SHOWED ME HOW TO SPEAK MY
MIND.
I’M GOING TO MISS HIM, BUT NOW I
KNOW HE’S IN HISTORY.
WHAT A DAY TO BE A FLOYD, MAN.
>> WOW.