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>> I
>> I DIDN'T WANT TO COME AND I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE.
I AM A SON OF AN ATLANTA CITY
POLICE OFFICER.
POLICE OFFICER. MY COUSIN IS AN ATLANTA CITY
POLICE OFFICER.
POLICE OFFICER. AND I HAVE A LOT OF LOVE AND
RESPECT FOR POLICE OFFICERS
DOWN TO THE ORIGINAL EIGHT AND
EVEN AFTER
EVEN AFTER TO GET DRESSED IN THE YMCA
BECAUSE WHITE OFFICERS DIDN'T
WANT TO GET DRESSED WITH THEM.
YOUR WE ARE 80 YEARS LATER AND
I WATCHED A WHITE OFFICER
ASSASSINATE A BLACK MAN.
I KNOW THAT TOUR YOUR HEART
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. I
OUT. I KNOW IT IS CRIPPLING.
I HAVE NOTHING POSITIVE TO SAY
IN THIS MOMENT.
I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE.
BUT I AM RESPONSIBLE TO BE HERE
BECAUSE THE MESSAGE OF DOCTOR
KING AND PEOPLE WHO MARCHED IN
PROTEST TO PROGRESS THIS CITY
AND SO MANY OTHER CITIES AND
PEOPLE LIKE THE GRANDMOTHER.
PEOPLE LIKE MY AUNT AND UNCLES
AND IN PARTICULAR REVEREND
JAMES ORANGE AND ALEX
AND THE REVEREND THAT WE LOST
LAST YEAR SO I AM DUTY-BOUND TO
SAY THAT IT IS YOUR DUTY NOT TO
BURN YOUR OWN HOUSE DOWN FOR
ANGER.
ANGER.
ANGER. IT
ANGER. IT IS YOUR DUTY TO FORTIFY YOUR
OWN HOUSE SO YOU MAY BE A HOUSE
OF REFUGE IN TIMES LIKE THIS
AND NOW IS THE TIME TO PLOT,
PLAN, STRATEGIZE, ORGANIZE AND
MOBILIZE.
MOBILIZE.
MOBILIZE. AND EVEN TIME TO BEAT UP
PROSECUTORS YOU DON'T LIKE AT
THE VOTING BOOTH AND IT IS TIME
TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND
THAT IS NOT -- BUT WE ARE A LOT
BETTER THAN WE EVER WERE AND A
LOT BETTER THAN
AND I AM TIRED
HE CASUALLY PUT HIS KNEE ON A
HUMAN BEING SNACK FOR NINE
MINUTES AS
MINUTES AS IN THE CLUTCH OF ALLIANZ JAW
AND WE WATCHED IT LIKE MURDER
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO THAT IS WHY CHILDREN ARE
BURNING THINGS TO THE GROUND
BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT
ELSE TO DO.
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF US
TO MAKE THIS BETTER RI
WE WANT TO SEE FOR OFFICERS
PROSECUTED AND SENTENCED.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE TARGETS
BURNED BUT THE SYSTEM THAT SETS
UP SYSTEMIC RACISM FALL TO THE
GROUND AND AS I SIT HERE
GEORGIA AND STEVENS GEORGIA,
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
CONFEDERACY, THE WHITE MAN SAID
THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWS
WHITES WERE NATURALLY THE
SUPERIOR RACE IN THE
CONFEDERACY WAS BUILT ON A
CORNERSTONE THAT BLACKS WOULD
ALWAYS -- AND THAT OFFICER
BELIEVE THAT SPEECH.
AND IN THE CITY OFFICERS HAVE
DONE HORRENDOUS THINGS.
IN THE CITY YOU CAN FILE OVER
50 RESTAURANTS AND ALL OF OUR
BLACK WOMEN AND I DIDN'T SEE
MINORITIES OR WOMEN OF COLOR'S
AFTER YOU BURN DOWN YOUR OWN
HOME WHAT YOU HAVE LEFT BUT
CHARS AND ASH.
I LOVE CNN AND CARTOON NETWORK
BUT I WANT A SAFE NETWORK AND
STOP FEEDING FEAR AND ANGER
EVERY DAY AND STOP
AND GIVE HOPE.
I AM GLAD THEY
HUMAN BEINGS LIKE THE POLICEMAN
DID.
DID.
DID. I
DID. I AM
DID. I AM GLAD THEY ONLY DESTROYED
THE BRICK AND MORTAR AND DIDN'T
WHIP A FATHER OR SON OR SON OR
MOTHER.
MOTHER.
MOTHER. LIKE THE POLICEMAN DID.
WHEN A MAN YELLS FOR HIS MOTHER
IN PAIN AND SHE IS DEAD HE IS
ESSENTIALLY YELLING PLEASE GOD
DON'T LET IT HAPPEN TO ME AND
WE WATCH THIS.
SO OUR QUESTION FOR US ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMERA IS
WILL WE BE LEFT WITH CHARS OR
RISE LIKE A PHOENIX OUT OF THE
ASHES LIKE ATLANTA ALWAYS HAS
DONE.
DONE.
DONE. WE
DONE. WE USE THIS MOMENT TO SAY WE
WILL NOT DO IT OTHER CITIES
HAVE DONE AND BE BETTER THAN WE
HAVE BEEN.
HAVE BEEN. WE GOT GOOD ENOUGH TO -- AND
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
GOING TO JAIL AND
SMART ENOUGH TO DECRIMINALIZE
MARIJUANA.
MARIJUANA. HOW SMART WILL WE BE IN THE
NEXT 15 OR 20 YEARS TO KEEP
AHEAD OF THE CURVE SO MUCH LIKE
APARTHEID YOU HAD OTHER
POLITICIANS THAT MADE SURE
ATLANTA -- --.
WE WON'T DRINK COCA-COLA
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW
BECAUSE I AM MAD AND I DON'T
HAVE ANY GOOD THOUGHTS BUT I
CAN TELL YOU IF IN YOUR HOME
TONIGHT INSTEAD OF BURNING YOUR
HOME TO THE GROUND YOU CAN PLOT
AND PLAN AND STRATEGIZE AND
ORGANIZE AND MOBILIZE IN A
POSITIVE WAY
POSITIVE WAY FILL OUT THE CENSUS FIRST SO
PEOPLE KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND
WHERE YOU ARE IN THE NEXT THING
IS MAKING SURE YOU EXERCISE
YOUR VOTING POWER AND GO INTO
THE LOCAL ELECTION AND BEATING
UP POLITICIANS THAT YOU DON'T
LIKE.
LIKE.
LIKE. PUT
LIKE. PUT A NEW PROSECUTOR AND AND
NOW IT IS YOUR DUTY.
>> NOW IS YOUR TIME TO DO THAT
BUT IT IS NOT TIME TO BURN DOWN
YOUR HOME.
YOUR HOME. I LOVE YOU AND RESPECT YOU AND
I HATE I CAN'T SPEAK TO THEM
AND I HATE THAT ATLANTA IS NOT
PERFECT DOING ITS JOB BUT WE
HAVE TO BE BETTER THAN THIS
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
MOMENT. WE HAVE TO BE BETTER THAN
BURNING DOWN OUR OWN HOME.
IF WE LOSE ATLANTA, WHAT ELSE
DO WE HAVE.
WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO MOBILIZE
AND I WANT YOU TO COME UP WITH
REAL SOLUTIONS AND I WOULD LIKE
FOR THE ATLANTA CITY POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO -- THE ONE THAT
JOHNSON WAS UNDER AND WE NEED A
REVIEW BOARD HERE BECAUSE WE
HAVE TO GET AHEAD OF IT BEFORE
THEY DO SOMETHING STUPID.
WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF IT.
THAT IS MY RECOMMENDATION TO MY
MAYOR AND CHIEF.
LET'S GET AHEAD OF IT AND WE
DON'T NEED AN OFFICER THAT
MAKES A MISTAKE AND THE NEXT
THING YOU KNOW THE COUNTRY IS
BRINGING DOWN.
BRINGING DOWN. WE DON'T NEED A PRESIDENT
REPEATING WHAT SEGREGATION
SAYS.
SAYS.
SAYS. THE
SAYS. THE PROBLEM IS SOME OF US ARE
BLACK AND SOME WILL SHOOT
BLACK, BACK.
BLACK, BACK. I LOVE AND RESPECT TO ALL.
I HOPE THAT WE FIND A WAY OUT
OF THIS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE
THE ANSWERS BUT I DO KNOW WE
MUST TRY AND PLAN AND
STRATEGIZE AND ORGANIZE AND
MOBILIZE.
MOBILIZE.
MOBILIZE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME
SOMETIME TO SPEAK.
I APPRECIATE OUR CHIEF FOR WHAT
YOU SAID ON YOUTUBE AND I
THOUGHT IT WAS VERY BOLD AND I
APPRECIATE OUR MAYOR FOR
TELLING US TO TAKE US