MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR STOPPING THAT
DAY.
>> Reporter: MOMENTS AFTER THE
VERDICT, CROWDS GATHERED HERE IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
CROWDS GATHERED FOR PEACEFUL
DEMONSTRATIONS.
MANY OF THE SCENE PEOPLE
PROTESTED AFTER FLOYD’S DEATH
TOOK A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE, TOOK A MOMENT TO RESOLVE AND CONTINUE
A MOMENT TO RESOLVE AND CONTINUE
THEIR FIGHT FOR CHANGE.
MAYOR FRIAR JOINS ME NOW.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THAT JOURNJOURNEY, WHAT DOES IT
LIKE?
>> Reporter: THAT DOES NOT BEGIN
TODAY.
IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR QUITE
SOME TIME.
WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF WORK TO
GO AND THERE IS A SENSE OF
RELIEF RIGHT NOW IN OUR CITY BUT
THERE IS ALSO A SENSE OF
PURPOSE.
THERE IS A SENSE OF PURPOSE TO
PUSH BACK ON THIS 400 YEARS
WORTH OF INJUSTICE THAT WE HAVE
SEEN AND CREATE NEW ACCOUNTABLE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND ECONOMIC
SYSTEM THAT ARE INCLUSIVE.
I FEEL STRONGLY THAT OUR WHOLE
CITY IS UNITED ON THAT PURPOSE.
>> Reporter: YOU TWEETED
YESTERDAY THAT GEORGE FLOYD CAME
TO MINNEAPOLIS FROM HOUSTON TO
BETTER HIS LIFE PERHAPS IN
DEATH, HE’S ONE TO BETTER OUR
CITY, WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> HE WAS MURDERED BY OUR POLICE
AND FOLLOWING THAT REALLY TRAGIC
KILLING, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GALVANIZED.
THEY HAVE BEEN GALLIVANVANIZED T
MAKE CHANGE, I AM HOPEFUL THAT
WE HAVE A SENSE OF PURPOSE AND
URGENCY BECAUSE THE TIME IS NOW.
WE CAN BE AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER
CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO
FOLLOW IN THE WORK THAT WE DO.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE
CONVERSATIONS GEORGE FLOYD’S
DEATH STARTED WAS THIS IDEA
ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE POLICE AND THE POLICE, WHAT
SHOULD THAT RELATIONSHIP LOOK
LIKE NOW, NOT JUST HERE IN
MINNEAPOLIS BUT AROUND THE
COUNTRY?
>> PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL SAFE IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THEIR
INTERACTIONS THEY HAVE WITH
THEIR POLICE OFFICERS.
LET’S BE REAL, RIGHT NOW IF YOU
ARE BLACK, PEOPLE DON’T FEEL
THAT WAY.
IN MINNEAPOLIS AND NATIONWIDE,
IT CALLS THE NEED TO SEE A
CULTURE SHIFT IN THE WAY OUR
POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATES, IT
CALLS FOR NEW SYSTEM AND SAFETY
WHERE NOT EVERY SINGLE CALL
NECESSARILY NEEDS RESPONSE FROM
AN OFFICER WITH A GUN.
IT CALLS FOR NEW ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEMS TO BE IN PLACE SO THAT
OFFICERS THAT DO WRONG WITH
DISCIPLINED AND TERMINATED.
YOU HAVE TO GEORGE FLOYD
MOVEMENT, WE HAVE ACTS OF
MOVEMENT AT THE STATES AND LOCAL
LEVEL.
WE NEED TO ACT TOGETHER.
LET’S GET IT DONE.
>> MAYOR FREY, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME.
>> BEFORE YOU GO QUICKLY, IT
SEEMS TO ME THE FLOYD’S FAMILY,
ARE THEY GOING TO BE APAR OFT OF
MOVEMENT GOING FORWARD AS FAR AS
POLICE REFORM?
>> Reporter: NOT JUST APART,
THEY WANT TO BE LEADERS OF THAT
MOVEMENT.
IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE YOU TALK TO
NOT JUST PHILONISE BUT FLOYD’S
OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, NONE OF
THEM SIGNED UP FOR THIS.
NONE OF THEM PLANNED TO BECOME
FACES OR VOICES OF SOCIAL
MOVEMENT BUT THEY ACCEPTED AND
THEY SEE IT.
I DON’T THINK I AM SPEAKING OUT
OF TURN, THEY SEE IT AS A
SPIRITUAL CALLING.
THEY FEEL DEEPLY THAT THEY GOT THIS CALL TO BE LEADERS WITH
THIS CALL TO BE LEADERS WITH
REGARD TOS THAT.
PHILONISE TESTIFIED BEFORE
CONGRESS, HE PLANS TO DO MORE OF
THAT.
TOMORROW THEY’LL BE ATTENDING
THE FUNERAL HERE OF THE YOUNG