COURSE THEIR DRIVERS SAFE.
>>> BUT RIGHT NOW LET’S GET TO
THE MORNING’S TOP STORY,
PROTESTS IN MINNEAPOLIS TURNED
OVERNIGHT, FOLLOWING THE DEATH
OF A BLACK MAN IN POLICE
CUSTODY.
THEY STARTED OUTSIDE THE POLICE
PRECINCT, NOT FAR FROM WHERE
46-YEAR-OLD GEORGE FLOYD DIED ON
MEMORIAL DAY, ACTUALLY.
AN AUTO PARTS STORE AND SOME
OTHER BUILDINGS WERE LEFT IN
FLAMES, SEVERAL BUSINESSES WERE
LOOTED AS WELL.
VIDEO FROM MONDAY’S INCIDENT
SHOWS THAT POLICE OFFICER
KNEELING ON FLOYD’S NECK FOR
ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES.
AS HE PLEADS FOR HELP.
THIS MORNING THE CITY’S MAYOR IS
CALLING FOR THAT OFFICER’S
ARREST.
FOUR OFFICERS INVOLVED HAVE BEEN
FIRED.
WE ARE JOINED NOW BY FORMER NBA
STAR STEVEN JACKSON.
HE WAS LIFELONG FRIENDS WITH
GORGE FLOYD AND STEPHEN SPENT 14
SEASONS IN THE NBA.
STEPHEN, GOOD MORNING TO YOU,
SIR.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> YOU DESCRIBE GEORGE AS YOUR
TWIN.
I KNOW YOU GREW UP IN HOUSTON
TOGETHER.
WHAT WAS HE LIKE?
WHAT WAS YOUR FRIENDSHIP LIKE?
>> IT WAS MEANT TO BE.
I’M FROM -- TEXAS, PROBABLY 45
MINUTES FROM HOUSTON.
AND WE WAS INTRODUCED THROUGH A
MUTUAL FRIEND THAT’S PASSED,
REST IN PEACE TO HIM.
BUT ONCE WE SAW EACH OTHER, THE
FIRST QUESTION WE ASKED, WHO
YOUR DADDY?
WHO YOUR DADDY?
AND IT WENT FROM THERE.
WE ALWAYS HUNG TOGETHER, EVERY
TIME I WENT TO HOUSTON IT WAS MY
FIRST STOP TO STOP AND PICK HIM
UP.
WHAT’S KILLING ME THE MOST ABOUT
THIS WHOLE THING, BEING A
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE, SO MANY
PEOPLE ABUSE YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND
KINDNESS.
HE WAS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT
GENUINELY SUPPORTED ME, HE
DIDN’T CALL UNLESS HE REALLY
NEEDED IT.
YOU DON’T HAVE MANY PEOPLE THAT
GENUINELY SUPPORT YOU WITHOUT
ANY MOTIVES.
FLOYD WAS THAT GUY.
>> HOW DID YOU FIND OUT WHAT HAD
HAPPENED, STEVE?
>> MY GIRLFRIEND’S MOM IS FROM
MINNESOTA.
WE TALK ABOUT THIS TYPE OF
THING, THESE TYPE OF THINGS ALL
THE TIME.
AND SHE SENDS ME VIDEOS ALL THE
TIME.
I WAS SLEEPING ON THE COUCH WITH
MY DAUGHTER, AND SHE SENT ME --
I LOOKED AT THE VIDEO, AND I
THINK -- I WAS THINKING IT’S
JUST ANOTHER VIDEO SHE’S SENDING
ME, ANOTHER BLACK MAN GETTING
MURDERED BY THE POLICE.
AND I DIDN’T REALLY PAY
ATTENTION TO IT.
AS I CLICKED OUT OF THE MESSAGE
I HAD 50 MESSAGES AND I CLICKED
ON ONE OF THEM FROM MY FRIEND
MIKE "D."
HE SAID, DID YOU SEE WHAT THEY
DID TO YOUR TWIN IN MINNESOTA?
I JUMPED UP, SCREAMED, SCARED MY
DAUGHTER, ALMOST BROKE MY HAND,
BUNCHING STUFF.
I WAS SO MAD BECAUSE I’M THE
TYPE OF GUY I GET -- I GET MAD
AND I GET INTO A FULL FACE OF
TEARS WHEN I SEE A HOMELESS MAN
ON THE STREET I CAN’T HELP.
SO LET ALONE MY BEST FRIEND ON
TV FOR THE WORLD TO SEE GETTING
KILLED OVER A FRAUD CHARGE, A
FAKE $20 BILL, JUST DESTROYED
ME.
I HAVEN’T BEEN THE SAME SINCE I
SEEN IT.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRUCK
ME ABOUT THAT VIDEO, STEPHEN, IS
YOU HEAR HIM ACTUALLY CRY OUT
FOR HIS MOTHER.
I DID NOT REALIZE THAT HIS MOM
HAD ACTUALLY PASSED AWAY TWO
YEARS AGO.
WHEN YOU SAW THAT, WHEN YOU
HEARD THAT, WHAT DID YOU THINK?
>> IT HURT, MAN, IT HURT.
BECAUSE I KNEW THAT WAS A CRY
FOR HELP.
I’M A BLACK MAN AND I’M A STRONG
BLACK MAN AND I KNOW FLOYD.
THAT’S A CRY FOR HELP.
WE DON’T SCREAM OUR MOTHER’S
NAME LIKE THAT UNLESS WE KNOW
SOMETHING IS WRONG AND OUR LIFE
IS IN JEOPARDY AND WE HAVE -- WE
CAN’T CONTROL IT.
THAT WAS A CRY FOR HELP.
HE EVEN CRIED OUT FOR HIS KIDS.
IT’S TOUGH TO SEE.
HIS KIDS HAD TO SEE THAT.
I WAS TALKING TO HIS DAUGHTER’S
MOTHER YESTERDAY, AND THE WHOLE
TIME I’M TALKING TO HER, THE
DAUGHTER IS SCREAMING.
SHE HAS TO SEE THIS, THE WHOLE
WORLD HAS TO SEE THIS AND SHE
HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS FOR THE
REST OF HER LIFE.
IT’S NOT RIGHT, MAN.
>> HIS 6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
STEPHEN, YOU WROTE SOMETHING ON
INSTAGRAM THAT CAUGHT MY
ATTENTION LAST NIGHT.
YOU WROTE THAT YOU TWO BOTH HAVE
SOMETHING ELSE IN COMMON NOW IN
HIS DEATH, YOU WROTE THAT BOTH
OF YOUR NAMES WILL LIVE FOREVER.
HOW WILL GEORGE’S NAME LIVE
FOREVER?
>> A LOT OF POLICE BRUTALITY HAS
GONE ON, A LOT OF YOUNG MEN HAVE
DIED.
FLOYD, GEORGE FLOYD’S NAME WE’RE
GOING TO REMEMBER, WE’RE GOING
TO GET CHANGE.
CHANGE IS GOING TO START WITH
GEORGE FLOYD.
WE’RE GOING TO GET CHANGE.
THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
SOME KIND OF WAY WE HAVE TO
FIGURE THIS OUT, MAN, YOU DON’T
WANT -- AMERICA, YOU DON’T WANT
US PULLING THE YOU ON YOU.
AND I MEAN THAT BY SAYING YOU
DON’T WANT THE PEOPLE THAT
YOU’VE BEEN BRUTALIZING, THE
PEOPLE YOU’VE BEEN TREATING LIKE
TRASH YOU DON’T WANT THEM TO
TURN AROUND AND DO THAT ON YOU.
THAT’S WHY AMERICA IS SO SCARED
OF US.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
WE COME FROM A PLACE OF LOVE.
EVERY POST ON INSTAGRAM, LOVE TO
ALL WHO HAVE LOVE TO ALL WE MOW
GEES FROM EVERY COLOR, EVERY
RACE, I TOLD SOMEONE FROM EVERY
RACE THAT I LOVE THEM AND I MEAN
IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
BUSINESS FROM SOMEONE FROM EVERY
RACE AND BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND
TOLD THEM I APPRECIATE THEM AND
MEANT THAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
HEART AND VICE VERSA.
SO THIS IS WRONG.
I DON’T STAND FOR WHAT’S WRONG,
I STAND FOR WHAT’S RIGHT.
I’M GOING TO GET JUSTICE FOR MY
FRIEND.
>> STEPHEN, BEFORE I LET YOU GO.
I WANT TO ASK YOU AT PROTESTERS.
THE PROTESTS APPEARED TO TURN
VIOLENT AT ONE POINT LAST NIGHT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT GEORGE
FLOYD WOULD SAY ABOUT THESE
PROTESTERS W.H.O.
PROTESTERS WHO HAVE TURNED OUT
IN HIS NAME?
>> HONESTLY, I WOULD SAY THIS.
HE WOULD BE HAPPY THAT THE
PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING FOR HIM BUT
THAT’S NOT THE WAY HE WANTS TO
DO IT.
HE WANTS THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE
FOR HIS DEATH PENALIZED.
HE WANTS -- TO HURT INNOCENT
PEOPLE.
WE WERE THE SAME TYPE OF PEOPLE,
WE’LL SEE A HOMELESS PEOPLE AND
IF WE CAN’T DO NOTHING FOR THEM
WE’LL GET EMOTIONAL.
FLOYD WOULD WANT EVERYBODY
STANDING TOGETHER AND FIGHTING
FOR JUSTICE.
AND THAT’S IT.
HE’S NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON TO
PROMOTE VIOLENCE AND STUFF LIKE
THAT.
HE USED TO BAPTIZE PEOPLE.
WHAT WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW,
THIS IS NOT WHAT FLOYD WOULD
WANT.
>> STEPHEN JACKSON.