 
THAT HE HAS A DREAM.
DREAMING ALLOWED OF A BETTER 
FUTURE, OF A BETTER AMERICA.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE IS A 
GENERATIONAL EXHAUSTION.
I HEARD FROM SPEAKER AFTER 
SPEAKER ON THIS STAGE TODAY 
SAYING A THAT THEY ARE TIRED.
BUT THEY ARE NOT GIVEING UP THIS
FIGHT.
AND TODAY IS SO MUCH LARGER THAN
THIS MARCH.
THIS IS ABOUT PUTTING PRESSURE 
ON CONGRESS TO ENACT CHANGE.
THEY WANT THE CHANGE.
THEY NEED THE CHANGE.
PEOPLE COME IING BY BUS, BY FOO.
I TALKED TO ONE MAN WHO WALKED 
HERE FROM MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.
THAT'S NEARLY 800 MILES TO 
WASHINGTON.
HE GOT HERE TO THE STEPS OF THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL AT 6:00 A.M. 
THIS MORNING.
HE HAS NOT TAKEN A SHOWER OR 
CHANGED HIS CLOTHES.
BUT THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THE DIRE
NEED FOR CHANGE THAT EXISTS IN 
THIS COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU SHOWED US THE CROWD IN 
FRONT OF YOU.
IT LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED BEHIND YOU.
WHEN YOU PANNED IN FRONT, IT 
LOOKED LIKE FOLKS WERE PACKED 
TOGETHER.
THIS WAS A BIG ISSUE LEADING UP 
TO IT, WHICH IS WHY THE CROWD IS
EXPECTED TO BE SMALLER THAN 
INITIALLY PROJECTED.
ARE THOSE FOLKS IN FRONT OF YOU 
PACKED ON THE MALL PACKED IN 
THERE TOGETHER LIKE IT LOOKS 
LIKE THEY ARE?
>> Reporter: THEY ARE PACKED IN 
HERE TIGHT.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER LOOK.
I'M GOING TO ASK JOEY SDWROUS 
PAN THE CAMERA HERE AGAIN SO YOU
CAN SEE HOW TIGHT PEOPLE ARE 
STANDING.
NOW FACE MASKS ARE REQUIRED HERE
ON THE NATIONAL MALL.
TEMPERATURE CHECKS WERE GIVEN AS
PEOPLE WERE COMING IN.
BUT THIS IS A VERY TIGHTLY 
PACKED CROWD HERE.
THIS IS PART OF THE FEAR ABOUT 
HAVING A DEMONSTRATION LIKE THIS
AND THE MIDDLE OF AN ONGOING 
PANDEMIC.
FOLKS HERE SAY IT'S WORTH THE 
RISK TO THEIR HEALTH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE PACKED IN
SO SLOWS CLOTHESLY AT THIS EVENT
CALLING FOR AN END TO POLICE 
VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> AT DONALD TRUMP'S SPEECH 
WHERE WE SOLD 1,500 PEOPLE, NO 
ONE IS WEARING A MASK.
AND THEY ARE CLOSE TOGETHER.
PEOPLE HERE AT LEAST WEARING 
MASKS.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS 
GETTING WELLNESS CHECKS.
PEOPLE WERE ENCOURAGED TO STAY 
HOME IF THEY WEREN'T FEELING 
WELL.
THERE'S A VIRTUAL VERSION TO 
THIS, WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE TO BE 
HOME.
I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO SPREAD 
THOSE PEOPLE OUT.
HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL HAPPEN.
BUT THE MASK WEARING AND BEING 
OUTSIDE IS MUCH MORE THAN WHAT 
WE HAVE SEEN THIS WEEK WITH THE 
RNC.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
IS PEOPLE WHO WERE SO DESPERATE 
AND SO WANTING TO CONNECT WITH 
OTHER PEOPLE FEELING A SIMILAR 
PAIN RIGHT NOW.
BUT TO HEAR SOMETHING ENCOU
ENCOURAGING, SOMETHING MOVING 
AND MOTIVATING, THEY ARE WILLING
TO COME FROM WHEREVER THEY ARE 
AND BE TOGETHER.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE 
WAKE OF THE HURRICANE.
THERE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE FLEEING 
AND MOVING INTO OTHER PLACES AND
NOT WEARING MASKS.
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS RIGHT 
NOW, I'M SO WORRIED ABOUT MY 
LIFE THAT I CAN'T THINK ABOUT 
COVID.
I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT GETTING TO
HELP.
I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT BEING 
AROUND THE RESOURCES I NEED.
WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS FOR PEOPLE
TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE MAKING 
THAT CHOICE.
WE KNOW COVID HAS BEEN VERY 
DEADLY.
ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK AND BROWN 
PEOPLE.
I WOULD CERTAINLY CAUTION PEOPLE
TO BE VERY CAREFUL.
KEEP THOSE MASKS ON.
BE SOCIALLY DISTANT IF YOU CAN.
>> WE HAVE BEEN SAYING ALL DAY.
THIS MARCH WAS THE CULMINATION 
OF EFFORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN
A DIFFICULT SEASON FOR OUR 
NATION.
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE 
NUMBERS.
PROTESTS SINCE THE DEATH OF 
GEORGE FLAID IN MAY.
7% WHITE AMERICANS, 13% BLACK 
AMERICANS, 11% LATINO, 8% ASI
ASIAN-AMERICANS.
SO AS AN INDICATION THAT ALL OF 
AMERICA IS ENGAGED IN WHAT'S 
GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY.
WE'D LIKE TO GO TO PIERRE 
THOMAS, OUR JUSTICE 
CORRESPONDENT IN D.C.
PIERRE, A BIG PART OF THIS 
DEMONSTRATION TODAY IS ABOUT LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
ITS ROLE IN RACE RELATIONS AND 
ITS ROLE IN THE DEATHS OF SO 
MANY BLACK PEOPLE IN THE LAST 
YEAR.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
THIS IS THE CRITICAL ISSUE.
AND THE ISSUE OF OUR TIMES 
REALLY.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES, IN 
PARTICULAR, AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN
FEMALES NOT GETTING WHAT WE CALL
THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
THE BOTTOM LINE AND EVEN THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR HAD 
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BLACK PEOPLE
ARE NOT TREATED THE SAME OFTEN 
BY POLICE.
AND THE ISSUE OF RESPECT CAN 
TURN DEADLY.
A AT THE END OF THE DAY, IN MOST
OF THE CASES THAT WE HAVE SEEN, 
ROUTINE ENCOUNTERS END UPTURNING
DEADLY.
NOW WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE 
CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE DETAILS 
YET OF WHAT HAPPENED IN KENOSHA,
BUT WE KNOW, AS FAR AS WE CAN 
SEE, THE MAN DID NOT HAVE A 
WEAPON WHEN POLICE WERE 
INITIALLY ENCOUNTERING HIM.
THERE WAS NOT A CALL OF AN ARMED
ROBBERY.
THIS WAS NOT A CALL INVOLVING A 
BANK ROBBERY.
THERE WAS NOT A CALL INVOLVING A
SHOOTING.
SO ANOTHER CASE JUST LIKE WITH 
MR. FLOYD, WHO IS DEAD OVER A 
QUESTION OF A COUNTERFEIT $20 
BILL.
A BLACK PERSON IS DEAD.
I THINK DOC RIVERS THIS WEEK 
DOWN IN THE BUBBLE PLACED IT 
VERY FIRMLY IN A WAY THAT WE CAN
ALL UNDERSTAND.
HE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE BASICALLY 
TIRED OF LOVING THIS COUNTRY AND
NOT BEING LOVE ED BACK.
IN OTHER WORDS, THIS AT ISSUE IS
ABOUT THE FACT THAT PEOPLE TO BE
TREATED EQUALLY AND FAIRLY WITH 
THE SAME LEVEL OF RESPECT THAT 
EVERYONE GETS WHEN THEY DEAL 
WITH POLICE.
SADLY, IN CASE AFTER CASE, WE 
SEE THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING 
WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WANT TO GO TO ANNA PRESLEY 
SPEAKING FROM THE PODIUM THERE 
IN WASHINGTON.
>> THOSE CLOSE EST TO THE PAIN E
CLOSEST TO THE POWER.
DRIVING AND INFORMING PO
POLICYMAKING.
PRIOR TO HER BEING ELECTED TO 
CONGRESS, SHE SERVED ON THE 
BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FIREFIGHTER 
EIGHT YEARS AND WAS THE FIRST 
WOMAN OF COLOR ELECTED TO THE 
COUNCIL IN ITS 100-YEAR HISTORY.
PLEASE WELCOME AYE YA NA 
PRESLEY.
>> TODAY I AM THINKING OF THE 
ANCESTORS NOT JUST IN THE 
HISTORY BOOKS, BUT THE ONES 
OMITTED FROM THOSE PAGES.
THE JUSTICE SEEKERS, THE FREEDOM
RIDERS, THE ORGANIZERS, THE 
COMMUNITY BUILDERS, EVERY LOVED 
ONE THAT PACKED A BROWN BAG 
LUNCH, LED A FREEDOM SONG, 
RISKED THEIR LIFE THAT VASELINED
AN ELBOW AND SENT UP A PRAYER.
THEIR SACRIFICE AND 
SELF-DETERMINATION SHAPED 
HISTORY AND BROUGHT US TO THIS 
MOMENT.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, WE 
ARE, BECAUSE OF THEM, WE ARE 
BLACK WITH A CAP CALL "B."
.
WE ARE THE MANIFESTATION OF THE 
MOVEMENT.
WE ARE A SYMBOL OF SOCIAL, 
POLITICAL AND CULTURAL PROGRESS.
IFMY GRANDDADDY EFFWERE HERE, H 
WOULD WHISPER IN MY EAR AND SAY,
MAKE IT PLAY.
AND I INTENDED TO JUST THAT.
MAKE IT PLAY.
WE ARE IN UNPRECEDENTED, 
UNCERTAIN TIMES.
WE ARE CHALLENGED BY THE STATE 
OF THE NATION AND THE PLACES WE 
FACE, BUT THE STATE OF OUR 
MOVEMENTS, IT IS STRONG.
AND ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE.
YES, IT IS POSSIBLE TO LEGISLATE
JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
PEOPLE OVER PROFITS, JOY OVER 
TRAUMA, FREEDOM OVER FEAR, YES, 
IT IS POSSIBLE TO WRITE BUDGETS 
THAT ACTUALLY VALUE BLACK LYES.
IF IT FEELS UNFAMILIAR, THAT'S 
BECAUSE IT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE 
IN AMERICA.
WE WILL MEET THE MOMENT.
WE WILL WORK TOWARDS HEALING, 
JUSTICE AND COLLECTIVE LIKE OUR 
LIVES DEPEND ON IT.
BECAUSE THEY DO.
WE WILL MARCH ON CLEAR IN OUR 
CONVICTION, ROOTED IN OUR FAITH,
GROUNDED IN OUR HISTORY, AS WE 
BUILD, LET ME MAKE IT PLAY.
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
>> TJ, WE HEAR THE SPIRIT OF THE
1960s AND THE VOICES THAT HAVE 
SPOKEN THUS FAR.
>> WE ARE PROUDLY REPRESENT NEW 
YORK'S 13th CONGRESSIONAL 
DISTRICT.
FIRST ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN 
2016.
HE'S SERVING HIS SECOND TERM IN 
CONGRESS WHERE HAD SERVES AS A 
MEMBER OF THE INFLUENTIAL HOUSE 
FOREIGN AFFAIRS KMEET.
THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION 
AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE HOUSE
SMALL BUSINESSS COMMITTEE.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, THE KMANK
CONGRESSMAN HAS BEEN A VOCAL 
ADVOCATE FOR PROTECTING TENANTS,
IMPROVING SCHOOLS AND MAKING 
SERIOUS, SMART INFORMSMENTS IN 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
>> JOINING US NOW IS CIVIL 
RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND THE SON OF 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE HAVING THE 
OPPORTUNITY AS I STAND HERE WITH
MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER.
>> ON THIS DAY 57 YEARS AGO, 
YOUR FATHER SAID 100 YEARS LATER
THE LIFE OF THE NEGRO IS 
CRIPPLED BY SEGREGATION, THE 
CHAINS OF DISCRIMINATION.
HOW DO YOU SEE IT TODAY, SIR?
>> UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT DAD 
STATED 57 YEARS AGO IS STILL 
TRUE TODAY.
AND WHILE PEOPLE ARE SOMEWHAT 
FREE, IT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT 
POLICE BRUTALITY AND MISCONDUCT 
IN THE BLACK AND BROWN 
COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR SEEMS TO BE OUT OF 
CONTROL.
AND THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE ISSUES
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS 
GETTING THOSE OPPRESSING US OFF 
OF OUR NECKS.
>> I SEE YOUR DAUGHTER THERE.
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS MOMENT 
TO HER AS ALL OF US AS PARENTS 
ARE TRYING TO EXPLAIN THESE 
DIFFICULT MOMENTS TO OUR CHURN.
>> HOW DO I EXPLAIN TO MY 
DAUGHTER?
>> HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS DAY, 
THIS MOMENT TO YOUR DAUGHTER AS 
WE AS A NATION, PARENTS AKOS THE
COUNTRY ARE TRYING TO EXPLAIN 
THIS DAY, THIS MOMENT TO OUR 
CHILDREN.
>> WELL, NUMBER ONE, OUR 
DAUGHTER, MY WIFE AND I HAVE 
SHARED MANY EXPERIENCES WITH HER
SINCE SHE WAS BORN.
SO SHE HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF 
HER GRANDPARENTS LEGACY.
AND SHE HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF 
HER OWN SELF.
SHE WANTS TO MAKE HER OWN 
CONTRIBUTION WITH HER 
GENERATION.
SO WHILE WE HAVE TO CONSTANTLY 
REENFORCE AND TELL HER WHY THIS 
IS HAPPENING, ONE OF THE THINGS 
SHE ASKED US RECENTLY WAS I 
THOUGHT MY GRANDFATHER AND 
GRANDMOTHER ADDRESSED THESE 
ISSUES.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, WE SEE THEM KEEP 
COMING ABOUT.
SHE SAID HER GENERATION IS GOING
TO BE THE GENERATION THAT WIPES 
OUT ALL OF THESE VERY TRAGIC 
ISSUES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN OUR
NATION.
>> THIS IS TJ HOLMES IN STUDIO.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
YOU JUST SPOKE ON THIS 
GENERATION THAT'S GOING TO BE 
THE ONE TO CARRY THAT TORCH.
HOW DO YOU SEE BRIDGING NOT 
NECESSARILY A DIVIDE, IF YOU 
WILL, BUT I GUESS, TWO DIFFERENT
SETS OF MARCHERS.
TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF 
PROTESTERS.
YOU ALL AND THAT TRADITIONAL 
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT CYIVISTS WITH  
KIDS THAT CAN SEND OUT A TWEET 
AND BE IN THE STREETS IN THE 
THOUSANDS OVERNIGHT.
HOW DO YOU IMPROVE THAT 
RELATIONSHIP AND MAKE THESE TWO 
MOVEMENTS, WHICH IT FEELS 
SOMETIMES, ONE MASSIVE ONE?
>> SO I THINK THAT IT REALLY 
TAKES A CONTINUANCE OF ALL BLACK
AND WHITE, YOUNG AND OLD, NEW 
GENERATION AND EVEN THOSE WHO 
ARE COMING BEHIND.
SO ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE 
DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND TACTICS
THAT HAVE BEEN USED, ALL OF 
THESE STRATEGIES AROUND 
PROTESTS, PERIOD ARE STRATEGIES 
THAT HELP MOVE THE PENDULUM 
FORWARD.
SO I DON'T SEE IT AS A SEPARATE 
AND APART.
THE OVERWHELMING LARGE NUMBER OF
DEMONSTRATIONS WERE PEACEFUL 
THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS 
COUNTRY.
UNFORTUNATELY, YES, THERE STILL 
IS SOME LOOTING AND SOME 
RIOTING.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN 
OUR NATION WANT THESE ISSUES TO 
BE ADDRESSED RIGHT AWAY.
WHEN WE SEE THE ISSUES 
ADDRESSED, THE COMMUNITY BECOMES
DIFFERENT.
WHEREVER IT IS, DARK LNS OCCUR, 
BUT THE GUILTY IS NOT HE WHO 
CREATES THE CRIME, BUT THOSE 
WHAT CREATE THE DARKNESS.
IT'S REALLY ABOUT ALL OF US 
COMING TOGETHER.
WE HAVE TO CREATE THAT CLIMATE 
SO YOU CAN WORK TO MOVE THIS 
NATION FORWARD.
>> I KNOW IN THE LEAD UP TO 
TODAY, YOU HAD SAID UNTIL WE SEE
SOMETHING BEGIN TO HAPPEN 
DIFFERENTLY, THESE PROTESTS ARE 
NOT GOING TO STOP.
I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR YOU NOW 
IS WHO IS THE AUDIENCE TODAY?
CAN YOU CHANGE MINDS?
?
SOMEONE IS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW 
NOT WILLING TO SAY OUT LOUD 
BLACK LIVES MATTER, WILL A MARCH
LIKE THIS GET THEIR ATTENTION?
>> WE HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE.
I THINK EVERYBODY TRIES TO USE 
THE WORDS OF MY FATHER.
AND ALL OF US ARE PROTESTING.
AND MOST OF PROTESTS ARE 
POSITIVE.
THOSE WHO DON'T BELIEVE WE 
SHOULD BE PROTESTING, OOIMG NOT 
SURE THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS 
MOBILIZE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO CHANGE
LEKKED OFFICIALS A AT THE 
NATIONAL LEVEL AS WELL AS -- CAN
I STILL BE HEARD?
>> WE HEAR YOU.
>> AS WELL AS WE HAVE TO CHANGE 
WHO IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH OF A 
CONSCIOUS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO KEEP 
PROMOTING.
THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT 
THAN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.
MY DAD USED TO SAY A VOTELESS 
PEOPLE IS A POWERFULLESS PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING 
TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ELECTION 
CYCLE.
MAYBE LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
I THINK WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> MARTIN LUTHER KING III, THANK
YOU TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
BE SAFE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE 
OPPORTUNITY.
WE'RE HONORED TO BE HERE.
>> WE'LL GO BACK TO ALEX, WHO IS
ON THE GROUNDS THERE IN 
WASHINGTON WHO SPOKE WITH THE 
DEMONSTRATOR
DEMONSTRATORS.
PEOPLE WILL BE VOTING THIS 
NOVEMBER.
>> YOU HEARD HOW THIS IS A 
VOTING ISSUE.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS.
HOW MUCH OF THE STUFF PEOPLE ARE
MARCHING FOR TODAY, TALKING 
ABOUT POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY OR 
SOCIAL JUSTICE, HOW MUCH IS 
GOING TO PLAY AN IMPACT ON HOW 
YOU VOTE THIS NOVEMBER?
>> WE ALL WANT TO VOTE.
STAY FOCUSED.
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO VOTE.
GET OUT THERE AND VOTE.
>> YOU MADE A POINT OF HAVING 
YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY OUT HERE 
TODAY.
FROM YOURSELF TO LITTLE ONES.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO 
SEE SOME OF THIS?
>> AS YOUNG CHILDREN, YOU HAVE 
TO PLAN.
HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE TO DO 
THIS GEP.
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE IN A 
SITUATION WHERE THIS IS ALL PAST
US.
AND WE WILL BE TREATED LIKE 
EVERYBODY ELSE IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS 
BEFORE.
YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED MARCHES IN 
THE PAST AND REMEMBER THE 
HISTORY THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN
D.C. WHENEVER IT COMES TO MLK 
AND OTHER MARCHES.
SO SEEING THIS HAPPEN AGAIN, 
THIS 57th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
MARCH ON WASHINGTON.
WHAT KIND OF MEMORIES COME BACK.
WHAT THOUGHTS COME BACK?
>> THE MEMORIES, I WAS KIND OF 
SAD.
YOU WANT TO GET ANGRY, BUT YOU 
HAVE TO HOLD YOUR COMPOSURE.
IT'S ABOUT MAKING CHANGE.
IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO MARCH 
WITH US AND NOT AGAINST US, 
THERE WILL BE CHANGE.
SOONER OR LATER.
AND HOPEFULLY SOONER THAN LATER.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
FOR A LOT OF FOLKS, IT IS ABOUT 
SPARKING SOME SORT OF CHANGE.
WE HEARD FROM HER FAMILY AND 
CERTAINLY OTHERS.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO BE A 
THEME THAT CONTINUES THROUGHOUT 
THE DAY.
>> JOINING US FROM WASHINGTON, 
ABC NEWS, AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS 
ATTENTION, IN 1963 THE MOVEMENT 
WAS LED BY A PHILLIP RANDOLPH, A
73-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO HAD ISSUES.
BUT THEY FIGURED IT OUT.
>> THEY DID AND PARTLY BECAUSE 
OF THE URGENCY OF THE MOMENT.
IT WAS AN URGENCY BORN OF THE 
SUPREME COURT DECISION IN BROWN 
VS. BOARD OF THE COURAGE OF THE 
YOUNG 20 SOMETHING DR. MARTIN 
LUTHER KING JR. AND OTHERS.
AND ALSO MY DAD USED TO SAY AS A
NORTHERN WHITE URBAN DEMOCRAT, 
HE THOUGHT IT WAS TELEVISION 
NEWS THAT REALLY WAS DRIVING A 
LOT OF IT.
BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME, 
WHITE AMERICANS WHO COULD 
SHELTER THEMSELVES FROM THE 
SUFFERING AND THE INJUSTICE AND 
REALLY THE TYRANNY THAT WAS 
PERPETRATED UPON BLACK AMERICANS
COULDN'T LOOK AWAY WITH THE 
ADVENT OF TELEVISION NEWS.
TODAY IT'S THESE THINGS.
FPZ THERE HAVE BEEN 15,000 
AMERICANS KILLED BY POLICE IN 
THE PAST 15 YEARS OR SO.
AND YET ALL THOSE WENT UNMARKED 
UPON.
NOW IT SEAMS WEEK AFTER WEEK, WE
ARE SEEING A HORROR THAT BLACK 
AMERICANS HAVE LIVED WITH.
SO I THINK THE URGENCY OF THE 
MOMENT, YOU'D THINK GIVEN THAT 
YOU SEE THE HUGE MAJORITIES OF 
AMERICANS WHO SAID THEY AGREE 
WITH THE BLACK LIVES MATTER 
PROTESTS, YOU'D THINK SOMETHING 
WOULD GET DONE.
BECAUSE THIS MOVEMENT, WHAT THIS
DAY REPRESENTS IS ON THE BALLOT,
ALONG WITH THE PANDEMIC.
>> THANK YOU.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH YOU 
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WE GO BACK NOW TO WASHINGTON.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THERE NOW 
PRESIDENT BUSH. 
>> THIS WAS HAPPENING IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
WE HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE PANDEMIC.
WE ARE NOUT OUT OF THIS YET.
THE QUESTION IS WHY ARE 70,000 
PEOPLE GATHERED HERE.
AND THE NATIONAL MALL TO 
PROTEST.
AND WE HAVE A FAMILY THAT'S OUT 
HERE THIS AFTERNOON, THE WRIGHT 
FAMILY, A MULTIGENERATIONAL 
FAMILY CAME TO THIS MARCH AND 
JUST TALKING TO YOU AWHILE AGO, 
YOU SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BE 
HERE BECAUSE YOU HEARD YOUR DAD 
TALKING ABOUT THIS MARCH THAT 
HAPPENED BACK IN THE '60s.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
RIGHT NOW IS AN INFLECTION POINT
IN OUR HISTORY.
I'M HERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S 
IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 
THERE ARE MULTIPLE GENERATIONS 
THAT ARE IMPACTED IF WE DON'T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SO HE TOLD ME STORIES FOR ME 
WEREN'T TRUE BECAUSE I NEVER 
EXPERIENCED IT.
I'M OUT HERE TO MAKE SURE THOSE 
EXPERIENCES DON'T COME BACK FOR 
MY CHILDREN, BUT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 
THE SACRIFICES MY FATHER MADE IN
ORDER TO MAKE SURE I'M WHERE I 
AM TODAY.
>> YOU SEE PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, 
PEOPLE YOUNG AND OLD, 
MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILIES JUST 
LIKE YOURS.
WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU?
>> THAT WE ARE ALL HERE 
TOGETHER.
IT'S A PART OF A PUZZLE.
IF YOU HAVE A THOUSAND-PIECE 
PUZZLE, IF IF ONE PIECE IS 
MISSING, YOU NOTICE.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO WORK 
TOGETHER AND ACKNOWLEDGE THESE 
CHALLENGES GO ACROSS RACES, 
GENDER, RELIGION.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE 
WE'RE ALL HERE IN THE MARCH TO 
MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL MAKING 
PROGRESS.
>> I WANT TO TALK TO YOUR DAD 
REAL QUICKLY.
IN 1963 YOU WERE 16 YEARS OLD 
AND WEREN'T ABLE TO COME TO THE 
MARCH HERE, BUT FAST FORWARD 57 
YEARS LATER, WE'RE STILL HAVING 
PEOPLE ON THE MALL THIS 
AFTERNOON FIGHTING FOR THE SAME 
THING THAT DR. KING WAS ASKING 
FOR THE '60s.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> THEY HAVE SEEN REALITY NOW.
WHAT I HAVE DONE THROUGH IS THE 
FIRST GENERATION AND SECOND 
GENERATION.
THE STORIES HAVE COME TO REAL 
LIFE NOW.
IT'S A BLESSING THEY ARE HERE 
WITH ME TO CELEBRATE THIS MARCH 
AND TO GO FORWARD WITH THE YOUNG
PEOPLE TO MAKE A GREAT CHANGE IN
THIS COUNTRY.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOUNGER 
PEOPLE TO MAKE THE GREAT CHANGE 
BECAUSE THEY THEIR MINDS ARE 
MORE OPEN THAN OUR NARROW-MINDED
OLD PEOPLE LIKE I AM.
>> WE SEE YOU GUYS HAVE SIGN 
HERE THAT SAYS BE PART OF THE 
SOLUTION.
WHAT'S THE SOLUTION?
>> LOVE.
LOVE.
GENEROSITY.
KINDNESS.
THAT'S THE SOLUTION.
>> YOU THINK THAT'S LACKING IN 
OUR SOCIETY?
>> YES, I BELIEVE SO.
I REALLY DO.
THAT'S WHY US TRY TO SHOW THAT 
TYPE OF LOVE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
>> THERE'S A THEME HERE THIS 
AFTERNOON GET YOUR KNEE OFF OUR 
NECKS.
IT'S A DIRECT REFERENCE TO THE 
GEORGE FLOYD DEATH.
AND ALSO JUST THE BROADER FIGHT 
AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY.
WHEN YOU HEAD TO THE BALLOT BOX 
THIS NOVEMBER, WHO ARE YOU 
LOOKING AT?
WHAT POLICIES ARE YOU LOOKING 
AT?
IS THERE A CANDIDATE IN 
PARTICULAR ON THE BALLOT THIS 
NOVEMBER WHOSE POLICIES ALIGNED 
WITH WHAT YOU WANT THIS COUNTRY 
TO GO?
>> NO, I REALLY DON'T HAVE AN 
OPINION RIGHT NOW.
SO I WOULD BE VOTING.
>> FOR MY DAUGHTERS, I THINK 
THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE 
THAT.
SO FROM IT THAT PERSPECTIVE, I 
THINK IT'S HUGE.
IT'S GREAT THAT MY CHILDREN ARE 
GETTING TO SEE THAT.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY SEEING THAT, 
BUT THEY ALSO GOT TO SEE THE 
FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT.
SO WHEN WE SAY ANYTHING IS 
POSSIBLE, THEY DO BELIEVE IT 
BECAUSE THEY ARE SEEING IT 
HAPPEN.
>> YOU SAID EARLIER IN OUR 
CONVERSATION THAT WHEN PRESIDENT
OBAMA WAS ELECTED, YOU THOUGHT 
WE WERE GOING INTO A POST RACIAL
FEDERATION.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
>> NO, WHEN BARACK OBAMA WAS 
ELECTED, I DID BELIEVE WE BECAME
A POST RACIAL SOCIETY.
I BELIEVE WE HAD GOTTEN PAST THE
POINT OF JUDGE IING PEOPLE BASEN
B WHAT WE SEE AND ARTIFICIAL 
TITLES WERE OUT OF THE WINDOW 
AND WE WOULD ACHIEVE BASED ON 
OUR PERSONAL ABILITY.
THAT'S WHAT'S SO DISHEARTENING 
ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE NOW.
IT DOES APPEAR WE'RE GOING 
BACKWARDS.
I'M OUT HERE MARCHING TO MAKE 
SURE THAT DOESN'T OCCUR.
I WANT MY CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO
OPERATE FREE OF CYNICISM AND TO 
SINCERELY BELIEVE THEY CAN 
ACCOMPLISH THINGS DESPITE THEIR 
RACE, DESPITE THEIR GENDER, BUT 
BASED ON THEIR PERSONAL ABILITY.
>> YOU HAVE SEEN YOUR 
GRANDFATHER WHO FOUGHT THIS 
FIGHT.
YOU HAVE SEEN THEM HERE FIGHTING
THIS FIGHT.
ARE YOU HOPEFUL FOR YOUR 
GENERATION?
>> DEFINITELY.
I'M GLAD I'M HERE WITH MY 
FAMILY.
EVERYBODY IS HERE NO MATTER 
THEIR RACE OUT HERE TRYING TO 
CHANGE TOGETHER.
>> HOW ARE YOU KEEPING FAITH 
WHILE OUT HERE?
I KNOW YOU'RE WEARING MASKS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO 
SOCIALLY DISTANCE, BUT WITH 
70,000 PEOPLE, THAT CAN BE 
DIFFICULT.
HOW ARE YOU TRYING TO STAY SAFE?
>> WE'RE TRYING TO RE MAIN ON 
THE PERIPHERY.
I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE 
MIDDLE OF THE CROWD SINCE MY DAD
IS IN HIS '70s.
MAINTAINING SOCIAL DISTANCE AS 
MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE HAND SANITIZING WIPES.
WE HAVE LIQUID.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO TRY TO DO 
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE 
WE GO HOME SAFELY THE SAME WAY 
WE CAME.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
AFTERNOON.
STAY SAFE OUT THERE.
AND AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE.
BECOME IN THE '60s, DR. KING WAS
FIGHTING FOR VOTING RIGHTS.
HE WAS FIGHTING FOR JOBS.
AND FAST FORWARD 57 YEARS LATER,
THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THE NATIONAL
MALL THIS AFTERNOON FIGHTING FOR
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING.
AND ASKING FOR CHANGE WHEN IT 
COMES TO POLICE BRUTALITY.
>> WE LISTEN NOW TO THE PODIUM 
DR. FRANKLIN RICHARDSON, WHO IS 
SPEAK IING NOW TO THE CROWD.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
>> WE'RE AT THE INTERSECTION OF 
PARISH OR PROMISE.
IF WE FAIL TO DELIVER IN 
NOVEMBER, WE WILL PERISH.
IF WE FAIL TO BRING OUT OUR 
VOTES, WE WILL NOT ENJOY WHAT WE
STRUGGLE FROM.
WE ARE IN A MOMENT WHERE ALL WE 
HAVE FOUGHT FOR, ALL THAT OUR 
FOREFATHERS AND MOTHERS HAVE 
DIED FOR IS AT RISK OF BEING 
LOST.
BLOOD HAS BEEN SHED FOR OUR 
FREEDOM THAT'S ON THE LINE.
WE CANNOT PERISH.
WE MUST STAND UP AND FIGHT AND 
ENGAGE EVERY RESOURCE THAT WE 
HAVE.
WE STILL BELIEVE IN AMERICA'S 
PROMISE.
NOT ONLY WHILE WE'RE ON THE 
PRECIPICE OF PERISHING, BUT 
REALIZING THE PROMISE.
AND THE THE PROMISE IS A NATION 
WHERE EVERY PERSON, BLACK OR 
WHITE, YELLOW, RED, MALE, 
FEMALE, EVERY DIMENSION OF OUR 
HUMANITY.
 IS IN THE PROMISE OF A GREAT 
AMERICA.
SO I CHALLENGE US ALL TO BELIEVE
IN A BETTER DAY, TO MAKE THE 
SACRIFICES, TO MAKE SURE WE GO 
BACK TO OUR CITIES AND KNOCK ON 
DOORS AND CALL OUR FRIENDS 
BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A SHAM IF 
WE FAIL TO BRING OUT THE VOTE ON
NOVEMBER 3rd.
THIS WILL BE MOCKERY IF WE DO 
NOT DELIVER OURSELVES TO THE 
POLLS.
THIS COULD BE A DISGRACE IF WE 
FAIL TO ENFWAJ OUR RESOURCES TO 
DELIVER ON OUR OWN BEHALF AND 
OUR FOREFATHERS AND MOTHERS WHO 
LAY IN THE CEMETERIES WILL WANT 
TO TURN OVER IN THEIR GRAVES IF 
WE FAIL TO DELIVER IN THIS 
MOMENT AND GRASP WHAT THEY 
FOUGHT FOR.
GOD BLESS YOU.
LET'S GO.
LET'S GET THIS DONE.
WE'RE ABLE.
WE'RE POWERFUL.
THEY TALK ABOUT THE BLACK 
CHURCH.
ALL OF US MUST BE ENGAGED.
GOD BLESS YOU.
I'LL SEE YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE 
AT THE VICTORY CELEBRATION.
GOD BLESS YOU.
>> DR. FRANKLIN RHODE IICHARDRI 
CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL ACTION 
NETWORK THERE.
YOU CAN HEAR THE CHUNCH 
DEVELOPING THERE.
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>>> WELCOME BACK TO LIVE 
COVERAGE OF THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON.
WE'RE GOING TO RACHEL SCOTT ON 
THE GROUND.
PEOPLE ARE SOCIAL DISTANCING, AT
LEAST THOSE CLOSEST TO THE 
STAGE.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
THESE CHAIRS ARE SIX FEET APART.
WE ARE NOT TOO FAR FROM THE 
STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL 
WHERE THE SPEAKERS ARE TALKING, 
BUT I WANT TO WALK THROUGH THIS 
AREA FOR YOU AND SHOW YOU AROUND
HERE.
THESE CHAIRS HERE SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED.
AND THEN JUST RIGHT HERE TO MY 
LEFT, I WANT TO PAN THE CAMERA 
HERE.
YOU'LL SEE THE CROWDS OF PEOPLE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE THOUSANDS 
THAT ARE CROWDING HERE ON THE 
NATIONAL MALL RIGHT NOW FOR THIS
MOMENT.
I THINK WHAT STRIKES ME IS ONE 
PERSON I WAS TALKING TO SAYING, 
LOOK AT ALL THESE FACES.
AND CONSIDER EVERY SINGLE ONE 
HAS A STORY.
THE 8 MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS 
THAT OFFICER HAD HIS KNEE ON THE
NECK OF GEORGE FLOYD REPRESENTS 
THE LARGER RACIAL INEQUALITY 
THAT MANY FEEL IN AMERICA.
SO TODAY THEY COME BY FOOT, THEY
COME BY BUS, THEY ARE MARCHING, 
THEY ARE CROWDING TOGETHER.
BUT OUT HERE ON THE NATIONAL 
MALL, THERE'S LITTLE SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AT LEAST IN THIS AREA
THAT YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND WE SEE BEHIND YOU THAT IT 
DOES REMIND YOU OF IMAGES FROM 
1963.
CERTAINLY A MUCH SMALLER CROWD 
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC WE NOW 
LIVE IN.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT 
ORGANIZING PEOPLE AS THE CE OF 
FOR DEMOCRACY OF AMERICA.
WHAT CAN COME FROM TODAY?
WE SAW EARLIER MULTIGENERATIONAL
FAMILY THERE ATTENDING THIS 
EVENT.
WE SEE PEOPLE OF ALL RACES AND 
AGES THERE.
WHAT DO YOU DOO WITH THIS KIND 
OF ENERGY WE HAVE TODAY?
>> ACTIVISM, I OFTEN SAY, IS THE
PILLAR OF POWER THAT CAN TOPPLE 
ALL THE OTHER PILLARS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
WHEN THIS STARTS TO REACH 
ENTERTAINMENT, WHEN PEOPLE'S 
BUSINESSES AND MONEY STARTS TO 
GET DISRUPTED, THAT'S WHEN YOU 
KNOW ACTIVISM HAS TAKEN HOLD.
YOU THINK ABOUT THE POWER OF THE
'60s.
WHAT WE HAVE NOW THAT WE DIDN'T 
HAVE THEN, WE HAVE WAY MORE 
CONTROL OVER POWER.
ENTERTAINMENT, THE FORCES OF THE
ECONOMICS AND THIS ELECTORAL 
POWER.
NOT JUST VOTING ASS WE WERE 
TALKING ABOUT BEFORE.
BUT TRAYVON MARTIN'S MOTHER IS 
RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
LESLIE BELL IS NOW AN ELECTED 
LEADER.
SO WHEN YOU START TO THINK ABOUT
HAVING CONTROL AND HAVING VOICES
IN ALL OF THOSE PLACES, THAT'S 
WHEN YOU START TO SEE THINGS 
MOVE.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS
GLOBAL NOW.
PEOPLE WERE MARCHING ALL AROUND 
THE WORLD IN A WAY THAT YOU 
DIDN'T NECESSARILY SEE IN THE 
'60s.
SO THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT 
OF POWER TO BE ABLE TO INFLUENCE
ALL THESE OTHER PILLARS OF POWER
AND ACTIVISM IS THE ONE THAT CAN
TOUCH THEM ALL.
>> SPEAK ABOUT THE CONTRAST OF 
WHAT WE'RE HEARING TODAY AND 
WHAT WE HEARD LAST NIGHT.
LAST NIGHT WAS ABOUT LAW AND 
ORDER.
TODAY IS ABOUT LAW AND ORDER.
BUT IT'S SPOKEN VERY 
DIFFERENTLY.
>> IT'S ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN THE SMALL AND THE MINI.
I SAID THIS DURING THE WEEK.
I SAID DONALD TRUMP IS TALKING 
TO A VERY SMALL AND SPECIFIC 
AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
WHEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT HOW THE 
WE SHOULD BE FREE AND OUR 
FREEDOMS AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT 
HOW WE SHOULD ALL HAVE LIFE AND 
LIBERTY.
HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT US.
HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE 
WHO SUPPORT HIM, WHO LOOK LIKE 
HIM, THE PEOPLE WHO HE LOVES 
MOST.
IT'S NOT US.
SO I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING 
TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE PEOPLE 
WERE SAYING, WE ALSO WANT TO BE 
FREE.
THE DEMAND OF BLACK LIVES MATTER
IS SIMPLE.
YOU WANT TO LIVE.
WE HAVE TO ASK PERMISSION TO BE 
ABLE TO LIVE.
THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO 
PROTECT AND SERVE US.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS MOMENT IS
THAT FINALLY, YOU'RE
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.
AND I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTATE 
IT.
WE'VE WORK TO DO.
IN THE '60s, LAWSUITS WERE 
BROUGHT.
THERE WERE PEOPLE AT LUNCH 
COUNTERS, PEOPLE SOWING DISCORD 
IN THE FIELDS OF PEACE.
THAT HAS TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
WHEN YOU START TO SEE THE SHIFT 
AT THE TOP, WHEN YOU START TO 
SEE A SHIFT IN POSITIONS OF 
POWER, THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW YOU 
GOT SOMETHING GOING. 
>> THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT LAW 
AND ORDER, WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE 
WHO ARE ACTUALLY ENGAGED IN THE 
NETWORK, THE PROFESSIONALS, WHAT
DO THEY SAY ABOUT THIS MOMENT?
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU SEE
THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL 
ACTION NETWORK TALKING ABOUT 
VOTE.
IT'S GOING TO BE KEY FOR JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS TO GET 
OUT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE.
WE KNOW THAT VOTE WAS NOT AS 
ENERGIZED AND NOT AS BROAD AS 
DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE LIKED IT TO
BE IN 2016.
AND AT THE SAME TIME PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS TRYING TO DIG INTO AND 
GET MORE AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN 
SOME SUBURBAN VOTERS TO FEEL 
BETTER ABOUT HIS POSITION ON THE
ISSUE OF RACE.
I WAS STRUCK THIS WEEK WITH THE 
NUMBER OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE
WHO WERE ON STAGE FOR THE 
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION SAYING, 
BASICALLY, DONALD TRUMP IS NOT A
RACIST.
THEY SAID IT OVER AND OVER 
AGAIN.
AND THEY PORTRAYED THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY AS BEING 
PERHAPS MORE DIVERSE THAN IT 
ACTUALLY IS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PRESIDENT'S 
CABINET, AND THIS IS SOMETHING 
THAT YOU CAN SPEAK TO, YOU HAVE 
BEN CARSON AS THE ONLY 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN THE CABINET.
VERY FEW WOMEN IN THE CABINET.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING 
TO SEE IF -- WHAT THEY WERE 
SELLING IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY IN
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT PEOPLE
WILL BUY THAT GIVEN WHAT THE 
ACTUAL RECORD HAS BEEN.
>> THANK YOU.
GO BACK TO TERRY.
POLICING IS ON THE AGENDA IN 
WASHINGTON.
POLITICIANS ARE KICKING IT 
AROUND NOW.
WHERE DOES THAT STAND?
>> IT STANDS IN THE GREAT 
GRIDLOCK OF WASHINGTON RIGHT 
NOW.
IN THE MOMENTS, THE DAYS AND 
WEEKS AFTER THE KILLING OF 
GEORGE FLOYD, IT DID SEEM GIVEN 
THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR 
SOME KIND OF REFORM THAT THERE 
COULD BE A BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT 
TO START REFORMING THE CONDUCT 
AND THE VERY IDEA OF POLICING IN
AMERICA.
THAT'S DEAD.
THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
THE DEMOCRATS WERE OFFERING A 
PRETTY AGGRESSIVE BILL THAT 
WOULD BAN CHOKE HOLDS AND VERY 
IMPORTANTLY LIMIT THE QUALIFIED 
IMMUNITY, THE KIND OF IMMUNITY 
FROM LAWSUITS THAT POLICE HAVE 
IF THEY ACTED IN A REASONABLE 
BASIS.
THAT IS A VERY POWERFUL LEGAL 
TOOL THAT CRITICS SAY HAS 
STYMIED JUSTICE HERE.
IN THE SENATE, THE REPUBLICANS 
GOT BEHIND TIM SCOTT WHO OFFERED
A BILL THAT THE DEMOCRATS FOUND 
COMPLETELY TOOTHLESS.
IN THE HOUSE, THERE WERE KEY 
REPUBLICANS THAT CROSSED OVER TO
SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATS.
INSTEAD OF THIS BEING A 
CONVERSATION THAT BEGAN IN A 
GENUINE BIPARTISAN CONCERN AND 
DESIRE TO DO SOMETHING, IT 
DEVOLVED INTO THE USUAL, YOU 
KNOW, PARTISAN DISASTER.
NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.
BUT THE COUNTRY I THINK IS 
WILLING TO SEE A 
DEMILITARIZATION OF THE POLICE 
AND A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO 
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THERE IS GENUINE, WIDESPREAD 
CONSENSUS ON THAT.
HOW YOU GET THERE, THAT'S WHAT 
WE PAY POLITICIANS TO DO AND 
THEY HAVE FAILED.
>> BUT, TERRY, YOU'RE RIGHT IN 
THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS 
COMPLETELY STALLED IN CONGRESS 
BUT I KEEP GOING BACK TO THESE 
POLLS.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
IT THIS WEEK AT THE CONVENTIONS 
THAT TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S 
STANDING AMONG MOST OF 
AMERICANS.
MOST AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A RACIST.
AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT 
HE'S NECESSARILY SHIED AWAY FROM
IN HIS CAMPAIGNING THIS CYCLE.
>> YOU KNOW, AGAIN AND AGAIN AND
AGAIN THROUGHOUT THIS 
PRESIDENCY, HE'S BEEN GIVEN AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO DISTANCE HIMSELF 
FROM THAT AKIZATION, THAT HE'S A
RACIST.
I ASKED, DO YOU SEE WHITE 
NATIONALISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY 
AS A PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY.
HE SAID, NO, IT'S NOT REALLY.
AND I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW YOU 
LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THIS 
COUNTRY AND ELSEWHERE, THE RISE 
OF PEOPLE CRAWLING OUT FROM 
UNDER THE ROCK OF RACISM WHERE 
THEY WERE SLUGS IN THE DARK.
NOW, PARADING AROUND THE CITIES,
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS AND GETTING
NOMINATED.
IT'S A REAL PROBLEM.
BUT HE CERTAINLY RECOGNIZES THAT
THERE IS SUPPORT THERE FOR HIM, 
POLITICAL SUPPORT.
AND I THINK HE'S ESSENTIALLY 
DOUBLED DOWN ON THE IDEA THAT IF
HE CAN GET MORE WHITE VOTES, 
EVEN AT THE COST OF ALIENATING 
PEOPLE WHO HEAR WHAT HE'S 
SAYING, HEAR THOSE DOG WHISTLES 
LOUD AND CLEAR, THAT HE CAN FIND
A WAY TO VICTORY.
AND THAT'S, AT THE END OF THE 
DAY, WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO HIM 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> EVEN SOMETHING KELLYANNE 
CONWAY SAID THIS WEEK, 
BASICALLY, IMPLYING THAT THE 
PROTESTS AND THE DISCORD THAT 
WE'RE SEEING AS IT RELATES TO 
RACE RELATIONS IN OUR COUNTRY IS
ACTUALLY HELPING THE PRESIDENT.
THEY ALMOST SEEM TO BE -- TELL 
ME IF YOU THINK THIS IS A 
STRATEGY, PLAYING INTO THIS. 
>> OH, SURE.
I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THIS IS A TRIED AND TRUE 
REPUBLICAN STRATEGY THAT WHEN 
DEMANDS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE GET 
STRONG AND AT THEIR FRINGES GET 
VIOLENT, THERE HAVE BEEN LONG 
HISTORIES OF STRUGGLE FOR 
WORKING PEOPLE, IN THE LABOR 
MOVEMENT, AND THE SUFFRAGE 
MOVEMENT AND SOMETIMES IT 
CROSSES A LINE INTO VIOLENCE.
AND MOST AMERICANS ARE 
FRIGHTENED BY THAT, RIGHTLY SO.
THEY WOULD LIKE CHANGE IN AN 
ORDERLY FASHION.
THE REPUBLICANS SEE AN 
OPPORTUNITY IN THE VIOLENCE IN 
SOME CITIES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO 
LINCOLN MEMORY AND WILLING TO 
REPRESENTATIVE SHEILA JACKSON 
LEE FROM TEXAS.
>> WHY WE CAN'T WAIT.
WHY WE CAN'T WAIT WHEN THOSE WHO
ARE ASSIGNED TO PROTECT AND 
SERVE CAN TAKE BIG FLOYD, PUT A 
KNEE ON HIS NECK AND SAY I CAN'T
BREATHE.
AND THEN WE KNOW WE HAVE TO 
CHANGE THIS NATION WHEN WE HAVE 
BREONNA TAYLOR, TRAYVON MARTIN, 
MICHAEL BROWN AND OTHERS.
TODAY WE COME TO ACKNOWLEDGE 
THAT WE ASK AMERICA NOT TO FEAR 
US.
WE ASK YOU NOT TO SEND TWEETS 
THAT WE ARE ATTACKING YOU AS A 
MOB.
BECAUSE A MILITIA WALKS AROUND 
FREELY AND SHOOTS US WITHIN 
ANYONE'S CONCERN.
AND SO WE ARE STANDING HERE 
TODAY TO SAY WHY WE CAN'T WAIT.
WE WANT AN AMERICA THAT WILL 
STOMP OUT THE DIVISIVENESS, THE 
INTIMIDATION AND THE THREAT.
WE WANT A WHITE HOUSE WHO STANDS
AS A HEALER IN CHIEF, WHO 
UNDERSTANDS BLACK MOTHERS' PAIN 
AND UNDERSTANDS YOUR PAIN.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE WANT TO 
MAKE SURE AND WE WANT TO MAKE 
SURE THAT AS WE DO THIS, WE KNOW
THAT HR-40 IS INTERTWINED WITH A
BILL I HELPED RIGHT WHICH IS THE
BILL OF GEORGE FLOYD, JUSTICE IN
POLICING ACT.
AND SO HERE WE ARE TODAY ASKING 
THE QUESTION, HOW DID THIS 
HAPPEN?
BECAUSE OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM 
AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE
MUST HAVE THE COMMISSION TO 
STUDY AND DEVELOP AS MY BROTHERS
AND SISTERS HAVE SAID REPARATION
PROPOSALS.
WE MUST ANSWER THE CALL OF 
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 
SOCIAL ECONOMIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL, 
SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL 
GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED 
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM STOPS RIGHT
NOW.
AND AS I TOLD A 12-YEAR-OLD, AS 
I WALKED AND TOLD MARTIN LUTHER 
KING III'S DAUGHTER, THAT NOW 
TODAY THIS ATTACK ON US AS 
PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO DIED ON THE 
BATTLES OF WARFARE, WHO HAVE 
DIED ON THE STREETS FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS, IT WILL STOP TODAY.
THANK YOU, REVEREND SHARPEN, FOR
UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF 
THE CONGRESS, WHAT OVER 150 
COSPONSORS IN THE HOUSE PASSING 
HR-40.
WE WILL HEAL THE NATION, BUT WE 
WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THE NATION 
KNOWS BLACK LIVES MATTER AND 
REPARATIONS ARE PASSED AS THE 
MOST SIGNIFICANT CIVIL RIGHTS 
LEGISLATION OF THE 21st CENTURY.
NOW IS THE TIME WHY WE CAN'T 
WAIT. 
>> SHEILA JACKSON LEE OF TEXAS.
SHE BROUGHT UP REPARATIONS.
IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT'S BEEN 
AROUND FOR A LONG TIME IN OUR 
COUNTRY THAT NOW IN THIS MOMENT 
SEEMS TO HAVE NEW ENERGY.
>> IT DOES BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING 
MORE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.
BEFORE REPARATIONS HAS ALWAYS 
BEEN IN THIS BACKROOM 
CONVERSATIONS.
IT'S SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT 
AS A BLACK COMMUNITY, AMONG 
FAMILY.
BUT ONCE REPARATIONS GETS TO THE
DEBATE STATE OF A MAJOR PARTY'S 
PLATFORM LIKE THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY, THEN IT BECOMES THIS 
NATIONAL DISCOURSE, THEN IT 
BECOMES A NATIONAL MOVEMENT AND 
THERE'S A LOT OF HAPPENING.
NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIND, WHAT 
IS REPARATIONS?
IS IT IN THE FORM OF CURRENCY?
IS IT A CHECK?
IS IT IN THE FORM OF EDUCATION?
IS IT IN THE FORM OF JOBS?
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
BUT WE'RE GETTING TO THE OTHER 
COMPLICATIONS OF REPARATION 
WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, WHO 
THEN IS ENTITLED TO IT?
RIGHT, THIS MOVEMENT THAT IS 
HAPPENING.
AND IT HAS A VERY LARGE VOICE 
ON -- I LOVE EARLIER HOW YOU 
SAID LARGE AND SMALL.
IT'S A SMALL CONTINGENCY ON 
SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THEY HAVE A 
VERY LARGE VOICE.
FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE 
FAMILIAR, IT'S THE TERMINOLOGY 
AFRICAN DESCENDENTS OF SLAVES.
IF YOU ARE A DESCENDENT, YOU 
SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO THE 
REPARATIONS.
SO
SO THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED 
CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING 
IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT IS 
NOW STILL INTO THE LARGER 
DISCOURSE.
I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR OUR 
COUNTRY, I THINK WE HAVE TO 
START BEING COMFORTABLE IN 
DIVING INTO THE 
UNCOMFORTABILITY, DIVING INTO 
THE GRAY.
WE HAVE BEEN ALWAYS AFRAID TO GO
THERE, RIGHT?
I THINK WHEN YOU GO THERE, 
THAT'S WHEN YOU GET REAL 
CONVERSATION.
THAT'S WHEN YOU GET PEOPLE'S 
REAL THOUGHTS.
YOU WERE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS LEANED INTO 
THE RACIST RHETORIC.
I WROTE A PIECE WHERE I HAD THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO BE A BLACK MAN IN
AN ALL-WHITE ROOM.
WHO DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO 
WIN?
IS TRUMP GOING TO TAKE IT?
IS BIDEN GOING TO TAKE IT?
I SAID, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHITE PEOPLE 
ARE GOING TO DO.
I DON'T TRUST THEM.
HE WAS LIKE, NO, LISTEN, AS A 
WHITE GUY PRIVILEGED, HE SAYS, 
NO, NO, WE'RE VOTING FOR BIDEN.
BUT WE'RE NOT VOTING FOR BIDEN 
FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER, WE DON'T
WANT THEM COMING TO OUR 
NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND HE WAS SPEAKING TO ME WITH 
SUCH COMFORTABILITY AS IF I WAS 
PART OF HIS TRIBE.
AS IF I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN 
OFFENDED BY IT.
THROUGH ME, I WAS LIKE, WAIT, 
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
IT MADE ME DO A DEEP DIVE INTO 
THAT NARRATIVE IN THAT WHITES 
ARE WILLING TO VOTE NOT BECAUSE 
OF THE ISSUES OR THE EMPATHY, 
BUT BECAUSE OF THE FREEDOM AND 
THE FEAR THAT EXISTS IN THEM.
BUT THEN AS WE BEGAN TO MOVE 
FORWARD, I HAD ANOTHER DISCOURSE
WITH SOME PEOPLE FROM BEVERLY 
HILLS -- I DON'T HANG OUT IN 
BEVERLY HILLS ALL THE TIME.
BUT IT FLIPPED THIS WEEK.
AND IT SAID, NOW IT'S TOO MUCH, 
RIGHT?
NOW THE BLACK LIVES MATTER 
MOVEMENT, NOW THE PROTESTS, 
BECAUSE THE WAY THE MEDIA HAS 
PORTRAYED IT, THEY PORTRAYED THE
CARS ON FIRE, THEY PORTRAYED THE
BURNING BUILDINGS, AND SO YOU'RE
RIGHT, TRUMP IS TAPPING INTO 
SOMETHING REAL THAT WE'RE NOT 
REALLY HAVING AN HONEST 
CONVERSATION ABOUT.
THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO VOTE 
FOR BIDEN IN ORDER TO STOP THE 
PROTESTS ARE NOT WILLING TO VOTE
FOR TRUMP BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE 
SCARED OF THE CONTINUATION OF 
IT. 
>> IT REMINDS ME OF THE 
CONVERSATION THAT WERE HAD 
BEFORE WHERE MANY FELT LIKE JOHN
LEWIS'S SPEECH WENT TOO FAR, 
THEY WERE GOING TO SCARE PEOPLE 
OFF BECAUSE THE MARCH WAS COMING
AND IS THIS GOING TO BE TOO 
MUCH, TOO SOON FOR THIS COUNTRY 
AND IT'S THE SAME THING WE'RE 
SEEING, HERE WE ARE NOW TODAY.
IS THIS GOING TO SCARE PEOPLE 
AWAY BECAUSE WE'RE BEING SO 
HONEST IN OUR CONVERSATIONS OR 
TRYING TO BE. 
>> TO THAT POINT, IT SEEMS LIKE 
THAT'S WHERE THE PRESIDENT -- 
THAT'S HIS CALCULATION.
HE'S LEANING INTO THAT SCARE 
TACTIC. 
>> HE DIDN'T MENTION THE NAME 
"JACOB BLAKE" LAST NIGHT OR 
REFERENCE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 
KENOSHA IN A WAY THAT INVOLVES 
BLACK LIVES, OFFICER-INVOLVED 
SHOOTING, IT'S A LAW AND 
ORDER -- YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHAT 
IS -- IT'S EXACTLY WHAT TERRY 
WAS SAYING.
THIS IS HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 
GOING TO CAMPAIGN.
HE SEES THIS VULNERABILITY 
THERE, EXACTLY WHAT MIKE IS 
TALKING ABOUT, AND THEY'RE 
HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN 
SCARE PEOPLE, FRANKLY.
YOU SEE IT IN THE LANGUAGE HE'S 
USED IN RECENT WEEKS ABOUT THE 
SUBURBS AND HOUSING, GOING UP IN
THE SUBURBS AND THAT IS SPECIFIC
TO ONE BLOCK OF VOTERS, WHITE 
SUBURBAN WOMEN TRYING TO SCARE 
THEM INTO SAYING, BLACK AND 
BROWN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MOVE 
INTO YOUR COMMUNITIES IF WE LET 
THIS HAPPEN.
AND THEY DON'T MAKE BONES ABOUT 
IT.
HE'S CAMPAIGNING ON IT.
AND IT'S -- YOU KNOW, IT'S -- I 
GUESS THE QUESTION COMES 
NOVEMBER, WILL IT ACTUALLY WORK.
RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE 
WORKING BECAUSE THE POLLS SHOW 
THAT WHITE SUBURBAN WOMEN ARE 
NOT BUYING INTO THIS ARGUMENT. 
>> FEAR IS ON THE BALLOT FROM 
BOTH SIDES.
FROM THOSE WHO SUPPORT PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND PEOPLE ON THE OPPOSING
SIDE.
THEY'RE FEARFUL OF WHERE AMERICA
IS RIGHT NOW. 
>> AND IT'S DISHEARTENING.
TO YOUR POINT, IT'S SO 
DISHEARTENING TO SEE THOSE 
PICTURES.
I'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS 
COVERAGE.
OF COURSE WE KNOW OVERWHELMING 
THESE WERE PEACEFUL PROTESTS, 
BUT THE PICTURES THAT LEAD THE 
NEWS, BURNING BUILDINGS, SHOTS 
BEING FIRED AND TEAR GAS FIRED, 
THAT'S SCARY AS HELL AND WE USE 
THE QUOTE ABOUT THE RIOT BEING 
THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS.
BUT THAT WAS A LONGER QUOTE IN 
WHICH HE TALKED ABOUT IS ALL 
RIOTS DO IS INTENSIFY THE FEARS 
OF THE WHITE COMMUNITY.
THEY CAN LOOK AT THAT SCREEN AND
SAY, THOSE FEELINGS, I WAS 
JUSTIFIED.
LOOK AT THAT.
AND WHEN YOU DO -- THAT IS SUCH 
A THREAT AND A DANGER IN DOING 
IT.
SOMETIMES OUR MESSAGE GETS LOST 
THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO 
GETS COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY 
LOST.
THEY'RE COMING OUT OF THE 
WOODWORK SAYING, I'M JUSTIFIED 
IN DOING THIS THING.
SO YOU TALK ABOUT FEAR, THAT'S 
BEEN DRIVING SO MUCH OF WHAT WE 
ARE DOING AND HOW WE VOTE AND 
WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE BEHAVE AND
TALK.
BUT WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS, 
THOUGH, THAT ARE ACTUALLY 
CREATING A SITUATION WHERE A 
BROTHER RUNNING INTO A STORE, 
GRABBING THREE PAIRS OF NIKES 
THINKS THAT'S GOING TO IMPROVE 
HIS LIFE?
THERE'S A CONDITION THAT IS 
SOMETHING IN HIS MIND THINKS, 
THIS IS THE WAY I CAN IMPROVE --
AND WE'RE NOT LISTENING TO THAT 
KID.
WE'RE ONLY DISMISSING HIM AS 
SOME KIND OF A THUG.
NO, YOU SHOULDN'T BE ROBBING AND
STEALING.
WE UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THAT.
BUT WE'RE NOT LISTENING AND 
UNDERSTANDING LIKE MLK SAID, THE
CONDITIONS THAT ARE CREATING 
THIS SITUATION AND WE'RE NOT 
HEARING THEM SOMETIMES.
>> THIS FEAR WE'RE DISCUSSING, 
IT'S REAL IN AMERICA.
IT'S NOT JUST PERCEIVED.
IT'S REAL. 
>> IT'S REAL.
IT'S ALSO A FEAR THAT IS ROOTED 
IN NOW HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF 
PRIVILEGE I THINK FOR A LOT OF 
PEOPLE THE FEAR IS A LOSS OF 
STATUS.
I'VE HEARD IN INTERVIEWS PEOPLE 
WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE 
THIS IS ALL GOING, SAY, WE WON'T
KNOW WHO WE ARE.
WE WON'T BE THE SAME COUNTRY.
AND THAT IS TRUE.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN
THIS ELECTION IS TWO VISIONS OF 
AMERICA, OF AMERICAN GREATNESS, 
IF YOU WILL, ONE LOOKS BACKWARDS
TO A TIME WHEN THE COUNTRY WAS 
ROOTED IN MORE TRADITIONAL FAITH
STRUCTURES, WHEN THE COUNTRY WAS
LESS DIVERSE DEMOGRAPHICALLY AND
LESS DIVERSE IN TERMS OF 
OUTLOOKS AND LIFESTYLES AND 
ACCEPTANCE OF DIFFERENCE 
GENERALLY.
AND THE OTHER SIDE IS LOOKING AT
THE AMERICA OF TOMORROW, A 
RISING AMERICA THAT'S VERY, VERY
DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICALLY, 
THAT'S MULTIFAITH AND NONFAITH 
AND THAT IS COMFORTABLE WITH ALL
KINDS OF WAYS OF LIVING.
AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO 
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN IN 
THEIR BELIEF, FROM WHEN IT WAS 
GREAT, THAT'S A SCARY PROSPECT.
THEY WON'T RECOGNIZE THEIR 
COUNTRY AND I THINK THEY'RE 
AFRAID OF IT.
>> THANK YOU.
GO BACK TO PIERRE.
YOU COVER LAW ENFORCEMENT IN 
THIS COUNTRY.
YOU KNOW THE REAL NUMBERS.
THERE MAY BE PERCEIVED FEAR ON 
ONE SIDE, BUT YOU KNOW THE 
STATISTICS, THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT
FEAR REALLY LOOKS LIKE IN OUR 
COUNTRY.
>> EXACTLY, BYRON.
HERE'S THE THING, AT THE END OF 
THE DAY THOSE OF US WHO ARE 
COVERING THESE STORIES AND OUR 
NEWS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TO BE 
BETTER IN TERMS OF SHOWING WHAT 
ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN PORTLAND, YOU 
WOULD THINK BY SOME OF THE 
RHETORIC COMING FROM SOME PLACES
THAT THE ENTIRE CITY OF PORTLAND
WAS ON FIRE WHEN IN FACT MOST OF
THE VIOLENCE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH
A PARTICULAR COURTHOUSE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SO-CALLED 
RIOTS IN SOME OF THESE CITIES, 
NOT TO DOWNPLAY THEM AT ALL, BUT
THEY WERE RELATIVELY CONFINED.
NOT HUGE SWATHS OF THE CITIES.
AND SO PART OF THE JOB -- IT'S A
DIFFICULT JOB, IS TO MAKE SURE 
THAT WE'RE PORTRAYING ACTUAL 
REALITY AND NOT CARICATURES OF 
REALITY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE 
KNOW IS THAT, LOOK, LAW 
ENFORCEMENT BELIEVES THAT THE 
BEST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 
DE-ESCALATE SITUATIONS.
AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT A 
LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE 
EXCELLENT AT WHAT THEY DO, WHO 
WILL LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO 
MR. BLAKE, AND WILL TELL YOU 
THAT HOW THAT WAS HANDLED COULD 
HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER.
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY CLAIM THAT HE 
WAS TASED.
BUT THERE'S -- THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO MAKE SURE HE DOES NOT EVEN 
GET TO THE VEHICLE IF THEY WERE 
CONCERNED THAT HE MIGHT GO FOR A
WEAPON.
AND SO THESE ARE THE KINDS OF 
THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING 
THE BEST JOB IN TERMS OF 
DESCRIBING WHAT ARE THE 
PROTOCOLS, WHAT IS ACTUALLY 
HAPPENS IN SOME OF THESE 
LOCATIONS IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL
VIOLENCE, AND TO PORTRAY 
REALITY.
BECAUSE AS I THINK A NUMBER OF 
YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, THE 
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF PEOPLE 
WHO WERE PROTESTING ARE IN FACT 
PEACEFUL.
AND WE SAW IT IN LAFAYETTE PARK 
HOW A LARGELY PEACEFUL CROWD WAS
BASICALLY MAN HANDLED BY THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN THERE'S 
VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE OF ACTUAL 
VIOLENCE HAPPENING ON THAT 
PARTICULAR DAY.
>> PIERRE, THANK YOU.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE IMAGES OF 
PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS IN 
WASHINGTON, WE SAW THE WIDE SHOT
OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
THOSE IMAGES OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE GATHERED THERE 
PEACEFULLY, I WANT TO BRING IN 
DR. LEE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF 
PUBLIC POLICY AT HARVARD KENNEDY
SCHOOL.
THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH TALK ABOUT 
THE FEAR THAT EXISTS TODAY, BUT 
THERE'S A HISTORY TO THAT IN HOW
ALL SIDES HAVE USED THAT FEAR.
>> WELL, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT ONE THING I WANT TO POINT 
OUT IS THAT THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON AND THE MARCH THAT 
WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW, 
PARTICULARLY THE COMMITMENT TO 
GET YOUR KNEE OF MY NECK, ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING 
HERE IS A REMINDER THAT THIS IS 
ABOUT PROTESTS AND THIS IS ABOUT
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
AND IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN
CONTRAST TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING 
WITH -- WHAT WE SAW WITH THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
OVER THE LAST FOUR NIGHTS.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT WILD 
RECKLESSNESS, LAWLESSNESS AND 
THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT INSTEAD, 
ABOUT BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS.
IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JACOB 
BLAKE, IT'S ABOUT GEORGE 
EMPLOFLOYD, 
BREONNA TAYLOR AND I COULD GO ON
AND ON AND ON.
IT'S ABOUT REMINDING PEOPLE 
ABOUT WHAT'S IN STAKE, NOT JUST 
IN NOVEMBER BUT FAR BEYOND THAT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WE'RE -- THAT WE'RE TRENDING ON.
I THINK THE OTHER THING IS THAT 
FEAR IS A REALLY POWERFUL 
MOTIVATOR.
HUMANITY AND GREATNESS IS A 
MOTIVATOR BUT FEAR IS A POWERFUL
MOTIVATOR THAT BOTH PARTIES HAVE
REALLY TRENDED ON.
1964 WE SEE IT WITH THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
AND CERTAINLY WITH BARRY GOLD 
WATER.
BUT WE SEE IT IN 1968 WITH THE 
PROTESTS IN THE SEATS AT THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
BOTH PARTIES HAVE TRADED ON THIS
IDEA OF FEAR.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW 
THOUGH IS THAT IDEA OF RACIAL 
FEAR IS BEING USED BY THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY IS REMINDING US THAT ALL 
OF THIS CHAOS, ALL OF THIS 
ANARCHY IS TAKING PLACE UNDER 
TRUMP'S AMERICA.
AND SO WE HEARD THAT IN TRUMP'S 
SPEECH WHEN HE TRIED TO RECAST 
THE LAST FOUR YEARS BUT GAVE THE
AMERICAN CARNAGE SPEECH.
SO I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF 
PEOPLE WHO ARE USING FEAR, BUT 
THEY'RE USING IT IN VERY 
DIFFERENT WAYS AND FOR VERY 
DIFFERENT PURPOSES. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE 
PODIUM AND WASHINGTON AND LISTEN
INTO RANDY WIENGARTEN. 
>> THERE IS ROOM FOR ALL OF US 
BUT WE MUST CALL OUT THOSE WHO 
CLING SO TIGHTLY TO THEIR 
PRIVILEGE THAT IS AN OPPOSIRESS 
TOOL AGAINST EQUALITY.
NOVEMBER 3rd IS COMING.
WE NEED TO GET IN GOOD TROUBLE.
WE NEED TO VOTE.
WE NEED TO HAVE HOPE.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL 
SIGN THE BILLS THAT THE HOUSE 
HAS PASSED TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY 
MORE FAIR, MORE JUST, MORE 
EQUAL, THAT IS OUR JOB THIS DAY 
AND EVERY DAY!
THANK YOU!
>> PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN 
FEDERATION -- 
>> ALSO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, NEED 
TO RECOGNIZE THE POSTAL WORKERS 
UNION.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK 
YOU.
>> THAT WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS'
UNION.
LET'S GO BACK TO RACHEL SCOTT.
YOU'VE COVERED A NUMBER OF THESE
DEMONSTRATIONS FROM THE VERY 
BEGINNING.
WHAT'S SIMILAR IN THE SPIRIT 
TODAY, TO THOSE DEMONSTRATIONS 
YOU'VE COVERED THE LAST YEAR?
>> YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY OVER THE
LAST 24 HOURS WHEN WE WERE JUST 
OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE HOURS
AGO, AS THE PRESIDENT ACCEPTED 
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION 
OUTSIDE, YOU WERE HEARING CHANTS
OF VOTE HIM OUT.
AND THE CONSENSUS THAT I AM 
GETTING FROM PROTESTORS AND 
DEMONSTRATORS IN THIS ELECTION 
YEAR IS HOW CRITICAL IT IS FOR 
PEOPLE TO HEAD OUT AND VOTE.
AND HOW THEY WANT TO BE HEARD 
AND THEY FEEL AS IF NOT ONLY THE
PRESIDENT, BUT OTHER LAWMAKERS 
ARE SHUTTING OUT THE CHANGE THEY
NEED TO SEE IN SOCIETY.
GATHERING RIGHT HERE AGAIN, 57 
YEARS AFTER MARTIN LUTHER KING 
JR. STEPPED ON THOSE STEPS RIGHT
THERE BEHIND ME.
RIGHT THERE ON THE LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL AND WE'RE SEEING 
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SHOW UP HERE
TODAY.
I WANT TO TALK TO ONE OF THE 
DEMONSTRATORS THAT IS HERE TODAY
BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO HEARING THE 
SPIRIT OF JOHN LEWIS.
YOU HAVE A SIGN THAT SAYS "GOOD 
TROUBLE" THAT WAS ONE OF HIS 
PHRASES.
THE SPIRIT OF JOHN LEWIS IS HERE
TODAY. 
>> YES.
OH, IT'S DEFINITELY HERE.
WE'RE JUST SO EXCITED TO BE HERE
TO LIVE OUT HIS LEGACY.
IT'S THE THING THAT HE FOUGHT 
FOR FOR 60 YEARS.
EVEN THOUGH I'M DISABLED HOW 
DARE I NOT COME OUT AND BE A 
PART OF THIS TODAY.
WE NEED TO BE TOGETHER.
WHETHER OR NOT IT'S AHMAUD 
AUBREY, THE MAN AND HIS DAUGHTER
WHO WERE DEBT TRYAD TRYING TO G 
AMERICA, IT'S TE TO STAND UP 
AND IT'S TIME TO DO IT NOW. 
>> I'M HEARING THE EMOTION IN 
YOUR VOICE.
I'M WATCHING THE TEARS SWELL IN 
YOUR EYES.
THIS IS PERSONAL. 
>> YES.
I HAVE A SON.
I HAVE TO GIVE HIM THAT TALK.
I HAD TO SIT HIM DOWN TO TELL 
HIM WHAT TO DO IN CASE HE'S BEEN
STOPPED.
HE'S BEEN STOPPED MULTIPLE 
TIMES.
AND EVERY DAY I PRAY THAT GOD 
WOULD PUT A HAND OF PROTECTION 
AROUND HIM.
WE GOT TO VOTE.
WE GOT TO CHANGE THIS COUNTRY 
NOW.
WE CAN DO IT NOW.
BUT EVERYBODY HAS TO TAKE A PART
NOW.
>> WHAT ISSUES ARE MOST 
IMPORTANT TO YOU THIS ELECTION?
I'M HEARING TALKING ABOUT 
ENSURING VOTING RIGHTS, POLICE 
REFORM.
WHAT ISSUES ARE MOST IMPORTANT 
TO YOU?
>> BOTH OF THOSE.
IT'S A MYRIAD OF ISSUES.
HOW CAN YOU JUST HAVE JUST ONE.
WE'VE BEEN OPPRESSED WITH 
EVERYTHING, WITH RACIAL 
INJUSTICE, WITH HOUSING, WITH 
EMPLOYMENT, IT'S ALL OF IT.
SO WE'VE GOT TO TAKE ONE STEP AT
A TIME AND WORK ON ALL OF THEM.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO -- WE'VE GOT
TO DO THE POLICE.
WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT JUST HOW 
THEY POLICE.
EVERYBODY KEEPS SAYING, OH, 
WELL, MORE TRAINING, MORE -- 
WHAT DO WE NEED MORE TRAINING 
FOR?
THEY'VE HAD 400 YEARS OF 
TRAINING.
IT'S TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE. 
>> I'M THINKING OF JOHN LEWIS'S 
LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE.
HE WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE IN 
FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE, THE 
WORDS BLACK LIVES MATTER WERE 
PAINTED AT HIS FEET, RIGHT THERE
IN THAT PLAZA AND HE GAVE A WORD
OF ADVICE, HE SAID KEEP THE HOPE
ALIVE.
FOR SOME DEMONSTRATORS, THAT 
HOPE IS FADING.
IS THE HOPE FADING FOR YOU?
>> OH, NO.
THE HOPE NEVER FADES.
WE ARE STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS
OF PEOPLE OVER 400 YEARS.
THEY NEVER STOPPED.
THEY NEVER GAVE UP HOPE.
AS LONG AS THERE'S A GOD, AS 
LONG AS THERE'S BREATH IN OUR 
LUNGS, WE WILL KEEP FIGHTING.
THE HOPE IS NOT DEAD.
OH, NO, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP 
GOING.
>> ONE LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, 
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT 
HAPPENED HERE IN 1963 WHEN YOU 
THINK ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING 
JR. STANDING ON THE STEPS OF THE
LINCOLN MEMORIAL DELIVERING THAT
SPEECH, A SPEECH THAT DID IN 
MANY WAYS CHANGE THE NATION WITH
THAT ONE SINGLE PHRASE, I HAVE A
DREAM, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO 
CARRY THAT DREAM FORWARD?
HOW DO YOU WANT TO SEE THAT 
DREAM CARRIED FORWARD. 
>> I WANT TO SEE IT BEING 
CARRIED FORWARD IN THE NEXT 
GENERATION.
I'M PROUD OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE 
WHO HAVE TAKEN UP THIS MANTLE.
I'M ENCOURAGED BY THOSE WHO ARE 
PARTICIPATING AND FIGHTING FOR 
GUN VIOLENCE -- YOU KNOW, GUN 
RESTRICTIONS.
I'M JUST EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE 
FOR THEM.
SO THE DREAM IS FOR THEM, IT'S 
FOR US, WE CAN DO AS MUCH AS WE 
CAN, BUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE 
TO TAKE THAT DREAM AND MAKE IT A
REALITY.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT BEFORE 
I CLOSE MY EYES.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS COUNTRY
BEING MORE EQUITABLE FOR 
EVERYONE.
>> AND WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU WANT 
TO SEND TO THE PRESIDENT AND 
LAWMAKERS HERE TODAY?
>> PASS THOSE BILLS.
GET THOSE BILLS OFF YOUR DESK.
PASS THOSE BILLS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP.
HE THINKS THEY CAN HAVE THAT 
LITTLE CONVENTION, HE THINKS 
THEY CAN HAVE THAT LITTLE FIRE 
WORK, NO, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP 
FIGHTING.
PASS THE BILL. 
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU CAN HEAR THE EMOTION, 
RIGHT?
THIS IS SO PERSONAL, THIS IS A 
LIVED EXPERIENCE FOR SO MANY 
THAT ARE GATHERING OUT HERE 
TODAY AND YOU CAN TAKE A WALK 
WITH ME, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE 
CROWD THAT IS GATHERED HERE.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE SEA OF 
PROTESTORS THAT ARE HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE EFFORTS, THE 
SOCIAL DISTANCING RIGHT HERE ON 
THIS PLAZA RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE
LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
TAKE A WALK WITH ME AND YOU WILL
SEE THE LARGE CROWD THAT IS 
GATHERED HERE TODAY, ALL TO SEND
THIS MESSAGE, AND JUST TAKE A 
LOOK OUT HERE.
THIS FACES OF THAT GENERATION 
SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT IS 
CARRYING THIS MANTLE FORWARD, 
THEY ARE NOT THE FIRST TO MARCH,
BUT THEY SAY THEY HAVE FELT THE 
PAIN OF THOSE THAT HAVE COME 
BEFORE THEM AND THEY BRING WITH 
THEM SIGNS.
THEY BRING WITH THEM THEIR 
PERSONAL STORIES, AND THEY BRING
WITH THEM THIS CALL FOR CHANGE.
AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT 
REALLY QUICKLY THE SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE FOR MANY PROMPTED 
ANOTHER SENSE OF URGENCY THAT 
NOW IS THE TIME, THAT CHANGE CAN
NO LONGER BE DELAYED.
AND I KNOW WE HEARD FROM HER AS 
SHE TALKED ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF 
JOHN LEWIS WHO PASSED AWAY, HIS 
SPIRIT IS ALIVE AND PRESENT HERE
TODAY.
SO MANY HERE TRYING TO GET INTO 
SOME GOOD TROUBLE HERE TODAY, 
GUYS.
>> RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.
THAT WOMAN YOU TALKED TO, THAT 
WASN'T AN INTERVIEW, THAT WAS A 
SERMON.
A SERMON FROM THE HEART OF HOPE 
AND HEARTBREAK.
THEY'RE PLAYING IN WASHINGTON A 
VIDEOTAPE FROM KAMALA HARRIS.
LET'S LISTEN INTO THAT.
>> IS WHAT SHOOK LOSE OSE THE 
ACTIVIST INSIDE OF HIM.
THE SAME JOURNEY THAT COUNTLESS 
YOUNG LEADERS ARE BUILDING UPON 
AS WE SPEAK.
AS JOHN PUT IT, EMMETT TILL WAS 
MY GEORGE FLOYD, SANDRA BLAND 
AND BREONNA TAYLOR.
THE ROAD AHEAD IS NOT GOING TO 
BE EASY.
BUT IF WE WORK TOGETHER TO 
CHALLENGE EVERY INSTINCT OUR 
NATION HAS TO RETURN TO THE 
STATUS QUO AND COMBINE THE 
WISDOM OF LONGTIME WARRIORS FOR 
JUSTICE WITH THE CREATIVE ENERGY
OF THE YOUNG LEADERS TODAY, WE 
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE 
HISTORY RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT 
NOW.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 
INVITING ME TO CELEBRATE WITH 
YOU.
LET'S MARCH ON IN THE NAME OF 
OUR ANCESTORS AND IN THE NAME OF
OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
THANK YOU.
>> KAMALA HARRIS THERE ON VIDEO 
SPEAKING TO THE DEMONSTRATORS IN
WASHINGTON.
WE WILL CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE 
AFTER THIS BREAK.
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>> WE HAVE THE POWER TO 
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IN. 
>> I THINK WE'RE AT A TIPPING 
POINT. 
>> NOW SEE FOR YOURSELF WHY THIS
DOCUMENTARY IS MORE POWERFUL, 
MORE EMOTIONAL. 
>> ALL OF THE SPEECHES THAT HE 
EVER MADE CAME TOGETHER IN THAT 
ONE MOMENT. 
>> MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. 
>> THIS IS IT.
AND I WENT FOR IT. 
>> THE 2020 EVENT, MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON, TONIGHT AT 9/8 
CENTRAL ON ABC. 
>> THANK YOU TO THE DOCTORS, 
NURSES, HEALTH CARE 
PROFESSIONALS AND FIRST 
RESPONDERS. 
>> THANK YOU TO EVERYONE KEEPING
OUR SUPERMARKETS, PHARMACIES, 
GAS STATIONS RUNNING. 
>> THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE 
ESSENTIAL WORKERS FOR ALL THAT 
YOU DO.
>> THANK YOU. 
>> WE THANK YOU. 
>> WE THANK YOU. 
>> WE THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> FOR ALL YOU DO. 
>> AND WITH EVERY CHALLENGE, 
QUESTION, CONCERN, WE'LL BE HERE
FOR YOU EVERY DAY. 
>> EVERY DAY.
>> EVERY DAY. 
>> BECAUSE WE WILL GET THROUGH 
THIS TOGETHER.
>> THE DISLODGING STRUCTURAL 
RACISM THAT INFECTS EVERY 
INSTITUTION IN AMERICAN LIFE IS 
NOT NEGOTIABLE, THAT EQUITABLY 
FUNDING ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS SO 
ALL OF OUR CHILDREN CAN LEARN 
AND PROVIDING THEM WITH 
COMPUTERS AND BROAD BAND 
CONNECTIVITY SO THEY CAN LIVE 
AND THRIVE IS NOT NEGOTIABLE.
THAT A FAIR AND ACCURATE CENSUS 
SO THAT ALL OF US ARE COUNTED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION
IS NOT IN 2020 NEGOTIABLE.
THAT ELIMINATING THE STRUCTURAL 
AND SHAMEFUL IMPACT OF COVID-19 
IN 2020 IS NOT NEGOTIABLE.
THAT REFORMING POLICE, BOTH 
POLICE POLICIES AND POLICE 
CULTURE AND REALLOCATING FUNDING
TO SUMMER JOBS FOR YOUTH, TO 
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, TO 
HOMELESS SERVICES AND TO END THE
VIOLENCE AGAINST OUR BLACK MAN 
IS NOT NEGOTIABLE.
HANDS UP.
I CAN'T BREATHE.
HANDS UP.
DON'T SHOOT.
IN 1963 WHEN THEY GATHERED ON 
THIS SITE, BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THEY 
GATHERED, THAT GREAT CIVIL 
RIGHTS LEADER MEDGAR EVERS WAS 
ASSASSINATED ON THE FRONT LAWN 
OF HIS HOME IN JACKSON, 
MISSISSIPPI.
AT THAT TIME THEY WERE FIGHTING 
A POLL TAX, A LITERACY TAX, A 
LIT RI
LITERACY TEST, I SHOULD SAY, 
THAT DID EVERYTHING TO PREVENT 
US FROM VOTING.
IN 2020 WE COME HERE WHEN THE 
VERY SUCCESS OF 1963, THE VOTING
RIGHTS ACT, HAS BEEN GUTTED BY 
THE SUPREME COURT.
WE COME IN 2020 WHERE JACOB 
BLAKE AND GEORGE FLOYD AND ERIC 
GARNER AND TAMIR RICE, AND 
TRAYVON MARTIN, AND SANDRA BLAND
AND TOO MANY BLACK MEN AND 
WOMEN, BREONNA TAYLOR, HAVE DIED
OR BEEN DISABLED AT THE HANDS OF
THE POLICE.
SO WE'RE HERE TO MAKE SOME 
DEMANDS.
NUMBER ONE, WHERE HE WANT THE 
GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING
ACT TO PASS NOW.
NOT TOMORROW.
NOT NEXT WEEK.
NOT NEXT YEAR.
SAY IT.
PASS THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE 
AND POLICING ACT!
NUMBER TWO, WE WANT TO PASS THE 
H.E.R.O.S. ACT.
NUMBER THREE, WE WANT TO PASS 
THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS 
ADVANCEMENT ACT, AND NUMBER 
FOUR, WE WANT TO PASS HR-40 TO 
LOOK AT REPARATIONS IN THIS 
COUNTRY.
NOVEMBER 3rd -- 
>> LISTENING TO THE PRESIDENT OF
THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE, 
FORMER MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK NOW TO 
THE GROUNDS.
WE CAN SEE THE CROWD AS GROWN 
BEHIND YOU IN THE PAST HOUR.
>> Reporter: YEAH, THEY HAVE 
GROWN.
THERE ARE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE 
COMING IN AND THEY'RE WALKING 
AROUND, TRYING TO SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO PAN OVER AS WE TALK 
ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE STAYING 
SAFE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS 
PANDEMIC.
YOU SEE, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO 
STAY ON THE PERIPHERY AND 
THEY'RE STAYING WITH THEIR 
GROUPS, THE GROUPS THEY CAME 
WITH, WHETHER THEY CAME WITH 
FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS, THEY'RE
STAYING IN THOSE CLOSE GROUPS.
YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE 
ALSO WEARING MASKS AND THAT'S 
SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN REQUIRED 
BY THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT.
AND SO YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE 
WEARING MASKS.
YOU SEE ORGANIZERS WHO ARE 
WALKING AROUND HOLDING SIGNS 
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE NOT ONLY TO 
SOCIALLY DISTANCE, NOT ONLY TO 
WEAR A MASK, BUT ALSO TO USE 
HAND SANITIZERS.
ANOTHER THING WE JUST NOTICED, 
IF YOU SAW IN THE CROWD SOME 
PEOPLE HAVE SOME GREEN 
WRISTBANDS AND WE WERE WONDERING
WHAT THAT WAS.
WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IF YOU CAME
IN OFFICIALLY THROUGH ONE OF THE
OFFICIAL ENTRANCES, THAT YOU HAD
YOUR TEMPERATURE CHECKED.
AND IF YOU WERE CLEARED, THEN 
YOU HAVE A GREEN WRISTBAND.
THAT'S ANOTHER WAY IN WHICH 
THESE ORGANIZERS ARE TRYING AS 
MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AS WE'RE IN 
THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC 
TO MAKE SURE THIS IS AS SAFE AS 
IT POSSIBLE COULD BE.
PEOPLE HERE ARE FRUSTRATED.
IN 1963, DR. KING AND THE CIVIL 
RIGHTS ACTIVISTS WERE CALLING 
FOR VOTING RIGHTS, THEY WERE 
CALLING FOR A CHANGE, THAT THEY 
WERE CALLING FOR RACIAL 
EQUALITY, THEY WERE CALLING FOR 
A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE STILL
FIGHTING FOR TODAY, ACCORDING TO
THESE PROTESTORS.
THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR JOBS.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT VOTER 
SUPPRESSION, THEY'RE STILL 
TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THE 
THINGS THAT THEY FEEL THEIR 
FATHERS, THEIR GREAT GRADE 
FATHERS HAD FOUGHT FOR THEM BACK
IN THE 1960s.
ONE THING ORGANIZERS ARE MAKING 
SURE TO DO IS TO REMIND PEOPLE, 
YES, IT'S GREAT TO BE OUT HERE 
ON THE NATIONAL MALL LISTENING 
TO THESE SPEAKERS AND CHANTING 
AND SCREAMING AND ALL OF THAT, 
IT'S ALL GREAT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IN 
NOVEMBER, YOU NEED TO HEAD TO 
THE BALLOT BOX AND MAKE A CHANGE
BY SELECTING THE CANDIDATE WHO 
COULD MOVE THIS MESSAGE FORWARD.
WE TALKED TO FAMILIES HERE WHO 
SAY THAT IT'S DISHEARTENING FOR 
THEM TO BE HERE CONSIDERING THAT
WE'RE IN THE YEAR 2020.
AND SO THEY'RE HOPING THAT THEIR
CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A 
FUTURE WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO 
FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO BE ON THE
NATIONAL MALL FIGHTING THE SAME 
FIGHT THAT CIVIL RIGHTS 
ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING 
SINCE THE '60s AND FOR BLACK 
PEOPLE REALLY FIGHTING FOR YEARS
AND YEARS HERE IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> FAITH ABUBEY, THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE 
PODIUM NOW WHERE MARTIN LUTHER 
KING III IS ABOUT TO ADDRESS THE
AUDIENCE. 
>> I WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM THE 
FUTURE OF OUR NATION.
THE ONLY GRANDDAUGHTER OF MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. AND CORETTA 
SCOTT KING.
YOLANDA RENAE KING.
>> SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT
TWO YEARS AT THE MARCH FOR OUR 
LIVES I SAID, SPREAD THE WORD!
HAVE YOU HEARD ALL ACROSS THE 
NATION WE ARE GOING TO BE A 
GREAT GENERATION!
THAT WAS IN 2018.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HIT US 
IN 2020!
A PANDEMIC THAT SHUT OUR SCHOOLS
AND PUT OUR YOUNG LIVES ON HOLD,
MORE KILLINGS OF UNARMED BLACK 
PEOPLE BY POLICE!
ATTACKS ON OUR RIGHT TO VOTE!
THE WORSE ECONOMIC CRISIS SINCE 
THE GREAT DEPRESSION THAT WE 
LEARNED ABOUT IN SCHOOL!
AND MORE EXTREME WEATHER THAN 
EVER BEFORE!
BUT GREAT CHALLENGES PRODUCE 
GREAT LEADERS!
WE HAVE MASTERED THE SELFIE AND 
TIKTOKS.
NOW WE MUST MASTER OURSELVES.
LESS THAN A YEAR BEFORE HE WAS 
ASSASSINATED, MY GRANDDAUGHTER 
PREDICTED THIS VERY MOMENT, HE 
SAID WE WERE MOVING INTO A NEW 
PHASE OF THE STRUGGLE.
THE FIRST PHASE WAS THE CIVIL 
RIGHTS AND THE NEW PHASE IS 
EQUALITY.
IT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY AND 
WHY PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER 
ALL ACROSS THE WORLD, FROM NEW 
ZEALAND TO NEW JERSEY.
HE SAID THAT WE MUST NOT FORGET 
THE DAYS OF MONTGOMERY, WE MUST 
NOT FORGET THE SIT-IN MOVEMENTS,
WE MUST NOT FORGET THE FREEDOM 
RIDES, THE BIRMINGHAM MOVEMENT 
AND SELMA.
PAPA KING, WE WON'T!
MY GENERATION HAS ALREADY TAKEN 
TO THE STREETS PEACEFULLY AND 
WITH MASKS AND SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED TO PROTEST RACISM.
AND I WANT TO ASK THE YOUNG 
PEOPLE HERE TO JOIN ME IN 
PLEDGING THAT WE HAVE ONLY JUST 
BEGUN TO FIGHT AND THAT WE WILL 
BE THE GENERATION THAT MOVES 
FROM ME TO WE!
WE ARE GOING TO BE THE 
GENERATION THAT DISMANTLES 
SYSTEMIC RACISM ONCE AND FOR 
ALL, NOW AND FOREVER!
WE'RE GOING TO BE THE GENERATION
THAT CALLS A HALT TO POLICE 
BRUTALITY AND GUN VIOLENCE ONCE 
AND FOR ALL NOW AND FOREVER!
WE'RE GOING TO BE THE GENERATION
THAT PRESERVES CLIMATE CHANGE 
AND SAVES OUR PLANET!
ONCE AND FOR ALL NOW AND 
FOREVER!
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE THE 
GENERATION THAT ENDS POVERTY 
HERE IN AMERICA!
THE WEALTHIEST NATION ON EARTH!
ONCE AND FOR ALL, NOW AND 
FOREVER!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
 WE STAND AND MARCH FOR LOVE AND
WE WILL FULFILL MY GRANDFATHER'S
DREAM.
SHOW ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE, THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY 
LOOKS LIKE.
SHOW ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE.
THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE.
SHOW ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
>> THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE.
OKAY.
LET'S SHOW THEM!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> A PROUD DAD.
LET ME THANK GOD THAT WE'VE BEEN
ABLE TO ASSEMBLE TODAY AND THANK
REVEREND SHARPTON AND THE 
NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK IN ALL 
OF THE CONVENERS THAT ACTUALLY 
ARE HERE TODAY AND MOST OF ALL 
THESE FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN 
IMPACTED BY POLICE BRUTALLY AND 
MISCONDUCT.
SO WE'VE COME TO BEAR WITNESS, 
TO REMAIN AWAKE, TO REMEMBER 
FROM WHERE WE'VE COME AND TO 
CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHERE WE'RE 
GOING, WHETHER YOU'RE HERE IN 
PERSON ONLINE OR WATCHING ON MS 
NBC AND OTHER NETWORKS, THANK 
YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS 
MARCH ON WASHINGTON.
TOGETHER WE'RE TAKING A STAND 
AND WE'RE TAKING A GIANT STEP 
FORWARD.
LET ME ALSO THANK AL GREEN FOR 
THE VERY WARM INTRODUCTION, MY 
DEAR FRIEND.
WE'RE TAKING A STEP FORWARD ON 
AMERICA'S ROCKY BUT RIGHTEOUS 
JOURNEY TOWARDS JUSTICE.
AUGUST 28th IS THE DAY TO 
REMEMBER THE TRIUMPHS AND 
TRAGEDIES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE 
IN OUR HISTORIC STRUGGLE FOR 
RACIAL JUSTICE.
TODAY WE COMMEMORATE THE MARCH 
ON WASHINGTON TO JOBS AND 
FREEDOM IN 1963 WHERE MY FATHER 
DECLARED HIS DREAM.
BUT WE MUST NEVER FORGET THE 
AMERICAN NIGHTMARE OF RACIST 
VIOLENCE EXESHOWN WHEN EMMA TIL 
WAS KILLED ON THIS DAY AND THE 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FAILED 
TO CONVICT HIS KILLERS.
65 YEARS LATER, WE STILL 
STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE, 
DEMILITARIZING THE POLICE, 
MISMANTLING MASS INCARCERATION 
AND DETERMINING THAT BLACK LIVES
MATTER.
IN OUR STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE, 
THERE ARE NO PERMANENT 
VICTORIES.
FOR ON THIS DAY, 12 YEARS AGO, I
WAS HONORED TO ADDRESS THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 
IN DENVER.
AND ON THAT NIGHT, THE EVENING, 
IN THE MILE-HIGH CITY, OUR 
SPIRITS WERE SOARING AS THE 
DEMOCRATS NOMINATED BARACK OBAMA
WHO WOULD GO ONTO BECOME THE 
FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT
OF THESE UNITED STATES.
BUT THE PROGRESS WE CELEBRATED 
THEN IS IN PERIL YET AGAIN AND 
NOW WE MUST MARCH TO THE BALLOT 
BOX AND THE MAILBOXES TO DEFEND 
THE FREEDOMS THAT EARLIER 
GENERATIONS WORKED SO HARD TO 
WIN.
IN SO MANY WAYS WE STAND 
TOGETHER TODAY IN THE SYMBOLIC 
SHADOW OF HISTORY.
BUT WE ARE MAKING HISTORY 
TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE MARCHING WITH THE LARGEST 
AND MOST ACTIVE, 
MULTIGENERATIONAL, MULTIRACIAL 
MOVEMENT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS SINCE 
THE 1960s.
FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO 
SENIOR CITIZENS, BLACK AS WELL 
AS WHITE, LATINO, 
ASIAN-AMERICAN, NATIVE AMERICAN,
PACIFIC ISLANDERS, AMERICANS ARE
MARCHING TOGETHER, MANY FOR THE 
FIRST TIME, AND WE'RE DEMANDING 
REAL LASTING STRUCTURAL CHANGE.
WE'RE MARCHING TOGETHER FOR 
TIME-HONORED GOALS AND IN TIMELY
WAYS.
WE'RE COURAGEOUS BUT CONSCIOUS 
OF OUR HEALTH.
WE'RE SOCIALLY DISTANT BUT 
SPIRITUALLY UNITED.
WE'RE MAKING MASKING OUR 
FACIFACES 
BUT NOT OUR FAITH TO FREEDOM.
AND WE'RE TAKING OUR STRUGGLE TO
THE STREETS AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
THE NATION HAS NEVER SEEN SUCH A
MIGHTY MOVE OF WHAT MY FATHER 
CALLED THE COALITION OF 
CONSCIOUS.
IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PURPOSE 
AND PASSION, WE WILL COMPLETE 
THE WORK SO BOLDLY BEGAN IN THE 
1960s.
WE'RE MARCHING TO OVERCOME WHAT 
MY FATHER CALLED WERE THE TRIPLE
EVILS OF POVERTY, RACISM AND 
VIOLENCE, AND TODAY THOSE EVILS 
HAVE EXACERBATED FOUR MAJOR 
CHALLENGES THAT CURRENTLY FACE 
OUR COUNTRY.
FIRST COVID-19 TRAGICALLY HAS 
KILLED MORE THAN 175,000 
AMERICANS.
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN, LATINO, AND 
LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND EVERY 
BACKGROUND.
SECOND, MORE THAN 30 MILLION 
AMERICANS ARE UNEMPLOYED AGAIN, 
DISPROPORTIONATELY, PEOPLE OF 
COLOR.
COVID-19 HAS LAID BEAR THE 
STRUCTURAL AND RACIAL 
INEQUALITIES IN OUR ECONOMY THAT
KEPT TOO MANY PEOPLE TRAPPED IN 
THE DEBT AND POVERTY.
THIRD, POLICE BRUTALITY AND GUN 
VIOLENCE ARE KILLING SO MANY 
UNARMED AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
TODAY WE MARCH WITH THEIR 
FAMILIES AND WE SAY THEIR NAMES.
GEORGE FLOYD.
BREONNA TAYLOR, ERIC GARNER, 
MICHAEL BROWN, TAMIR RICE, 
TRAYVON MARTIN, AHMAUD AUBREY, 
ELIJAH McCLAIN AND SO MANY 
OTHERS.
AND FOURTH, OUR VOTING RIGHTS 
ARE UNDER ATTACK.
WE MUST VIGOROUSLY DEFEND OUR 
RIGHT TO VOTE BECAUSE THOSE 
RIGHTS WERE PAID FOR WITH THE 
BLOOD OF THOSE LYNCHED FOR 
SEEKING TO EXERCISE THEIR 
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
THEY WERE PAID FOR WITH THE 
BLOOD OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS 
SUCH AS SAMMY YOUNG JR., JANET 
LEE JACKSON, JAMES REED, THOSE 
RIGHTS WERE PAID FOR THROUGH THE
SACRIFICES MADE BY HEROES SUCH 
AS C.T. VIVIAN, JOSE WILLIAMS 
AND JOHN LEWIS.
BUT SINCE THE UNITED STATES 
SENATE HAS FAILED TO RENEW THE 
VOTING RIGHTS ACT, WE HAVE HAD 
TO OVERCOME A WHOLE NEW TRICK 
BAGS OF TACTICS TO SUPPRESS OUR 
VOTES.
DISCRIMINATORY VOTER I.D. 
REQUIREMENTS, CUT BACKS IN EARLY
VOTING AND VOTE BY MAIL, VOTER 
PURGES TARGETING THOSE WHO HAVE 
MISSED SEVERAL ELECTIONS AND 
DISENFRANCHISING THOSE WHO HAVE 
SERVED THEIR TIME AND PAID THEIR
DEBT TO SOCIETY.
AND NOW COVID-19 IS MAKING ITS 
DANGEROUS, EVEN DEADLY, TO STAND
IN LINE AS POLLING PLACES.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO RISK OUR 
LIVES TO CAST OUR VOTES.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES, VOTE 
SAFELY BY MAIL.
BUT NOW WE'RE STRUGGLING TO 
OVERCOME THE DISMANTLING OF THE 
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE FOR THE 
EXPRESS PURPOSE OF SUPPRESSING 
OUR VOTE.
WITH ALL OF THESE THREATS TO OUR
LIVES AND LIBERTIES, OUR 
CHALLENGE IS TO USE THIS MOMENT 
TO EXPAND THIS MOVEMENT, A 
MOVEMENT THAT NOT ONLY RAISES 
ITS VOICE, BUT CASTS ITS VOTES, 
PURSUES ITS VISION AND MAKES 
LASTING CHANGE.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, WHERE 
THERE'S NO VISION, THE PEOPLE 
PARI
PERISH.
WE MUST NEVER FORGET THAT IS THE
BELOVED COMMUNITY.
WITH THOSE WORDS, MY FATHER, 
JOHN LEWIS, ELLA BAKER AND SO 
MANY OTHER HISTORIC WOMEN AND 
MEN IN AMERICA WHOSE DRAMATIC 
PRACTICE IS AS GOOD AS ITS 
PROGRESS.
AND RACISM AND VIOLENCE WILL BE 
REPLACED BY PEACE, JUSTICE AND 
SHARED ABUNDANCE.
AND WHERE HATE AND FEAR GIVE WAY
TO HELP AND LOVE.
TO ACHIEVE THAT AMERICA, WE NEED
TO RAISE OUR VOICES AND CAST OUR
VOTES.
OVER THE WEEKS AHEAD, 
CULMINATING ON ELECTION DAY, WE 
NEED TO VOTE AS IF OUR LIVES AND
OUR LIVELIHOODS, OUR LIBERTIES 
DEPEND ON IT BECAUSE THEY DO.
NO PERSON, NO PEOPLE, ARE MORE 
KEENLY AWARE OF THE RISK OF 
DISENFRANCHISEMENT THAN THOSE 
WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM IT.
THERE'S A KNEE UPON THE NECK OF 
DEMOCRACY AND OUR NATION CAN 
ONLY LIVE SO LONG WITHOUT THE 
OXYGEN OF FREEDOM.
THE STRENGTH MUST BE EXERCISED 
BY MORE THAN RHETORIC AND MORE 
THAN MARCHING.
THE SIMPLE CHALLENGE BEFORE US 
IS THAT EVERYONE CAN CAST A 
BALLOT AND EVERYONE WHO CAN, 
MUST CAST A BALLOT.
AND THAT BALLOT THAT IS CAST, 
MUST BE COUNTED.
AND THE RESULTS MUST BE 
TRANSPARENT AND KNOWN TO THE 
WHOLE WORLD.
TODAY I CAN CALL ON EVERYONE 
WITH THE MEANS TO DRIVE PEOPLE 
TO THE POLLS.
TO MAKE A PLAN FOR YOURSELF, FOR
YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR NEIGHBOR, 
FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND 
COMPANIES THAT CARE ABOUT 
DEMOCRACY, I CALL ON YOU TODAY 
TO OFFER YOUR RESOURCES AND YOUR
CAPACITY TO MAKE SURE EVERY 
BALLOT IS COUNTED.
IF OUR FORE FATHERS WERE WILLING
TO DIE FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE, WE
CAN WORK FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE 
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO CALL ON 
YOU TO ACT IN THE COMING DAYS.
YOU KNOW MY FATHER WAS 
ASSASSINATED IN MEMPHIS, 
TENNESSEE, WHILE STANDING IN 
SOLDIER WITH POOR WORKING 
PEOPLE.
SANITATION WORKERS WHO SLOGANS 
"I AM A MAN" WAS A STATEMENT 
THAT THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS, 
WITH RIGHTS THAT SHOULD BE 
RESPECTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED.
THEY WERE ASKING FOR SAFE 
WORKING CONDITIONS, A LIVING 
WAGE AND DIGNITY.
THEY SUMMED UP THEIR STRUGGLE 
WITH THOSE FOUR WORDS, "I AM A 
MAN."
IT IMPAIRS MOVEMENTS FOR TODAY.
MOVEMENTS OF MARGINALIZED 
AMERICANS ARE STILL TRYING TO 
CLAIM THE DIGNITY THEY'VE BEEN 
DENIED.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., VOTE FOR
THE DIGNITY OF WORK, AND THAT 
FIGHT IS NEVER-ENDING.
IN 1963, THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
DEMANDED JOBS AND FREEDOMS.
IN 1968, THE MEMPHIS SANITATION 
STRIKE WORKERS DEMANDED AND THE 
POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN INSISTED 
THAT WORKING PEOPLE SHOULD NOT 
LIVE IN POVERTY.
THOSE FIGHTS FORESHADOW OUR 
STRUGGLE TODAY TO MAKE THE 
MINIMUM WAGE A LIVING WAGE, NOT 
A POVERTY WAGE.
AND WE'RE FIGHTING ALONG THE 
FRONTLINE WORKERS, SANITATION 
WORKERS, HEALTH CARE WORKERS, 
GROCERY WORKERS, TRANSPORT 
WORKERS, FOOD SERVICE WORKERS 
AND SO MANY MORE.
THEY'RE PRAISED FOR BEING 
ESSENTIAL, BUT THEY ARE TREATED 
AS IF THEY'RE EXPENDABLE.
WHILE STANDING WITH SANITATION 
WORKERS IN MEMPHIS, DAD SAID, SO
OFTEN WE OVERLOOK THE WORK OF 
THOSE WHO ARE NOT THE IN 
PROFESSIONAL JOBS, IN THE BIG 
JOBS, BUT LET ME SAY TO YOU 
TONIGHT, THAT WHEREVER -- 
WHENEVER YOU'RE ENGAGED IN WORK 
THAT SERVES HUMANITY AND IS FOR 
THE BUILDING OF HUMANITY, IT HAS
DIGNITY AND WORTH.
NOW WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO 
CONFESSES GREATNESS WITH 
GRANDIOSITY.
BUT MY FATHER KNEW BETTER.
EVERYONE, HE SAID, CAN BE GREAT 
BECAUSE EVERYONE CAN SERVE.
HE UNDERSTOOD THE HUMAN YEARNING
FOR RECOGNITION AND IN HIS 
FAMOUS SPEECH HE EXPLAINED THAT 
EVERYONE WANTS TO BE A DRUM 
MAJOR, THE LEADER OF THE 
MARCHING BAND, AND HE CHALLENGED
US TO CHANNEL OUR INSTINCT.
WHILE WE HONOR OUR HISTORY, WE 
MUST BE A LIVING MOVEMENT, NOT A
MONUMENT.
IF DAD WERE HERE TODAY, I'M SURE
HE WOULD IMPLORE US NOT TO -- HE
WOULD WANT US TO BE DRAMA MAJORS
FOR JUSTICE, TO CHAMPION THE 
IDEALS HE PROMOTED, RACIAL 
JUSTICE, SOCIAL EQUALITY AND 
PEACE AND HE WOULD GENTLY AND 
INTENTLY CHALLENGE US NOT TO 
DWELL ON THE PAST.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SAVIOR, 
GET UP AND FIND A MIRROR.
WE MUST BECOME THE HEROES OF THE
HISTORY WE'RE MAKING.
AND US MEANS ALL OF US.
IN 1963 AFTER MY FATHER SPOKE, 
ARCHITECT FOR THE MARCH ASKED 
THE PARTICIPATES TO JOIN IN 
DEMANDING THAT CONGRESS PASS 
STRONG CIVIL RIGHTS AND VOTING 
RIGHTS LAWS.
MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY LATER, 
WE MUST DEMAND THAT THE UNITED 
STATES SENATE STOP BLOCKING 
PASSAGE OF THE GEORGE FLOYD 
JUSTICE AND POLICING ACT.
AND THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS
RESTORATION ACT.
AND SO WHEN WE CONCLUDE TODAY, 
LET'S REMEMBER THAT -- REMEMBER 
THAT THIS IS THE COMMITMENT 
MARCH IN THE SPIRIT OF 1963.
I ASK YOU TO JOIN ME IN PLEDGING
TO ACT IN THREE WAYS.
FIRST, BECAUSE OUR CIVIL HUMAN 
RIGHTS ARE AT STAKE, I ASK YOU 
TO NOT ONLY TO REGISTER TO VOTE,
MAKE SURE AT LEAST ONE OTHER 
PERSON REGISTERS AND VOTES.
SECOND, I ASK YOU TO COMMIT TO 
SERVICE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, FROM 
VOTER REGISTRATION, TO RAISING 
THE MINIMUM WAGE, TO 
DEMILITARIZING THE POLICE.
GET INVOLVED WITH ONE OR MORE OF
MANY WORTHWHILE STRUGGLES IN 
YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND THIRD, I ASK YOU TO PLEDGE 
AS MY FATHER AND JOHN LEWIS DID,
TO GET INTO GOOD TROUBLE AND DO 
IT NONVIOLENTLY.
REMEMBER THAT IN THE FIGHT 
AGAINST INJUSTICE, NONVIOLENCE 
DOESN'T MEAN PASSIVE ACCEPTANCE.
IT MEANS PEACEFUL RESISTANCE.
WE MUST COME TOGETHER AND JOIN 
THE BLACK LIVES MOVEMENT, TO 
RAISE OUR VOICES AND SAY ENOUGH 
IS ENOUGH!
WE MUST COME WITH THE POOR 
PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN, THE CLIMATE 
CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
MOVEMENT, THE WOMEN'S MARCH AND 
ME TOO MOVEMENT, THE PARKLAND 
STUDENTS AND MARCH FOR OUR -- 
MARCH FOR OUR LIVES, AND SAY 
ENOUGH IS
MARTIN LOOULTER KING JR. FAY 
LAOSLY SAID THE MORAL ARC IS 
TORZ JUSTICE BUT HE WAS THE 
FIRST TO SAY THAT IT DOESN'T 
BEING ON ITS OWN.
WE MUST DO SOME WORK OURSELVES.
IN THE FINAL YEAR HE WROTE IN 
HIS LAST BOOK WHERE DO WE GO 
FROM HERE?
CHAOS OR COMMUNITY?
MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND DEAR
FRIENDS, IN THIS DEFINING MOMENT
FOR OUR HISTORY AND OUR COUNTRY 
WE MUST ANSWER DR. KING'S 
QUESTION.
WILL OUR ANSWER BE CHAOS OR 
COMMUNITY?
I BELIEVE SOME HAVE CHOSEN THE 
ANSWER WITH CHAOS, INCLUDING THE
CURRENT OCCUPANT IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE TODAY.
BUT WE WHO BELIEVE MUST CHOOSE 
COMMUNITY BECAUSE IF WE CHOOSE 
COMMUNITY WE CAN AVOID WATCHING 
THE DREAM TURN INTO A PERMANENT 
NIGHTMARE.
IF WE CHOOSE COMMUNITY, 50 YEARS
FROM NOW PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT WE
WERE ABLE TO REDEEM THE SOUL OF 
AMERICA AND BEGAN TO FULFILL THE
PROMISE OF DEMOCRACY BY 
SYSTEMATICALLY ELIMINATING 
SYSTEMIC RACISM AND 
EXPLOITATION.
MY FRIENDS, IF WE CHOOSE 
COMMUNITY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO 
ANSWER IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO THE
SCRIPTURE HERE COMES THAT 
DREAMER, COME, LET'S SLAY HIM, 
AND WE SHALL SEE WHAT WILL 
BECOME OF HIS DREAM.
FINALLY THIS AFTERNOON, I WANT 
TO SAY TO YOU NOT ONLY DO I COME
AS A PROTESTER, BUT I COME AS A 
VICTIM.
MY DADDY WAS KILLED WHEN I WAS 
10 YEARS OLD, GUNNED DOWN.
YOU KNOW THAT, BY AN ASSASSIN'S 
BULLET.
SOME OF YOU KNOW BUT MAY NOT 
KNOW SIX YEARS LATER MY DADDY'S 
MOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER, WAS 
GUNNED DOWN IN THE CHURCH WHILE 
PLAYING THE LORD'S PRAYER.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO
LOSE A LOVED ONE.
BUT I'M SO THANKFUL THAT MY 
GRANDFATHER AND MY MOTHER AND MY
AUNTS AND UNCLES TAUGHT ME ABOUT
LOVE BECAUSE GRANDDADDY USED TO 
SAY I REFUSE TO ALLOW ANY PERSON
TO REDUCE ME TO HATRED.
THE MAN THAT KILLED MY LOVELY 
WIFE AND THE MAN THAT KILLED MY 
SON.
I REFUSE TO ALLOW THEM EVEN TO 
REDUCE ME TO HATRED.
I LOVE EVERYBODY.
I'M EVERY MAN'S BROTHER.
IF WE'RE GOING TO RESOLVE THESE 
ISSUES IN AMERICA, WE HAVE TO 
COME TOGETHER.
THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT IN 
THAT SERMON LEVELS OF LOVE.
HE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THEM.
I'M ONLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
HIGHEST LEVEL OF LOVE
THAT LOVE THAT SEEKS NOTHING IN 
RETURN.
THAT LOVE THAT IS TOTALLY 
UNSELFISH.
IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE, IF YOU LOVE
SOMEONE, YOU LOVE THEM IF 
THEY'RE OLD.
YOU LOVE THEM IF THEY'RE BLACK 
OR WHITE, IF THEY'RE NATIVE 
AMERICAN OR HISPANIC AMERICAN, 
YOU LOVE THEM IF THEY'RE 
AFRICAN, IF THEY'RE ASIAN, YOU 
LOVE THEM BECAUSE YOU KNOW GOD 
CALLS TO YOU DO THAT.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO RESOLVE 
ALL OF THESE CONFLICTS AND 
CRISISES IN AMERICA WE HAVE TO 
FIND A WAY TO DO IT IN LOVE.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
AND LET'S KEEP ON KEEPING ON.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON.
I WISH I COULD BE THERE WITH YOU
TODAY AS REVEREND AL SHARPTON IS
MY COLLEAGUE, MY FRIEND, MY OFF 
THE RECORD PASTOR, AND MY BIG 
BROTHER.
>>> WE HEARD EARLIER FROM MARTIN
LUTHER KING III USING SOME OF 
HIS FATHER'S WORDS FROM 57 YEARS
AGO.
TODAY WE'RE SEEING THE GATHERING
OF BOTH PROTESTS IN THE SPIRIT 
OF THE CHURCH AND SONG WILL HEAR
A SONG BY BEBE BYNANS AND FROM 
REVEREND AL SHARPTON.
HEAD OF THE NATIONAL ACTION 
NETWORK.
T.J. HOLMES JOINS ME HERE ON THE
SET.
IT HAS BEEN A MOVING DAY.
WE'VE HEARD SADNESS, 
FRUSTRATION, ANGER, THE CALL 
LIKE IN 1963, THE CALL TODAY WE 
WANT CHANGE NOW.
>> BEAND WE ARE JUX TO POTAPOSI 
WITH A WEEK OF RNC.
NOT NECESSARILY A MESSAGE OF 
UNITY OR EVEN HOPE, SOME WOULD 
ARGUE.
AND, YES, AS YOU SAID, TALKING 
ABOUT THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, 
WITH THE GEORGE FLOYD, THE 
POLICING REFORM ACT.
THE OTHER DEMAND A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN MAKING IS JUST STOP 
KILLING US, STOP SHOOTING US, 
STOP KILLING US.
WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS CYCLE IT 
SEEMS FOR A LITTLE WHILE OF WYE 
HEAR SOMEONE GETS SHOT, THERE IS
A VIDEO, PEOPLE ARE IN THE 
STREETS, NOTHING HAPPENS.
THAT CYCLE WE'VE BEEN STUCK IN, 
IT FEELS AND IT SEEMS.
THIS IS A DAY, A MOVEMENT, NBA 
PLAYERS MADE THAT STATEMENT.
WE'VE SEEN THE PROTESTS IN THE 
STREETS.
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
MAYBE WE DON'T KNOW.
THE ENERGY IS THERE WE SAW THE 
WOMAN WE INTERVIEWED SITTING OUT
THERE AND YOU SAID IT WASN'T AN 
INTERVIEW, MORE OF A SERMON, 
THAT WOMAN.
TO HEAR ABOUT HER AND HER KIDS 
AND EVERYTHING SHE WAS GOING 
THROUGH, SHE WAS STILL HOPEFUL.
SHE WAS MAYBE 50, 60 YEARS OLD 
AND STILL HOPEFUL.
REVEREND SHARPTON AS WE'VE SEEN 
SO MANY TIMES AT A PODIUM 
TALKING ABOUT WHAT BLACK FOLKS 
IN THIS COUNTRY ARE GOING 
THROUGH.
>> WHAT DO WE WANT?
>> JUSTICE.
>> WHAT DO WE WANT?
>> JUSTICE.
>> WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
>> NOW. 
>> WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
>> NOW.
>> WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
>> NOW.
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
>> NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
57 YEARS AGO IN 1963 THERE WAS A
STRUGGLE IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA,
THERE WAS AN ASSASSINATION OF 
MEDGAR EVERS, THE HEAD OF THE 
MISSISSIPPI NAACP.
IN THE MIDDLE OF STRUGGLE AND 
MURDER THEY CAME TO WASHINGTON 
TO DEMAND THAT THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT GIVE THEM A CIVIL 
RIGHTS ACT AND VOTING RIGHTS.
THEY MARCHED THAT DAY, ON A HOT,
BLISTERING DAY LIKE TODAY, 
SAYING AS WE STRUGGLE WE NEED 
LEGISLATION.
AND THEY STAYED ON THAT MOVEMENT
UNTIL THEY GOT THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
ACT OF 1964 AND THE VOTING 
RIGHTS ACT OF 1965.
THEY CAME, YOUNG AND OLD.
THEY CAME FROM THE SOUTH.
MANY OF THEM COULDN'T STOP ON 
THE ROAD TO USE THE BATHROOM 
BECAUSE IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW.
BUT THEY CAME ANYHOW.
MANY OF THEM COULDN'T STOP AND 
EAT IN A RESTAURANT.
THEY HAD TO PUT THEIR SANDWICHES
IN A PAPER BAG.
BECAUSE NO RESTAURANT WOULD 
SERVE THEM BECAUSE IT WAS 
AGAINST THE LAW, BUT THEY CAME 
ANYHOW.
MANY OF THEM COULDN'T REST IN A 
MOTEL OVERNIGHT, BUT THEY CAME 
ANYWAY.
 BECAUSE IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW 
FOR THEM TO STOP.
BECAUSE THEY CAME IN '63 WE WERE
ABLE TO COME BACK IN 2020 RIDING
WHEREVER WE WANTED TO RIDE, 
STAYING IN WHATEVER HOTELS WAS 
AVAILABLE.
THEY OPENED THE DOOR FOR US BUT 
THERE'S STILL SOME DOORS WE HAVE
TO OPEN AND SOME PEOPLE WE'VE 
GOT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT.
2020 -- 
2020 -- WE MUST DEAL WITH THOSE 
THAT WANT TO ROB OUR RIGHT TO 
VOTE.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE HERE IN 
THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC, 
SOCIALLY DISTANCING, TELLING YOU
ALL TO DISTANCE -- AND I KEEP 
SAYING SPREAD OUT, WE WANTED TO 
COME TO SHOW THAT ENOUGH IS 
ENOUGH.
WHEN I WAS HEADED TO GEORGE 
FLOYD'S FUNERAL I TALKED WITH 
MARTIN III AND I SAID, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE WE NEED TO GO BACK TO 
WASHINGTON.
HE SAID, WELL, LET'S TALK IT 
OUT, REVEREND AL.
AS I WAS GIVING THE EULOGY I 
ANNOUNCED AS MUCH.
WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE WERE GOING
TO DO IT, HOW WE WERE GOING TO 
PLAN IT, HOW MANY COME, BUT WE 
DID IT.
WHY ARE WE IN WASHINGTON?
I'VE TALKED WITH ONE OF THE 
LEADING MINDS OF OUR NATION, AND
HE TOLD ME THAT REVEREND AL, YOU
HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT UNTIL 
THERE'S FEDERAL LEGISLATION 
EVERY STATE WILL DO WHAT IT 
WANTS TO DO.
WE HAVE PASSED IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES THE GEORGE FLOYD
POLICING INJUSTICE ACT.
NOW WE NEED TO PASS THAT ACT IN 
THE SENATE.
WE NEED MITCH McCONNELL AND THE 
U.S. SENATE TO MEET ON THE 
GEORGE FLOYD POLICING INJUSTICE 
ACT, OR WE'RE GOING TO MEET YOU 
SENATORS AT THE POLL ON NOVEMBER
3rd WHETHER WE HAVE THE MAIL-IN,
WALK-IN, CRAWL IN.
WE WANT OUR BILL PASSED.
[ APPLAUSE ]
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO JOHN LEWIS, AN
OUTSTANDING CONGRESSMAN, MADE 
HIS TRANSITION.
LAST TIME MARTIN AND I WERE HERE
HE WAS WITH US, JOHN LEWIS.
HE AND REVEREND JOSE WILLIAMS 
AND AMELIA BOYKIN WERE BEATEN ON
THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE, TEAR 
GASSED, THAT LED TO THE SELMA 
MARCH AND GOT US THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE.
THAT LASTED UNTIL 2013 WHEN THEY
TOOK AND GUTTED OUT THE MIDDLE 
OF THAT BILL, TAKEN AWAY WHERE 
WE COME TO WASHINGTON SAYING HOW
DO YOU MEMORIALIZE JOHN LEWIS 
AND ALLOW THE BILL THAT HE STOOD
FOR US TO DIE.
WE WANT THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING 
RIGHTS BILL FROM THE CONGRESS.
SO WE DIDN'T JUST COME TODAY TO 
HAVE A SHOW.
DEMONSTRATION WITHOUT 
LEGISLATION WILL NOT LEAD TO 
CHANGE.
WE DIDN'T COME OUT AND STAND IN 
THIS HEAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE
NOTHING TO DO.
WE COME TO LET YOU KNOW IF WE 
WOULD COME OUT BY THESE NUMBERS 
IN THE HEAT AND STAND IN THE 
HEAT THAT WE WILL STAND IN THE 
POLLS ALL DAY LONG.
THEY KEEP TELLING ME ABOUT HOW 
IT'S A SHAME THAT BLACK PARENTS 
HAVE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION 
WITH OUR CHILDREN, HOW WE HAVE 
HE TO EXPLAIN IF A COP STOPS YOU
DON'T REACH FOR THE GLOVE BOX.
WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATION FOR 
DECADES.
IT'S TIME WE HAVE THE 
CONVERSATION WITH AMERICA.
WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION 
ABOUT YOUR RACISM, ABOUT YOUR 
BIGOTRY, ABOUT YOUR HATE, ABOUT 
HOW YOU WOULD PUT YOUR KNEE ON 
OUR NECK WHILE WE CRY FOR OUR 
LIVES.
WE NEED A NEW CONVERSATION.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WE DIDN'T COME TO START TROUBLE.
YOU ACT LIKE IT'S NO TROUBLE TO 
SHOOT US IN THE BACK.
YOU ACT LIKE IT'S NO TROUBLE TO 
PUT A CHOKEHOLD ON US WHILE WE 
SCREAM I CAN'T BREATHE 11 TIMES.
YOU ACT LIKE IT'S NO TROUBLE TO 
HOLD A MAN DOWN ON THE GROUND 
UNTIL YOU SQUEEZE THE LIFE OUT 
OF HIM.
IT'S TIME FOR A NEW 
CONVERSATION.
I WONDERED WHY DID THEY HAVE THE
MARCH AT LINCOLN'S MEMORIAL?
WHY DIDN'T THEY GO TO THE 
JEFFERSON MEMORIAL?
WHY DIDN'T THEY GO TO THE 
WASHINGTON MONUMENT?
AND HE TOLD ME YOU HAVE TO 
UNDERSTAND, REVEREND AL, 100 
YEARS BEFORE '63, 1963, WAS 
1863.
1863 ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED 
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
HE PROMISED US FULL CITIZENSHIP 
IF WE FOUGHT TO SAVE THE UNION.
HE PROMISED US 40 ACRES AND A 
MULE.
WE NEVER GOT THE FULL 
CITIZENSHIP.
WE NEVER GOT THE REPARATIONS.
WE COME TO LINCOLN BECAUSE YOU 
PROMISED, MR. LINCOLN, AND THE 
PROMISE HAS BEEN BROKEN, AND WE 
COME LIKE DR. KING CAME 57 YEARS
AGO TO SAY WE'RE TIRED OF BROKEN
PROMISES.
>> TELL IT!
>> SOME SAY TO ME, REVEREND AL, 
YOU-ALL OUGHT TO DENOUNCE THOSE 
THAT GET VIOLENT, THOSE THAT ARE
LOOTING.
ALL OF THE FAMILIES HAVE 
DENOUNCED LOOTING.
WHAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD IS YOU 
DENOUNCE SHOOTING.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE WILL SPEAK AGAINST THE 
LOOTING, BUT WHEN WILL YOU SPEAK
AGAINST WRONG POLICE SHOOTING?
I REMEMBER REVEREND DR. WHITE T.
WALKER SAT REVEREND W. FRANKLIN 
RICHARDSON, SPOKE AND SAT US 
DOWN AND SAID AFTER THE 
MONTGOMERY BOYCOTT AND THEY HAD 
GONE TO ALBANY, GEORGIA, AND THE
MOVEMENT STALLED BECAUSE IN 
ALBANY THEY TREATED THEM WITH 
THE SAME KINDNESS.
THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO FIND 
SOMEONE THAT WOULD DEMONSTRATE 
THE RAW DISREGARD FOR RIGHTS.
AND AS THEY DID, THEY WENT ALL 
OVER THE SOUTH.
AND REVEREND FRED SHUTTLESWORTH 
TOLD THEM TO COME TO BIRMINGHAM 
BECAUSE THERE WAS A POLICE CHIEF
THEY HAD NAMED BULL CONNOR.
AND BULL CONNOR WOULD ACT IN AN 
INCENSENSITIVE AND BRUTAL WAY.
WELL, IN 1963 AND 1964 THEY 
FOUGHT BULL CONNOR.
HERE WE ARE IN 2020.
WE'VE GONE FROM BULL CONNOR TO 
BULL TRUMP.
WE'VE GONE FROM A MEAN-SPIRITED 
SHERIFF TO A MEAN-SPIRITED 
PRESIDENT WHOSE LIPS DRINK WITH 
THE WORDS OF INTERPOSITION AND 
NULLIFICATION.
WE DO NOT WANT TO BE 
DISRESPECTED.
HOW DO YOU SPEAK WHILE THIS 
YOUNG MAN JACOB LIES IN A 
HOSPITAL, AND YOU WON'T CALL HIS
NAME?
HOW DO YOU SIT WHILE BREONNA 
TAYLOR IS IN A GRAVE AND YOU 
WON'T CALL HER NAME?
HOW DO YOU SIT WHILE ERIC GARNER
IS IN THE GRAVE AND YOU WON'T 
CALL HIS NAME?
HOW DO YOU SIT WHILE GEORGE 
FLOYD IS LAYING IN A GRAVE, AND 
YOU WON'T CALL HIS NAME?
WELL, MR. TRUMP, LOOK RIGHT DOWN
THE BLOCK FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
WE'VE COME TO WASHINGTON BY THE 
THOUSANDS.
WE'RE GOING TO CALL THEIR NAME.
WE'RE GOING TO CALL THEIR NAME.
WE'LL NEVER LET AMERICA FORGET 
WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
CALL THEIR NAMES!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THIS IS THE TIME -- 
THIS IS THE TIME FOR LEGISLATIVE
CHANGE.
THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO VOTE 
LIKE WE NEVER VOTED BEFORE.
AND DON'T JUST VOTE FOR THE TOP 
OF THE TICKET.
VOTE ALL THE WAY DOWN.
GO DOWN FROM THE TOP TO THE 
BOTTOM.
VOTE ALL THE WAY TO THE DOG 
CATCHER.
WE WANT TO GET RID OF ANYBODY 
THAT'S IN OUR WAY BECAUSE OUR 
PARENTS DIED TO GIVE US THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE.
YOU CAN MESS WITH THE MAIL, BUT 
IT AIN'T THE SACRIFICE THAT GOOD
MEN GAVE.
OUR VOTE IS DIPPED IN BLOOD.
OUR VOTE IS DIPPED IN THOSE THAT
WENT TO THEIR GRAVE.
WE DON'T CARE HOW LONG THE LINE.
WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE NOT FOR ONE 
CANDIDATE OR THE OTHER BUT WE'RE
GOING TO VOTE FOR A NATION THAT 
WILL STOP THE GEORGE FLOYDS, 
THAT WILL STOP THE BREONNA 
TAYLORS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THEY SAY WHEN GEORGE ZIMMERMAN 
WAS ACQUITTED FOR THE MURDER -- 
WHEN HE WAS ACQUITTED FOR THE 
MURDER OF TRAYVON MARTIN, THREE 
YOUNG GENIUS SISTERS WROTE THE 
SLOGAN BLACK LIVES MATTER.
AND IT RESONATED.
WHY DID IT RESONATE?
BECAUSE TOO LONG YOU ACTED LIKE 
WE DIDN'T MATTER.
THEY SAID, WELL, EVERYBODY 
MATTERS.
BUT EVERYBODY HASN'T MATTERED 
THE SAME IN AMERICA.
THE REASON WE HAD AND STILL HAVE
TO SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER IS 
BECAUSE WE GET LESS HEALTH CARE,
LIKE WE DON'T MATTER.
WE GO TO JAIL LONGER FOR THE 
SAME CRIME, LIKE WE DON'T 
MATTER.
WE GET POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, 
DOUBLE THE OTHERS LIKE WE DON'T 
MATTER.
WE'RE TREATED WITH DISRESPECT BY
POLICEMEN THAT WE PAY THEIR 
SALARIES LIKE WE DON'T MATTER.
SO WE FIGURE WE'LL LET YOU KNOW 
WHETHER WE'RE TALL OR SHORT, FAT
OR SKINNY, LIGHT SKINNED OR DARK
SKINNED, BLACK LIVES MATTER, AND
WE WON'T STOP UNTIL IT MATTERS 
TO EVERYBODY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
LET THE SISTER IF SHE WANTS TO 
HOLD UP HER FIST, LEAVE HER 
ALONE.
LET ME SAY AS WE HEAR FROM SOME 
OF THE VICTIMS AND AS WE GET 
READY TO MARCH OVER TO THE KING 
MEMO
MEMORIAL, 1963 DR. KING TALKED 
ABOUT HE HAD A DREAM.
TODAY WE HEARD FROM HIS AUNT AND
HIS SON, MARTIN LUTHER KING III,
HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE ANDREA, AND 
HIS GRANDDAUGHTER YOLANDA.
AND THEY ARE IN THEIR BLOODLINE 
THE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN 
OF THE DREAMER.
BUT WE COME IN THE SAME 
SPIRITUAL IMAGE BECAUSE I WANT 
THIS COUNTRY TO KNOW THAT EVEN 
WITH YOUR BRUTALITY YOU CAN'T 
ROB US OF OUR DREAMS.
YOUR BIGOTRY CAN'T ROB US OF OUR
DREAMS BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS HAD 
THE DREAM BEYOND OUR 
CIRCUMSTANCE.
WE ALWAYS HAD THE DREAM OF BEING
WHAT WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BE.
WE ARE THE DREAM KEEPERS, WHICH 
IS WHY WE COME TODAY BLACK AND 
WHITE AND ALL RACES AND 
RELIGIONS AND SEXUAL 
ORIENTATIONS TO SAY THIS DREAM 
IS STILL ALIVE.
YOU MIGHT HAVE KILLED THE 
DREAMER BUT YOU CAN'T KILL THE 
DREAM BECAUSE TRUTH CRUSHED TO 
EARTH SHALL RISE AGAIN.
WE'RE GOING TO RISE NEVER TO 
FALL AGAIN.
WE'RE GOING TO STAND UP EVEN 
WHEN OUR LEGS ARE TIRED.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS DREAM 
COME TRUE.
LET ME SAY THIS -- 
LET ME SAY THIS, AS WE CLOSE -- 
SHH.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE -- LET ME
SAY THIS, WE ALL SHOULD LEAVE 
HERE COMMITTED TO KEEPING THIS 
DREAM ALIVE.
I WANT EVERYBODY THAT WENT TO 
THE WEBSITE OF THE NATIONAL 
ACTION NETWORK, 
NATIONALACTIONNETWORK.NET, THAT 
WANTS TO HELP US ON ELECTION DAY
BE POLL WATCHERS, TO PROTECT OUR
VOTE, I WANT YOU THAT WILL BE 
SIGNING UP, EARLY VOTING STARTS 
IN TWO WEEKS.
WE ARE THE NONPARTISAN WAY, WANT
TO PUT PEOPLE ALL OVER THIS 
COUNTRY.
THEY WANT TO SUPPRESS OUR VOTE.
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE FOOT SOLDIERS 
THAT WILL PROTECT THE VOTE AND 
THAT WILL BE OUT THERE.
I WANT YOU TO SAY TO YOURSELF 
THAT YOU COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH
MORE.
YOU HAD IDEAS AND DREAMS NOT 
ONLY AS A RACE BUT AS A PERSON, 
BUT SOCIETY HAD THEIR KNEE ON 
YOUR NECK.
WE COULD HAVE DEVELOPED AND BEEN
AS SUCCESSFUL AS OTHERS, BUT 
SOCIETY HAD THEIR KNEE ON OUR 
NECK.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO LAY AND 
SUBMIT NO MORE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT.
SOME HAVE DIFFERENT TACTICS, BUT
WE ALL ARE RISING UP.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR KNEE 
OFF OUR NECK.
IF WE HAVE TO MARCH EVERY DAY, 
IF WE HAVE TO VOTE EVERY DAY, WE
WILL GET YOUR KNEE OFF OUR NECK.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
NO JUSTICE -- 
>> NO PEACE.
>> NO JUSTICE -- 
>> NO PEACE.
>> NO JUSTICE -- 
>> NO PEACE.
>> NO JUSTICE -- 
>> NO PEACE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I WANT TO BRING OUT -- I WANT 
YOU ALL TO BACK UP -- I WANT YOU
ALL TO BRING TO MY LEFT IS THE 
MOTHER OF BREONNA TAYLOR.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
SAY HER NAME.
SAY HER NAME.
>> BREONNA.
>> SAY HER NAME.
>> BREONNA.
>> SAY HER NAME.
>> BREONNA.
>> LET US HEAR FROM THE MOTHER 
OF BREONNA TAYLOR.
>> HI, EVERYBODY.
FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK 
EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN IN 
SUPPORT OF GETTING JUSTICE FOR 
BREONNA TAYLOR.
SECOND, I JUST WANT TO -- I HAVE
TO THANK LOUISVILLE UNTIL 
FREEDOM, MY FAMILY, AND KENNETH 
WALKER FOR COMING OUT HERE AND 
CONTINUING TO SAY HER NAME 
LOUDER.
WHAT WE NEED IS CHANGE, AND 
WE'RE AT A POINT WE CAN GET THAT
CHANGE, BUT WE HAVE TO STAND 
TOGETHER.
WE HAVE TO VOTE.
I'M GOOD.
>> YOU'VE GOT THIS.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
THAT'S RIGHT.
>> BREONNA TAYLOR!
BREONNA TAYLOR!
BREONNA TAYLOR!
BREONNA TAYLOR!
BREONNA TAYLOR!
BREONNA TAYLOR!
BREONNA TAYLOR!
>> SAY HER NAME.
>> BREONNA!
>> SAY HER NAME.
>> BREONNA!
>> ALL RIGHT.
WAIT A MINUTE, SHH.
I BROUGHT MR. LINCOLN ALL OF THE
BROKEN PROMISES.
WE ALL STOP WHEN A MAN WAS 
KILLED WITH A KNEE ON HIS NECK.
NARRATED HIS OWN DEATH ON 
VIDEOTAPE AND DIDN'T KNOW THEY 
WERE RECORDING, BUT HIS DEATH 
HAS BEEN THE IMPETUS OF A GLOBAL
MOVEMENT.
I BRING YOU HIS BROTHER, THE 
BROTHER OF GEORGE FLOYD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> GEORGE FLOYD!
GEORGE FLOYD!
GEORGE FLOYD!
GEORGE FLOYD!
GEORGE FLOYD!
GEORGE FLOYD!
GEORGE FLOYD!
>> THANK YOU ALL.
MY SISTER BRIDGETTE, MY 
ATTORNEY, MY WIFE, MY SISTER 
TONYA, MY NEPHEW BRANDON.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M SO OVERWHELMED RIGHT NOW 
WITH EVERYBODY HERE RIGHT NOW.
HEY, I WISH GEORGE WERE HERE TO 
SEE THIS RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WHO I'M MARCHING FOR.
I'M MARCHING FOR GEORGE, FOR 
BREONNA, FOR AHMAUD, FOR JACOB, 
FOR PAMELA TURNER, FOR MICHAEL 
BROWN, TRAYVON AND ANYBODY ELSE 
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TO EVIL.
>> GEORGE FLOYD!
GEORGE FLOYD!
GEORGE FLOYD!
>> I'VE GOT YOU.
>> GEORGE FLOYD!
GEORGE FLOYD!
>> IT'S NEVER BEEN MORE CLEAR 
THAN CHANGE RIGHT NOW IS 
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE 
DEMAND IT.
EVERYONE HERE HAS MADE A 
COMMITMENT BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T
BE HERE FOR NO OTHER REASON 
RIGHT NOW.
IT'S HOT AND I KNOW IT'S HOT, 
BUT AS OF NOW WE'RE HERE BECAUSE
WE HAVE BEEN FRIED RIGHT NOW, 
MAN.
I'M TRYING.
>> NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
>> AS ANNOUNCED EVERYBODY OUT 
HERE RIGHT NOW, OUR LEADERS, 
THEY NEED TO FOLLOW US WHILE 
WE'RE MARCHING TO ENACT LAWS, TO
PROTECT US.
MAN, IT'S HARD, MAN.
IT'S REALLY HARD.
I'M SO SORRY, MAN.
>> SAY HIS NAME!
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> MY BROTHER, GEORGE, HE'S 
LOOKING DOWN RIGHT NOW.
HE'S THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING 
EVERYBODY IS DOING RIGHT NOW.
YOU-ALL ARE SHOWING A LOT OF 
EMPATHY AND PASSION AND I'M 
ENJOYING EVERY LAST BIT OF IT 
RIGHT NOW.
IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU-ALL, I 
DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE 
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE 
KEEPING ME RUNNING.
I HAVE TO ADVOCATE FOR EVERYBODY
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW JACOB BLAKE, 
IT'S HARD JUST TO TALK RIGHT 
NOW, SHOT SEVEN TIMES, MAN, WITH
HIS KIDS.
THAT'S PAINFUL.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD'S SISTER.
>> I WANT YOU TO ASK YOURSELF 
RIGHT NOW HOW WOULD THE HISTORY 
BOOKS REMEMBER YOU?
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR LEGACY?
WILL FUTURE GENERATIONS REMEMBER
YOU FOR YOUR COMPLACENCY, YOUR 
INACTION, OR WILL THEY REMEMBER 
YOU FOR YOUR EMPATHY, YOUR 
LEADERSHIP, YOUR PASSION FOR 
WEEDING OUT THE EVIL IN OUR 
WORLD AND INJUSTICES.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SPOKE 
HERE 57 YEARS AGO AND HE TOLD 
THE WORLD HIS DREAM.
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU ALL HEAR 
ME.
BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT TOGETHER.
WE HAVE TO DO IT TOGETHER.
FOR OUR GENERATIONS TO COME, OUR
CHILDREN.
MY BROTHER CANNOT BE A VOICE 
TODAY.
WE HAVE TO BE THAT VOICE.
WE HAVE TO BE THE CHANGE AND WE 
HAVE TO BE HIS LEGACY.
THANK YOU FROM THE FLOYD FAMILY.
>> NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> LET'S GO.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> WE'RE GOING TO LINE UP FOR 
THE MARCH.
NOW -- SHH.
WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU-ALL ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER.
STRETCH YOUR ARMS AND STRETCH 
OUT NOW.
I KNOW WE'RE OUTSIDE AND YOU 
HAVE ON MASKS BUT DON'T GET THAT
CLOSE.
YOU ALL SPREAD YOUR ARMS AND 
SOCIAL DISTANCE.
YOU'RE ALL TOO TIGHT UP HERE.
A FEW DAYS AGO -- A FEW DAYS A
O
AGO -- OKAY.
GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD, QUINCY.
COME ON, SISTERS.
GIVE A HAND TO THE FLOYD FAMILY 
AS WE GET READY.
PLEASE HAVE ONE SPEAK EER -- SH.
NOW -- YOU ALL ARE TOO LOUD.
WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING?
NOW A FEW DAYS AGO I GOT A CALL 
AND TALK TO A FATHER WHOSE SON 
WAS SHOT IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, 
SEVEN TIMES IN THE BACK.
WHILE HE WAS RUNNING INTO HIS 
CAR, POLICEMEN HAD THE EDGE OF 
HIS T-SHIRT.
THERE WAS NO WEAPON IN HIS HAND.
THERE WAS NO THREAT TO THE 
POLICEMAN.
BY LAW A POLICEMAN SHOULD ONLY 
USE DEADLY FORCE WHEN THEY ARE 
IN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE.
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE 
CIRCUMSTANCE WHEN A MAN IS 
RUNNING AWAY FROM YOU?
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE 
CIRCUMSTANCE WHEN A MAN IS 
TRYING TO GET IN HIS CAR?
NOW THEY SAY THEY MAY HAVE FOUND
A KNIFE IN HIS CAR.
DID THEY EXAMINE THE POLICE TO 
SEE IF THEY HAD X-RAY VISION TO 
SEE THROUGH THE CAR DOOR?
 WHEN HE SHOT HIM HE DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT WAS IN THE CAR.
WHAT HE KNEW WAS THAT A BLACK 
MAN SEEMS TO BE EXPENDABLE AND 
WE COME TO SAY WE ARE NO LONGER 
EXPENDABLE, WE ARE GOING TO 
DEMAND JUSTICE.
HIS MOTHER AND FATHER ARE BOTH 
HERE.
HIS MOTHER GOT A LITTLE HEAT 
EXHAUSTION AND IS SITTING IN THE
TENT, BUT I BRING YOU THE FATHER
OF THIS YOUNG MAN WHO WE ARE ALL
RALLYING FOR.
THIS IS JACOB'S DADDY WHO SAID 
TO ME I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR MY 
SON.
I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE.
LET'S WELCOME TO THE PLATFORM 
JACOB SR.
JACOB BLAKE.
SAY HIS NAME.
>> JACOB BLAKE.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> JACOB BLAKE.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> JACOB BLAKE.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> JACOB BLAKE.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> JACOB BLAKE.
>> HIS SISTER IS GOING TO FIRST 
SPEAK FOR THE MOTHER WHO IS HERE
IN THE TENT.
>> AMERICA, I AM HERE TO TELL 
YOU IN FRONT OF THE WORLD THAT 
YOU GOT THE RIGHT ONE.
GOD HAS BEEN PREPARING ME.
AMERICA, YOUR REALITY IS NOT 
REAL.
CATERING TO YOUR DELUSIONS IS NO
LONGER AN OPTION.
WE WILL NOT PRETEND.
WE WILL NOT BE YOUR DOCILE 
SLAVE.
WE WILL NOT BE A FOOT STOOL TO 
OPPRESSION.
MOST OF ALL WE WILL NOT DRESS UP
THIS GENOCIDE AND CALL IT POLICE
BRUTALITY.
WE WILL ONLY PLEDGE ABLE JANS TO
THE TRUTH.
BLACK AMERICA I HOLD YOU 
ACCOUNTABLE.
YOU MUST STAND, YOU MUST FIGHT, 
BUT NOT WITH VIOLENCE AND CHAOS.
WITH SELF-LOVE, LEARN TO LOVE 
YOURSELF, BLACK PEOPLE.
UNI
UNIFY.
GROUP ECONOMICS.
BLACK WOMEN, YOU ARE YOUR 
BROTHER'S KEEPER.
I KNOW IT'S HEAVY BUT FORGIVE 
HIM AND HEAL.
BLACK CHILDREN, READ, LEARN, 
GROW, AND LIVE, AND QUESTION 
EVERYTHING.
BLACK MEN, STAND UP!
STAND UP, BLACK MEN!
EDUCATE YOURSELF AND PROTECT THE
BLACK FAMILY UNIT, PERIOD!
>> NO JUSTICE -- 
>> NO PEACE.
>> NO JUSTICE -- 
>> NO PEACE.
>> JACOB BLAKE!
JACOB BLAKE!
JACOB BLAKE!
THERE ARE TWO SYSTEMS OF JUSTICE
IN THE UNITED STATES.
THERE'S A WHITE SYSTEM AND 
THERE'S A BLACK SYSTEM.
THE BLACK SYSTEM AIN'T DOING SO 
WELL.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO STAND UP.
EVERY BLACK PERSON IN THE UNITED
STATES IS GOING TO STAND UP.
WE'RE TIRED.
I'M TIRED!
OF LOOKING AT CAMERAS AND SEEING
THESE YOUNG BLACK AND BROWN 
PEOPLE SUFFER.
WE'RE GOING TO HOLD COURT TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO HOLD COURT ON 
SYSTEMIC RACISM.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COURT RIGHT 
NOW.
GUILTY!
GUILTY!
GUILTY!
RACISM AGAINST ALL OF US.
GUILTY!
>> GUILTY.
>> GUILTY!
>> GUILTY.
>> RACISM AGAINST TRAYVON 
MARTIN.
WE FIND THEM GUILTY.
>> GUILTY.
>> RACISM AGAINST GEORGE FLOYD.
WE FIND THEM GUILTY, RACISM 
AGAINST JACOB BLAKE.
IF I SAID THE NAME WRONG, 
FORGIVE ME.
GUILTY!
AND WE'RE NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE.
I ASK EVERYONE TO STAND UP.
NO JUSTICE -- 
>> NO PEACE.
>> NO JUSTICE -- 
>> NO PEACE.
>> I MET THIS MAN WHEN I WAS 7 
YEARS OLD.
HOW DID I KNOW I WAS GOING TO 
MEET THIS MAN AGAIN IN THESE 
CIRCUMSTANCES?
I TRULY DID NOT WANT TO COME AND
SEE YOU ALL TODAY FOR THESE 
REASONS.
MY FATHER WAS IN TOWN FOR THE 
FIRST MARCH.
I HAVE A DUTY -- I HAVE A DUTY 
TO SUPPORT AND UNDERSTAND EACH 
ONE.
I LOVE EVERYBODY IN THE CROWD.
I LOVE YOU.
IF NOBODY TOLD YOU TODAY THAT 
JAKE LOVES YOU, BUT WE'RE GOING 
TO STAND UP, BABY.
WE'RE GOING TO STAND UP 
TOGETHER.
I NEED YOUR STRENGTH.
BIG DADDY'S LEGS AIN'T THAT GOOD
ANYMORE.
I NEED YOUR STRENGTH.
NO JUSTICE -- 
>> NO PEACE.
>> NO JUSTICE -- 
>> NO PEACE.
>> I LOVE YOU ALL.
I WANT TO BRING ATTORNEY LAMONT 
WHO REPRESENTS THESE FAMILIES.
THEN I WANT ATTORNEY STEWART TO 
COME WHO REPRESENTS OTHERS.
THERE ARE MANY FAMILIES HERE.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD HEAR FROM 
A FEW MORE BEFORE WE MARCH TO 
THE KING MEMORIAL.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, D.C.
I'M ATTORNEY LAMAR.
I REPRESENT THE ACEVEDO FAMILY 
WHO WAS KILLED IN THE CITY OF 
MILWAUKEE BY OFF-DUTY OFFICER 
BEFORE GEORGE FLOYD -- 
>> YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING TO 
FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN 
TOUCHED DIRECTLY BY THE VIOLENCE
WE'VE SEEN IN AMERICA RECENTLY.
CECILA VEGA, A WHOLE NEW GROUP 
OF ACTIVISTS CALLED INTO ACTION 
NOT BY THEIR OWN CHOOSING.
>> YOU SEE IT IN THE FACE OF THE
FAMILY MEMBERS ON THAT FLAT FORM
RIGHT NOW.
THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE, FAMILIES 
VERY MUCH STILL GRIEVING FOR 
SOME OF THEM, THESE WOUNDS ARE 
DAYS RAW, DAYS FRESH.
AND THESE ARE NOT PROFESSIONAL 
PEOPLE WHO STARTED OUT AS 
ACTIVISTS.
THESE ARE MOMS AND SISTERS AND 
BROTHERS AND THEY'RE CLEARLY 
LEARNING AS THEY GO.
YOU CAN HEAR IN THEIR VOICES THE
PASSION.
I THINK ONE THING I'M REALLY 
STRUCK BY TODAY, SOMETHING WE 
HEARD WITH OUR COLLEAGUE, RACHEL
SCOTT, WHO IS OUT THERE TALKING 
WITH AN OLDER WOMAN WHO WAS 
MOVED TO TEARS AND SAID I HAVE A
SON AND I'VE HAD THAT 
CONVERSATION AND AS I LOOK OUT 
ON THE CROWD AND I LOOK AROUND 
IN THE ROOM AS SO MANY PEOPLE 
HAVE HAD TO HAVE THAT 
CONVERSATION WITH THEIR SONS 
BEFORE THEY LEAVE THEIR HOMES AS
YOUNG BLACK AND BROWN MEN BUT 
ESPECIALLY YOUNG BLACK MEN IN 
THIS COUNTRY, THAT THE CHANCES 
OF THEM NOT COMING HOME IS 
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
THOSE ARE THE FACTS AND THE 
STATISTICS.
THE STORIES ARE HUMAN.
THESE ARE NOT JUST STORIES 
BECAUSE WE'RE 67 DAYS OUT FROM 
AN ELECTION RIGHT NOW.
THESE ARE STORIES THAT IMPACT 
HOMES AND FAMILIES ALL ACROSS 
OUR COUNTRY, AND YOU FEEL HOW 
RAW THIS EMOTION IS AND HOW 
DESPERATE THE PLEA IS FOR 
SOMETHING TO CHANGE RIGHT NOW.
>> T.J., CECILA IS REFERRING TO 
THE TALK.
MY MAMA HAD IT WITH ME.
I'M SURE YOUR PARENTS HAD IT 
WITH YOU.
>> I TURNED 43 THIS MONTH AND I 
WAS WALKING THROUGH SOMETIMES 
SQUARE NOT TOO LONG AGO WHEN WE 
HAD CURFEW HEADING TO WORK, 
"GOOD MORNING AMERICA."
I HAD TO PASS TWO POLICE 
OFFICERS GOING INTO THAT STUDIO.
I WAS WALKING.
NOBODY IN TIMES SQUARE.
ME AND A FEW COPS.
AND INSTINCTIVELY I PUT MY HANDS
IN THE AIR AND I POINTED TO MY 
SUIT BAG.
AND I'M 50 FEET AWAY FROM THEM 
AND I'M SAYING I'M GOING TO 
WORK.
I'M GOING TO WORK.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO STOP -- I NEED 
TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED 
TO THESE BLACK MEN ON VIDEO.
THAT HAS BEEN AN INSTINCT AND 
SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN INGRAINED 
AND PUT IN ME SINCE I WAS A 
CHILD TO WHERE I AM A GROWN MAN 
DOING WHATEVER JOB I'M DOING.
AND I STILL SEE A POLICE OFFICER
AND FEEL I HAVE TO HAVE SOME 
SENSE OF FEAR AND I NEED TO 
DISARM HIM.
RIGHT?
IT'S NOT MY JOB TO HAVE TO 
DE-ESCALATE A SITUATION WITH A 
POLICE OFFICER.
NOW SOME PEOPLE HEAR THAT AND 
CAN'T IMAGINE THAT HAPPENING.
WE'RE AT A POINT NOW, YOU SAID 
THIS EARLIER, AT LEAST PEOPLE 
ARE LISTENING TO THE PAIN AND 
THE FEAR WHERE I'VE BEEN 
DISMISSED TELLING THOSE STORIES 
IN THE PAST.
YES, THAT TALK, I'M 43 AND I'M 
STILL HAVING THOSE REACTIONS AND
I'VE HAD INTERACTIONS WITH 
POLICE OFFICERS HERE LATELY JUST
ASKING OFFICERS WHO ARE SET UP 
BECAUSE A PROTEST IS ABOUT TO 
HAPPEN OR SOMETHING, A SIMPLE 
INTERACTION, OFFICER, I LIVE 
OVER THERE.
DO YOU NEED ME TO GO OVER THERE?
AND IT TURNS INTO HE GETS THIS 
ATTITUDE AND IT'S IMMEDIATELY 
TURNED INTO ONE OF THESE 
SITUATIONS.
I HAVE TO WALK AWAY FROM A 
POLICE OFFICER AND THINK TO 
MYSELF, MAN, COPS.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO THINK THAT.
THAT'S THE PAIN WE'RE SEEING.
MY PAIN AND MY FRUSTRATION IS 
NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT THESE 
FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH BUT 
WE HAVE TO THINK THAT ANY ONE OF
THOSE SITUATIONS CAN TURN INTO 
ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS.
>> IVETTE SIMPSON, I KNOW YOU 
WELL AND I SENSE YOUR SPIRIT IS 
HEAVY.
>> SANDRA BLAND WAS THE ONE FOR 
ME.
WE ALL HAVE A STORY.
SANDRA BLAND'S STORY -- BECAUSE 
I'M A LAWYER, I'M AN ACTIVIST, 
AND WHEN SHE GOT PULLED OVER AND
SHE KNEW SHE WAS UNJUSTLY PULLED
OVER AND SHE TOLD THE OFFICER 
YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO PULL
ME OVER, YOU DON'T HAVE 
REASONABLE SUSPICION.
WHY DID YOU PULL ME OVER?
HE DIDN'T ANSWER HER QUESTION.
AS AN ACTIVIST AND A WOMAN WHO 
KNOWS HER RIGHTS SHE SAID, YOU 
KNOW, THIS IS UNLAWFUL.
AND HE ARRESTED HER.
AND AS YOU KNOW SHE WAS 
DETAINED.
THEY ALLEGE SHE COMMITTED 
SUICIDE.
WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT STORY.
THAT'S WHEN IT HIT HOME FOR ME.
I HAVE THREE BLACK NEPHEWS.
ONE OF THEM IS A SOLDIER 
FIGHTING FOR THIS COUNTRY.
AND I THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS 
IF HE GETS APPROACHED BY AN 
OFFICER AND IS NOT IN UNIFORM.
HE'S FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY, 
BUT WHEN HE GETS HOME HE COULD 
BE SHOT IN THE STREETS JUST LIKE
ANY OTHER BLACK BOY OR BLACK 
WOMAN IN THIS COUNTRY AND IT'S 
HARD.
I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 
ARC.
SABRINA FULTON, THE MOTHER OF 
TRAYVON MARTIN, STEPS BEHIND THE
MOTHER OF BREONNA TAYLOR.
HOW LONG AND HOW MANY NAMES WE 
HAVE TO SAY, CITY TO CITY, COAST
TO COAST.
NOT A ONE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ONE
SITUATION.
THIS IS HAPPENING IN A LOT OF 
PLACES, SMALL TOWN, LARGE CITY.
AND IT BREAKS MY HEART.
THE DEMAND IS NOT ANYTHING MORE 
THAN WE WANT TO LIVE AND WE WANT
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SWORN TO 
PROTECT AND SERVE US TO PROTECT 
AND SERVE US.
ONE MORE THOUGHT, BREONNA 
TAYLOR -- TATIANA JEFFERSON, 
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A LOT.
HER NEIGHBOR CALLED POLICE 
BECAUSE HER DOOR WAS OPEN.
HE WAS WORRIED SOMEONE HAD 
BROKEN INTO HER HOME.
AND THE OFFICERS CAME IN AND 
SHOT HER WHILE SHE WAS PLAYING A
VIDEO GAME WITH HER NEPHEW.
SOMEONE WAS WORRIED ABOUT HER 
SAFETY AND THE POLICE MURDERED 
HER.
SO WHEN YOU GET TO THIS PLACE 
YOU CAN'T BE IN YOUR HOUSE, YOU 
CAN'T BE GOING TO WORK, YOU 
CAN'T BE IN YOUR CAR, YOU CAN'T 
BE -- I WANT AMERICA TO HEAR THE
ANGUISH AND THE FEAR AND THE 
FRUSTRATION WITH THE FACT YOU 
CAN'T LIVE YOUR LIFE WITHOUT THE
FEAR THAT THE VERY PEOPLE WHO 
ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT YOU 
MIGHT TAKE YOUR LIFE.
IT'S HEARTBREAKING.
>> YES.
WE CAN HEAR THE HEAVINESS ON THE
SET.
WE HEAR AND SEE IT FROM 
WASHINGTON.
IT IS THE HEAVINESS ACROSS OUR 
COUNTRY.
>> IT IS.
I DON'T KNOW IF AMERICA -- AND 
BY THAT, WHITE AMERICA, 
UNDERSTANDS THE FRUSTRATION 
BLACK PEOPLE HAVE TO GO THROUGH 
ON A DAILY BASIS TO WHAT T.J. 
MENTIONED.
I GO THROUGH IT ON A DAILY 
BASIS.
I HAVEN'T HAD A SITUATION 
RECENTLY AND IT SHOWS THE 
DISCONNECT WHERE IT WAS FOUR 
INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE IN AN SUV, 
WE WERE IN A WOODED SUBURBAN 
AREA.
WE RECOGNIZED WE'RE IN THE WRONG
HOUSE.
A YOUNG WHITE GIRL DOING POTTERY
WITH THE GARAGE DOOR OPEN, AND 
SHE IMMEDIATELY WENT INSIDE THE 
HOUSE TO GET PRESUMABLY HER 
PARENTS.
I LITERALLY TOLD MY WHITE MALE 
FRIEND WHO WAS IN THE CAR, SAY 
SOMETHING.
ACKNOWLEDGE HER.
YOU ROLL DOWN YOUR WINDOW.
THE PANIC THAT ME AND THE OTHER 
BLACK GUY HAD, THEY WEREN'T 
PANICKING.
THEY WERE STILL ON THEIR CELL 
PHONE.
IT WAS A CASUAL, HEY, WE'RE JUST
TURNED AROUND.
WE'RE LOST.
THAT MOMENT HAPPENED RECENTLY 
WHERE THERE WAS A SPLIT MOMENT 
TWO PEOPLE, TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS
OF PEOPLE WERE VIEWING A 
SITUATION COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
ME AND THE OTHER BLACK GUY 
VIEWING FROM THE LENS OF FEAR 
WHERE THE TWO WHITE INDIVIDUALS 
WAS JUST A NORMAL DAY.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET TURNED 
AROUND, NO BIG DEAL.
A YOUNG WHITE GIRL DOING 
POTTERY.
SO NORMAL.
SHE'S GOING TO GET HER PARENTS 
AND WE'LL CLEAR IT ALL UP.
THAT INSTINCT COULD CHANGE.
THAT INSTINCT OF GETTING TURNED 
AROUND IN THE WRONG NEIGHBORHOOD
IS LIFE OR DEATH.
AND WHEN YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING
EARLIER, YOU SAID WE JUST WANT 
TO LIVE.
YES, BUT WE ARE TIRED OF ASKING 
PERMISSION TO LIVE.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> I LOVE HOW YOU PAINTED THE 
STORY OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW 
ON THE CAMERA.
YOU'RE SEEING PEOPLE OVER IT.
IT'S NOT ORGANIZED, NOT 
SYSTEMIC.
THEY HAVE GONE OVER TIME LIMITS.
THAT IS OKAY.
THEY NEED GRACE.
THEY NEED GRACE TO FEEL THIS 
RAWNESS ABOUT THAT SISTER, THAT 
FAMILY MEMBER.
YOU CAN'T BE ORGANIZING 
STRUCTURE.
WE'RE TIRED OF THAT ORGANIZE AND
STRUCTURE.
T.J., YOU SAID ABOUT THE HASH 
TAG, I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANOTHER
HASH TAG, THIS CYCLE OF A 
FUNERAL.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE REVEREND 
SHARPTON AGAIN.
EVERY TIME I SEE HIM, A REMINDER
OF ANOTHER BLACK PERSON DEAD.
AND THAT IS THE FRUSTRATION I'M 
FEELING.
>> I KNOW FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO 
GREW UP IN CHURCH WHEN THERE IS 
FRUSTRATION, SADNESS, THERE IS A
CALL FOR GRACE, THE PREACHER 
CALLS ON THE CHOIR TO SING.
BEBE WINANS IS SINGING TO SOOTHE
HEARTS HEAVY.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
♪ MY TEARS AND LAUGHTER ♪
♪ BECAUSE IN ONE MOMENT 
ONE MOMENT DREAMS ARE 
SHATTERED ♪
♪ OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS 
MATTER ♪
♪ YES, BLACK LIVES MATTER ♪
♪ OH, OH ♪
♪ SO LET MY WORDS RESOUND 
CLEAR ♪
♪ WITH HANDS LIFTED HIGH AND 
REVERED ♪
♪ URGENTLY REGARD 
DISPEL FEARS ♪
♪ IN THE HOPE OF SAVING LIVES 
THAT WE HOLD DEAR ♪
♪ YES, WE DO ♪
♪ IT'S THE RIGHT TO LIVE THAT 
WE'RE AFTER ♪
♪ WE MUST TRADE OUR FEARS 
OUR TEARS FOR LAUGHTER ♪
♪ BECAUSE IN ONE MOMENT 
IN ONE MOMENT DREAMS ARE 
SHATTERED ♪
♪ OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS 
THEY MATTER YES, THEY DO ♪
♪ BLACK LIVES MATTER 
YES, THEY DO ♪
♪ MY CHILDREN 
YOUR CHILDREN ♪
♪ RICH CHILDREN 
POOR CHILDREN ♪
♪ JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE 
CHILDREN ♪
♪ ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE 
WORLD ♪
♪ OUR CHILDREN 
HIS CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN ♪
♪ JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE 
CHILDREN ♪
♪ OH, THE CHILDREN OF THE 
WORLD ♪
♪ IT'S THE RIGHT TO LIVE 
IT'S THE RIGHT TO LIVE ♪
♪ WE MUST TRADE THESE TEARS 
THESE TEARS FOR LAUGHTER ♪
♪ BECAUSE IN ONE MOMENT, ONE 
MOMENT DREAMS ♪
♪ OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS 
MATTER ♪
♪ YES, THEY DO 
YES, THEY DO ♪
♪ BLACK LIVES MATTER ♪
♪ I'LL SAY IT ONE MORE TIME ♪
♪ YOUR CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN 
RICH CHILDREN, POOR CHILDREN ♪
♪ JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE 
CHILDREN ♪
♪ ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE 
WORLD ♪
♪ HIS CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN ♪
♪ YOUR CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN ♪
♪ HE LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN 
ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD ♪
♪ IT'S THE RIGHT 
WE HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE ♪
♪ OH, THIS IS THE TIME TO TRADE 
OUR TEARS ♪
♪ TRADE OUR TEARS FOR LAUGHTER ♪
♪ BECAUSE IN ONE MOMENT 
ONE MOMENT ♪
♪ ONE MOMENT DREAMS ARE 
SHATTERED ♪
♪ OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS 
THEY MATTER ♪
♪ YES THEY DO ♪
♪ BECAUSE BLACKSON'S EYES ♪
♪ MY SON'S EYES LOOKING BACK AT 
ME ♪
>> BeBe WINANS.
ATTORNEY STEWART.
>> BeBe WINANS, JESUS LOVES 
LITTLE CHILDREN.
A POWERFUL LITTLE MOMENT THERE 
TO HELP EASE THE PAIN AND ANGER 
IN THE CROWD ACROSS THIS NATION.
SARAH FAGAN JOINS US NOW, ABC 
NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND REPUBLICAN 
STRATEGIST.
I'M CURIOUS YOUR SENSE OF THIS 
MOMENT AND HEARING THESE 
SPEECHES TODAY, WHAT PEOPLE ARE 
CALLING FOR TODAY IN THIS 
MOMENT, AND THEN HEARING OUR 
PRESIDENT LAST NIGHT TALKING 
ABOUT SOME OF THESE SAME ISSUES,
BUT IN A VERY DIFFERENT TONE AND
DIFFERENT SPIRIT. 
>> SO I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, WE 
ARE CLEARLY HAVING A MOMENT.
THIS IS INCREDIBLY RAW, POWERFUL
EMOTION.
IT'S A COLLECTIVE FAILURE.
LISTENING TO YOUR STORIES, THE 
FACT THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY 
CAN'T LIVE THEIR LIVES NORMALLY 
WITHOUT HAVING THEIR BACK UP, 
PARTICULARLY AROUND A POLICE 
OFFICER.
THAT IS A COLLECTIVE FAILURE IN 
SOCIETY.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE
ADDRESSED AND EVERYBODY FROM ALL
SIDES NEEDS TO WORK TOWARD IT.
I THINK, LOOK, I THINK PRESIDENT
TRUMP A LOT OF TIMES HAS A 
MISSED TONE.
HE DOESN'T ALWAYS SAY THE RIGHT 
THING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS HIS 
POLICY PROPOSALS, MANY OF THEM 
WORK TO COLLECTIVELY BENEFIT 
SOCIETY, INCLUDING BLACK 
SOCIETY.
AND SO MANY I THINK PEOPLE AND 
SO MANY REPUBLICANS DON'T 
ADDRESS THESE ISSUES BECAUSE 
THEY'RE SO UNCOMFORTABLE TALKING
ABOUT IT.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS THEY'RE 
UNCOMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT IT 
IS BECAUSE OF THE LABELS THAT 
PEOPLE ASCRIBE TO THEM WHEN THEY
HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT HOW 
TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR BLACK 
AMERICANS.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE 
NEED TO WORK ON, BUT ALL PEOPLE 
NEED TO WORK ON TO COME TOGETHER
TO SOLVE THESE.
WE LOOK AT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
REFORM DEBATE THAT IS STILL 
HAPPENING, THERE WAS A PIECE OF 
LEGISLATION, IT COULD HAVE BEEN 
PASSED.
IT WASN'T PERFECT, BUT IT MOVED 
THE NEEDLE DOWN THE COURT.
BUT DEMOCRATS DIDN'T WANT TO 
HAVE IT.
AND SO OFTEN THE PERCEPTION IS 
THAT IS POLITICS, THAT THERE ARE
PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 
AISLE THAT WOULD RATHER HAVE THE
POLITICAL ISSUE THAN IMPROVE.
WHY NOT HAVE MORE FUNDING FOR 
DE-ESCALATION TACTICS?
WHY NOT TAKE FUNDING AWAY FROM 
PEOPLE WHO DON'T BAN CHOKE 
HOLDS.
WHY DID THAT NOT PASS?
>> IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT 
AMERICA WILL DECIDE NOVEMBER 
3rd.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'LL GO BACK TO WASHINGTON AND 
LISTENING NOW TO THE FAMILY OF 
BOTHAM JOHN.
HE WAS THE YOUNG MAN WHO WAS AT 
HOME IN DALLAS, COLLEGE EDUCATED
PROFESSIONAL MAN, EATING ICE 
CREAM IN HIS HOME WHEN A DALLAS 
POLICE OFFICER, A WHITE WOMAN, 
MISTAKENLY, SHE SAYS, WALKED 
INTO HIS HOME AND SHOT HIM DEAD.
>> TEN YEARS OF SEEKING JUSTICE 
FOR D.J. HENRY, FOUR YEARS OF 
SAYING TERRENCE CRUTCHES NAMES, 
DELL RON SMALL, SANDRA BLAND, 
AND SO MANY OTHERS.
I AM TIRED OF LEARNING NEW 
NAMES, ADDING NEW HASHTAGS TO AN
ALREADY LONG LIST OF VICTIMS OF 
POLICE TERROR.
WE CANNOT ALLOW OUR BROTHERS AND
SISTERS TO ONLY BE REMEMBERED 
FOR HOW THEY DIED.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR 
CHANGE SO THAT THEIR LIVES WERE 
NOT TAKEN IN VAIN.
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
WE ARE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTER'S
KEEPER.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THE MOTHER OF ARMAD ABRY.
>> I STAND BEFORE YOU AS THE 
PROUD MOTHER OF AHMAD ABRY.
I'M CARRYING A BROKEN HEART, BUT
ALSO A GRATEFUL HEART THAT GOD 
CHOSE MY SON TO BE A PART OF 
THIS HUGE MOVEMENT I DO BELIEVE 
IF WE CONTINUE TO STAND AND 
FIGHT TOGETHER THAT THEY WILL 
GET CHANGE.
SADLY, WE HAVE THESE TYPE OF 
TRAGIC EVENTS FAR TOO OFTEN, BUT
I WANT YOU TO PLEASE, DON'T 
FORGET THEIR NAMES.
PLEASE LET THEIR NAMES LIVE 
FOREVER.
I WANT TO SHARE THREE WORDS WITH
YOU THAT I KNOW AHMAD WOULD WANT
ME TO SHARE WITH YOU AS WELL, 
AND THAT IS I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU ALL FOR STANDING WITH
US.
I ALSO WANT YOU GUYS TO HELP ME 
CHANT HIS NAME AND MAYBE HE'LL 
HEAR IT IN THE HEAVENS.
SAY HIS NAME.
>> AHMAD. 
>> THANK YOU AND I LOVE YOU.
AHMAD ARBERY. 
>> LET US HEAR FROM THE ATTORNEY
LEE MERRITT. 
>> BLACK POWER.
I SAID BLACK POWER.
LOOK, WE CANNOT BE AFRAID TO SAY
BLACK POWER.
YOU CANNOT SAY THAT BLACK LIVES 
MATTER IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN 
BLACK POWER.
BLACK POWER!
THE ONLY WAY WE STOP THIS FROM 
HAPPENING IS WHEN WE BEGIN TO 
EXERCISE OUR OWN POWER.
I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT FROM THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
ALL WEEK AND THEY KEEP TELLING 
ME THAT THIS MAN FREED THE 
SLAVES. 
>> AS YOU LISTEN NOW TO ANOTHER 
ATTORNEY, I WANT YOU TO PICK UP 
ON THE CONVERSATION WE WERE 
HAVING EARLIER WITH SARAH ABOUT 
THIS UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION 
THAT REPUBLICANS RUSTLE WITH.
YOU'RE ON ONE SIDE OF THE 
POLITICAL AISLE, SHE'S ON THE 
OTHER.
HOW DO YOU BRIDGE THAT 
UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION?
WHAT BECOMES THE COMMON 
LANGUAGE?
>> WE HAVE TO BE HONEST.
WE HAVE TO HAVE AN HONEST 
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE 
SAYING.
AND WHEN YOUR PRESIDENT CAN'T 
SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER, WHEN THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY IS SAYING BLACK 
LIVES MATTER, WHEN HE SPEAKS FOR
76 MINUTES AND DOES NOT INVOKE 
THE NAME OF THE YOUNG MAN WHO 
WAS MURDERED, BUT THEN TALKS 
ABOUT THE QUOTE/UNQUOTE VIOLENCE
THAT'S HAPPENING AS A RESULT OF 
THAT, WHEN HE DOESN'T 
ACKNOWLEDGE ENOUGH THAT THE 
PEACEFUL PROTESTS THAT ARE 
HAPPENING IS A PART OF THE 
MOMENT AND THEN THE REST IS 
UNCONTROLLABLE EMOTION, 
SOMETIMES OUTSIDE PEOPLE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU FOCUS ON.
AND ALSO NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT 
BRINGING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT INTO
A VERY HEATED SITUATION WITH 
PEOPLE WHO DON'T TRUST LAW 
ENFORCEMENT MIGHT NOT BE THE 
BEST SITUATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN 
YOU'RE BRINGING IN PEOPLE WHO 
DON'T KNOW THE COMMUNITY.
I TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH 
OUTSIDE, OFTEN UNIDENTIFIED 
FEDERAL AGENTS COMING INTO 
COMMUNITIES, TYPICALLY THEY 
DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY POLICING 
MODEL, WHICH WOULD BE A PART OF 
ANY REFORM WE'RE TALKING B. THEY
DON'T KNOW THE COMMUNITY.
THEY THROW THINGS, THEY ACT 
FIRST AND THEY ASK QUESTIONS 
LATER, AND IT KPEXACERBATES THE 
SITUATION.
IT CREATES AN IMAGE THAT I THINK
HE WANTS TO PROMOTE, THAT 
THERE'S VIOLENCE IN THESE 
STREETS AND THAT'S BEING CAUSED 
BY THIS WHEN IT'S NOT.
AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS 
MOMENT IS HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE 
SAID I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU.
THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE 
PEACEFUL, THAT PEOPLE ARE HURT 
AND THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER.
AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO 
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THAT ON THE 
RNC SIDE.
THEY DIDN'T HEAR THEM SAY 
PEOPLE'S HEARTS ARE BROKEN 
BECAUSE THEY LOST SOMEBODY AND 
THEY SHOULD GIVE THEM GRACE.
THEY'RE SAYING THUGS AND MOBS 
AND VIOLENT.
WE HAVE TO JUST BE HONEST ABOUT 
THE FACT THAT SOME OF THIS IS 
BASED ON WHITE FEAR AND CAN WE 
HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
ONCE WE CAN DO THAT AND NOT 
DIVERT THE CONVERSATION ABOUT 
WHO DID THAT, THE FOUNDATION IS 
BLACK PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE.
CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT 
AND ARE YOU WILLING TO DO THAT 
TODAY?
>> SARAH, WHAT IS THE RESPONSE 
TO THAT?
WHAT DO YOU COME BACK WITH WHEN 
THE FOLKS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 
THE TABLE ARE SAYING THAT?
>> I THINK PART OF IT IS THERE'S
OFTENTIMES, WHEN YOU HAVE THESE 
DEBATES THAT YOU CANNOT -- YOU 
GO TO POLICY AND IMMEDIATELY, IF
YOU DON'T AGREE, MAYBE IT'S 
BECAUSE YOU'RE A RACIST.
AND THAT HAPPENS.
THERE IS RARELY A TIME IN TEN 
YEARS OF DOING TELEVISION WHEN I
HAVE A CONVERSATION AS A WHITE 
WOMAN ABOUT RACE THAT SOMEBODY 
DOESN'T BEAM UP MY CELL PHONE 
AND CALL ME A RACIST.
AND IT'S VERY OFFENSIVE WHEN I 
HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW ON HOW TO 
SOLVE THE PROBLEMS IN THIS 
COUNTRY.
I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S WRONG 
FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GO
IN AND PROTECT ITS PROPERTY.
I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN I THINK THAT 
PLA
BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD BE SHOT IN 
THE BACK, BUT I HAVE A DIFFERENT
POLICY APPROACH.
SO I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS 
DEBATE IS REPUBLICANS SO MANY 
TIMES ARE LIKE I'M GOING TO GET 
CALLED A RACIST IF I SAY 
SOMETHING, SO I'M NOT GOING TO 
SAY ANYTHING AT ALL. 
>> BACK TO WASHINGTON, THIS 
NOTION THAT IF REPUBLICANS ARE 
BOTHERED BY LANGUAGE, BUT YOU 
HAVE BROWN AND BLACK PEOPLE WHO 
ARE DYING, THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO 
BE AN EQUAL LEVEL OF PAIN. 
>> OF COURSE NOT.
OF COURSE IT'S NOT.
OF COURSE IT'S NOT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK 
REPUBLICANS SHOULD SAY BLACK 
LIVES MATTER.
OF COURSE THEY MATTER.
THAT'S NOT DIFFICULT.
AND BOTH PARTIES HAVE THEIR 
BACKS UP, RIGHT?
THEY HAVE THEIR BACKS UP ABOUT 
NOT JUST ISSUES AFFECTING RACE, 
BUT ALL ISSUES.
AND THERE'S NOT GOOD COMMON 
GROUND AND THIS IS A CHALLENGE 
POLITICALLY THAT HAS BEEN 
BUILDING FOR OVER A DECADE AND 
RACE IS A PART OF IT, BUT IT'S A
LOT OF OTHER ISSUES, TOO. 
>> BUYRON -- 
>> WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO 
WASHINGTON.
TRAYVON MARTIN'S MOTHER IS 
SPEAKING.
>> TRAYVON MARTIN.
TRAYVON MARTIN. 
>> TRAYVON MARTIN.
>> LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF 
APPLAUSE TO SABRINA FULTON.
ALL OF THESE FAMILIES FOR THEIR 
STRENGTH AND THEIR COURAGE.
ANOTHER BROTHER WHO THE NYPD 
KILLED.
ERIC GARNER, I CAN'T BREATHE.
>> I CAN'T BREATHE. 
>> I CAN'T BREATHE. 
>> I CAN'T BREATHE. 
>> I CAN'T BREATHE.
WE HAVE NOW ERIC GARNER JR., AND
IF YOU ALL WOULD LET HER MAKE 
HER WAY, ERIC GARNER'S MOTHER.
GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
I CAN'T BREATHE. 
>> I CAN'T BREATHE.
>> I CAN'T BREATHE. 
>> I CAN'T BREATHE.
>> IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS SINCE MY 
FATHER'S WORDS BECAME OUR WORDS.
WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE.
I'M CHALLENGING THE YOUNG PEOPLE
TO GO OUT AND VOTE.
IT'S POSSIBLE FOR A CHANGE.
WE JUST HAVE TO PUT IN THE WORK.
GO OUT AND FIND OUT WHAT WE HAVE
TO DO AND WHAT PEOPLE WE HAVE TO
VOTE IN TO MAKE A CHANGE.
WE HAVE TO MARCH PEACEFULLY.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE NO LOOTING, 
NO. WANT TO SEE NO NOTHING.
JUST MARCH PEACEFULLY.
I'M ERIC GARNER JR. AND THAT'S 
MY MESSAGE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> WE HAVE THE MOTHER OF OSCAR 
GRANT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
JUST QUICKLY, PLEASE.
RHONDA JOHNSON, LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN.
RHONDA JOHNSON. 
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS 
RACE IS NOT GIVEN TO THE SWIFT, 
NOR TO THE STRONG, BUT TO THE 
ONE WHO ENDURES.
AND WE ARE A FIGHTING PEOPLE.
MICHAEL 6: 8 SAYS WHAT DOES THE 
LORD REQUIRE OF YOU TO WALK 
HUMBLY AND JUSTLY.
AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT JUSTICE,
WE LOOK AT THE PEOPLE, WE HAVE 
NOT RECEIVED THE JUSTICE THAT WE
DESERVE.
AND IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE EACH 
AND EVERY ONE OF US TO CONTINUE 
TO BAN TOGETHER, TO CONTINUE TO 
MARCH, TO CONTINUE TO PROTEST, 
TO CONTINUE TO CALL THE 
UNJUSTICES UNJUST.
AND YOU AS A PEOPLE, WE AS A 
PEOPLE, CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
WE CAN CHANGE SOME OF THE LAWS 
THAT ARE BEFORE US.
IF WE BAN TOGETHER.
I HAVE WITH ME MY BROTHER, MY 
UNCLE, AND WE ARE HERE TO FIGHT 
UNTIL THE END, BECAUSE WE KNOW 
FROM OSCAR'S CASE ONLY 11 MONTHS
IN THE COUNTY JAIL, WHERE IS THE
JUSTICE?
WHERE IS THE JUSTICE?
WE LOOK AT LIBERTY AND LIBERTY 
IS IMBALANCED.
AND UNTIL WE AS A PEOPLE BEGIN 
TO FIGHT LIKE WE ARE FIGHTING 
TODAY, LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING 
HAD THAT DREAM, AND SO WE MUST 
HAVE THE DREAM THAT WE'RE GOING 
TO SEE EQUALITY OF ALL PEOPLE.
I AM OSCAR GRANT. 
>> SAY HIS NAME. 
>> OSCAR GRANT. 
>> SAY HIS NAME. 
>> OSCAR GRANT. 
>> SAY HIS NAME. 
>> OSCAR GRANT. 
>> SAY HIS NAME. 
>> OSCAR GRANT.
>> WE LOVE YOU ALL.
>> WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE OUT 
OF RESPECT, WE JUST NEED 
EVERYONE TO BRING VERY BRIEF 
GREETINGS SO WE CAN LINE UP TO 
MARCH.
THE MOTHER OF DANTRE HAMILTON.
GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER.
WE WILL SHOW UP ON NOVEMBER THE 
3rd TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK.
WE WILL SHOW UP.
NOVEMBER THE 3rd TO TAKE OUR 
FAMILY BACK.
I AM DANTE HAMILTON'S MOTHER.
HE WAS SHOT 14 TIMES FOR 
SLEEPING IN A PARK.
I WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR 
YOU.
LET'S FIGHT TOGETHER.
VOTE!
>> SISTERS AND BROTHERS.
SISTERS AND BROTHERS, LET ME 
JUST SAY THIS.
THE PROBLEM IS THE POLICE HAVE 
KILLED SO MANY OF US, THERE'S 
NOT EVEN ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO 
HEAR FROM EVERY FAMILY.
BUT I'M GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
FAMILIES THAT ARE AROUND ME, 
JUST ACKNOWLEDGE WHO IS HERE.
THE FAMILY OF STEPHON CLARK IS 
HERE.
HOLD YOUR FIST UP, BROTHER.
THE FAMILY OF MICHAEL BROWN IS 
HERE.
LESLIE, COME STAND NEXT TO ME SO
PEOPLE CAN SEE YOU.
THE FAMILY OF SEVILLE CLARK IS 
HERE -- SEVILLE SMITH, I'M 
SORRY.
THE FAMILY OF TERRENCE CRUTCHES,
HIS TWIN SISTER IS HERE.
WHO AM I LEAVING OUT?
DAVID JONES IS HERE.
AM I LEAVING ANYBODY OUT?
PHILLIP PINELL, THE FAMILY OF 
PHILLIP PINELL, ANTWAN ROSE.
MONTEZ HAMBRAM.
LOOK, EMMANUEL LEE.
YOU SEE ALL THE NAMES THAT ARE 
BEING CALLED.
WE WANT A PRAY FOR ALL OF THESE 
FAMILIES.
PAMELA TURNER.
TAMIR RICE.
NIL
 PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS 
OF THE MARSHALS AND BEGIN TO 
LINE UP TO MY RIGHT AS WE BEGIN.
EVERYBODY GOOD?
I'M NOT DOING ALL OF THAT.
NO, WE'RE NOT.
WE CAN'T DO IT, BROTHER.
THERE'S NO TIME.
WE'VE GOT TO MARCH.
WE'VE GOT TO MARCH.
YOU'RE ON TV.
>> SO AS THEY ARE PREPARING TO 
MARCH, WE'VE HEARD SEVERAL 
SPEECHES TODAY.
WE'VE HEARD PAIN, WE'VE SEEN 
TEARS.
IT HAS BEEN A MOVING DAY.
IT'S ONE WE ANTICIPATED, I 
THINK, THIS MORNING, BUT PERHAPS
EVEN MORE SO. 
>> OH, YEAH, VERY MUCH SO.
I'M STRUCK BY THE AMOUNT OF 
PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM 
AND HOW PERSONAL EACH STORY IS 
AND WE WERE ALL JUST TALKING 
HERE ON SET A FEW MINUTES AGO 
HOW EVEN WE'RE RE-REMINDED BY 
SEEING SOME OF THESE NAMES OF 
THESE STORIES THAT WE HAD ALMOST
FORGOTTEN BECAUSE THERE ARE SO 
MANY NOW THAT GO BACK TO OSCAR 
GRANT.
IT WAS ANOTHER LIFETIME AGO I 
COVERED THAT STORY WHEN I WAS 
BASED IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, 
WHERE I'M FROM.
THE LIST IS SO TRAGIC AND SO 
LONG, IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP WITH 
ALL THE STORIES THAT ARE OUT 
THERE. 
>> T.J. HOLMES, IT REMINDS ME OF
HERE IN NEW YORK, THE 9/11 
MEMORIAL SERVICE EVERY YEAR, 
THAT FAMILY MEMBERS LINE UP AND 
JUST SAY THE NAMES OF THE LOVED 
ONES THEY'VE LOST. 
>> WE WERE WATCHING THIS AND YOU
HEAR PEOPLE SHOUTING OUT TO THE 
SPEAKER, OH, THIS NAME, THAT 
NAME.
IT JUST KEEPS COMING AND COMING.
AND WE TALK ABOUT THE BLACK 
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT AND WE SEE
THESE SHOOTINGS AND THESE 
DEATHS.
BUT THEY'RE ALMOST TWO DIFFERENT
GROUPS OF NAMES AND THERE'S A 
LIST THAT INCLUDES TAMIR RICE 
AND MICHAEL BROWN,ALITIEN 
STERLING, ERIC GARNER.
THE DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THE 
NAMES OF THE BLACK LIVES MATTER 
MOVEMENT, THESE ARE THE ONES IN 
WHICH A POLICE OFFICER WAS NEVER
INDITED, OR HE WAS NOT 
CONVICTED.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT -- SO IT'S 
ONE THING FOR THE BLACK LIVES 
MATTER MOVEMENT TO JUST SAY STOP
SHOOTING US AND KILLING US.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH 
THE ADDITIONAL PAIN OF BEING 
REMINDED OF JUST HOW MUCH YOUR 
LIFE DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE IT'S
NOT WORTH CONVICTING OR EVEN 
CHARGING THE PERSON THAT TOOK 
THAT LIFE.
SO THE PAIN WE TALK ABOUT HERE, 
LOOK, WE COVERED THAT, BECAUSE 
GEORGE FLOYD WAS THE LATEST.
BUT GOING -- I MEAN, I'M A YOUNG
BLACK MAN AND I KNOW THESE ARE 
MY FRIENDS, THESE ARE MY 
NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT TO SEE 
YOURSELF AND SOMEBODY THAT LOOKS
LIKE YOU BEING GUNNED DOWN EVERY
SINGLE DAY ALMOST ON TELEVISION,
TO SEE THAT AND GO THROUGH THAT,
THERE'S A TRAUMA.
I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT 
THIS, WE NEED A COLLECTIVE 
THERAPY AS BLACK FOLKS IN THIS 
COUNTRY.
IT'S JUST HARD, AND YES, MAYBE 
SOMETIMES THEY'RE LISTENING, 
SOME PEOPLE ARE LISTENING THAT 
WEREN'T BEFORE.
BUT TO SIT THROUGH THIS AND TO 
LISTEN TO THESE STORIES AGAIN, 
IT'S TRAUMATIC.
>> WELL SAID.
NOW WE PAUSE SO WE CAN JOIN THE 
NETWORK FOR OUR CONTINUING 
COVERAGE.
>> 57 YEARS AGO, A MOVEMENT WAS 
BORN. 
>> WE MUST WAKE UP, AMERICA, 
WAKE UP, BUT WE CAN STOP AND WE 
WILL NOT BE PATIENT. 
>> TODAY THE SAME SITE AND THE 
SAME MESSAGE.
TOGETHER WE STAND, STILL 
MARCHING FOR EQUAL RIGHTS.
>> WHAT'S HIS NAME?
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> WE WANT FREEDOM NOW.
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER.
>> THE 2020 MARCH ON WASHINGTON 
NOW REPORTING, CECELIA VEGA AND 
T.J. HOLMES. 
>> WE WANT TO TAKE YOU TO THE 
NATION'S CAPITOL, WHERE 
THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS HAVE 
GATHERED AND ARE CHANNELLING 
WORDS SPOKEN BY DR. MARTIN 
LUTHER KING JR. 57 YEARS AGO 
DURING HIS "I HAVE A DREAM 
"SPEECH.
THIS AFTERNOON ON THOSE SAME 
STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL 
DURING A SUMMER THAT HAS SEEN 
PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE
AND SYSTEMIC RACISM ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
WE'VE HEARD SPEAKER AFTER 
SPEAKER DELIVER A SIMILAR CALL 
TO ACTION.
MORE THAN A HALF CENTURY LATER.
THE 2020 MARCH ON WASHINGTON HAS
BEEN DUBBED THE GET YOUR KNEE 
OFF OUR NEKS MARCH.
DEMONSTRATORS WILL MARCH TO THE 
MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL.
CECELIA, WE'VE BEEN ON THE AIR 
FOR HOURS.
IT HAS BEEN MOVING, DISTURBING 
AND SAD. 
>> IT HAS BEEN ALL OF THOSE 
THINGS AND TODAY IS A DAY WHERE 
YOU FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THE PAST 
AND IT IS A DAY WHERE YOU FEEL 
THE WEIGHT OF THE DAY AND THE 
TIME THAT WE ARE LIVING IN.
WE KNOW THAT THE ORGANIZERS HAVE
MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE MISSION 
OF THIS MARCH IS TO RESTORE AND 
RECOMMIT TO MARTIN LUTHER KING'S
DREAM FROM 57 YEARS AGO.
AND THIS HAPPENED -- IT REALLY 
HAPPENED AS A BIT OF A SURPRISE.
REVEREND AL SHARPTON THE "GET 
YOUR KNEE OFF OUR NECKS" DURING 
GEORGE FLOYD'S FUNERAL.
HERE WE ARE TODAY AND WE HAVE 
HEARD FROM SO MANY RELATIVES OF 
THOSE KILLED IN POLICE 
SHOOTINGS, INCLUDING, OF COURSE,
THE FAMILY OF GEORGE FLOYD, 
BREONNA TAYLOR, TRAYVON MARTIN 
AND NOW WE'RE HEARING FROM THE 
LATEST MEMBERS OF A FAMILY ADDED
TO THAT LIST OF OFFICER-INVOLVED
SHOOTINGS, JACOB BLAKE.
T.J., THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE 
BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL WEEK, 
HERE WE ARE AGAIN, A STORY WE 
KEEP TELLING OVER AND OVER. 
>> AND THIS MARCH HAS BEEN IN 
THE PLANNING FOR A COUPLE OF 
MONTHS NOW, AND SURE ENOUGH, THE
VERY WEEK IT'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE 
PLACE WE GET THIS STORY OF JACOB
BLAKE IN WISCONSIN.
WE ARE AT WHAT MANY PEOPLE IS A 
PIVOTAL MOVEMENT.
KENOSHA, WE'VE BEEN WATCHING 
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE STREETS 
THERE.
JACOB BLAKE SHOT SEVEN TIMES IN 
THE BACK.
HIS FATHER IS TELLING US NOW 
THAT HIS SON IS PARALYZED FROM 
THE WAIST DOWN.
HE SAYS ALSO NOW THAT HIS SON IS
HANDCUFFED TO HIS HOSPITAL BED 
AS HE RECOVERS THERE AND PEOPLE 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WHAT 
WE'VE BEEN HEARING IN THESE 
SPEECHES TODAY, IT'S CLEAR THAT 
FRUSTRATION, THERE'S PAIN, 
THERE'S A DEMAND FOR CHANGE AND 
RACIAL EQUALITY.
AND WE SAW THIS WITH THE NBA, A 
POWERFUL, POWERFUL MOMENT, THE 
BUCKS, THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS 
REFUSED TO COME OUT AND PLAY 
BASKETBALL THIS WEEK IN THEIR 
PLAYOFF GAME.
THIS IS A TEAM THAT PLAYS BALL 
ABOUT 45 MINUTES NORTH OF WHERE 
THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
THIS SPARKED A MOVEMENT ACROSS 
THE SPORTS WORLD.
OTHER FOLKS, OTHER LEAGUES FROM 
SOCCER TO BASEBALL TO THE WNBA, 
DID THE SAME, REFUSED TO COME 
OUT AND PLAY, WHICH SENT ANOTHER
SIGNAL, A VERY POWERFUL SIGNAL, 
SOMETHING WE HADN'T QUITE SEEN 
BEFORE IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.
BUT BYRON, HERE WE ARE THIS 
WEEK, ANOTHER MARCH, ANOTHER 
MOMENT, BUT HOPEFULLY THE MOMENT
THAT ENERGY DOES NOT GO AWAY IS 
THE HOPE THIS TIME.
ASKING FOR LEGISLATION IN A LOT 
OF WAYS, BUT ALSO IN THE 
SIMPLEST FORM, STOP SHOOTING US,
STOP KILLING US. 
>> IT'S SOMETHING TO SEE THE 
DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA, ABC NEWS 
POLITICAL ANALYST, THIS MARCH AS
WE SEE THEM MARCH TOWARD THE 
KING MEMORIAL COMES A DAY AFTER 
THE RNC WRAPPED UP THEIR 
CONVENTION AND PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SPOKE. 
>> YOU SEE DC IN TWO DIFFERENT 
LIGHTS.
YOU SEE A CLOSED EVENT, 1,500 TO
2,000 PEOPLE, NO ONE IS WEARING 
MASKS, NOBODY IS SOCIAL 
DISTANCING.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AN AMERICA
THAT FEELS VERY SMALL AND VERY 
LIMITED.
I HEARD THE WORDS OF THE 
SPEAKERS THIS WEEK AND I 
REMARKED I LOVE THE AMERICA 
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, I WISH 
THEY WERE TALKING TO ME.
I WANT TO BE FREE, TOO.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD FREE 
FROM OPPRESSION, I WANT TO HAVE 
CONTROL OVER MY BODY AND MAKE MY
OWN CHOICES.
BUT THEY'RE NOT TALKING TO ME, 
AT LEAST I DON'T FEEL LIKE AND 
THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT LISTENING 
TO ME.
THAT'S THE BIG DISCONNECT WITH 
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THEY MAKE 
DECISIONS ABOUT WOMEN IN A ROOM 
FULL OF MEN.
THEY MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT BLACK 
PEOPLE AND DON'T EVEN TAKE A 
MOMENT TO ASK US WHAT WE THINK.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS 
TALKING ABOUT THE GIFT THAT HE 
IS TO BLACK PEOPLE, BUT HIS 
ADMINISTRATION STARKLY WHITE, 
STARKLY MALE.
WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS LISTEN TO 
US.
WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED.
PLEASE, WE WANT TO LIVE.
THAT IS A VERY SIMPLE DEMAND, 
BASIC HUMAN RIGHT THAT SHOULD BE
GUARANTEED TO ANY PERSON 
REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE AND 
WE ARE SEEING NOT ONLY THAT NOT 
HAPPEN, BUT A VIL FI INDICATION 
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR 
THAT VERY THING. 
>> SARAH FAGAN, ABC NEWS 
CONTRIBUTOR, REPUBLICAN 
STRATEGIST, WHERE IS THE COMMON 
GROUND?
FROM WHAT WE SEE AND HEAR TODAY 
AND WHAT WE HEARD AND SAW LAST 
NIGHT FROM WASHINGTON AND THE 
PRESIDENT AND THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY?
>> I THINK THE COMMON GROUND, 
MOST LIKELY COMMON GROUND MOST 
QUICKLY WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF 
POLICE REFORM PACKAGE IN 
WASHINGTON.
REPUBLICANS HAVE A BILL, IT 
ABSOLUTELY COULD HAVE GOTTEN 
PASSED.
THE DEMOCRATS DID NOT THINK IT 
WENT FAR ENOUGH, THEY BLOCKED 
IT.
BUT THERE'S NO REASON, BOTH 
SIDES OF THE AISLE WOULD LIKE TO
GET THIS DONE.
THERE'S NO REASON WE CAN'T COME 
TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING THAT 
MOVES THE NEEDLE AND MAKES 
THINGS BETTER IN THIS COUNTRY 
AND HELPS MOVE LAW ENFORCEMENT 
TO A PLACE WHERE COMMUNITIES 
COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT HOW
TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS.
WE NEED STRONG LAW ENFORCEMENT, 
YOUNG BLACK MEN SHOULD NOT FEAR 
FOR THEIR LIVES WHEN THEY'RE 
WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
>> XM SIRIUS RADIO HOST, ABC 
CONTRIBUTOR, MIKE, TODAY IS 
DRIVEN A LOT BY YOUNG PEOPLE 
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY THAT ARE SICK
AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND 
TIRED. 
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS MARCH IS 
IT KIND OF RESETS WHERE WE ARE, 
AND FOR ME MY HOPE IS THAT IT 
GIVES YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE 
WATCHING A MORALE BOOST TO 
REMIND THEM THAT WHEN JOHN LEWIS
WAS GIVING HIS SPEECH AT THE 
MARCH ON WASHINGTON, HE WAS 23 
YEARS OLD.
WHEN DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS 
GIVING HIS FAMOUS "I HAVE A 
DREAM SPEECH" HE WAS IN HIS 30s.
THE YOUTH ARE THE ONES WHO ARE 
KEEPING THIS MOVEMENT ENERGIZED 
AND IT'S ALSO INTERESTING TO SEE
HOW WE SEE THE FRUSTRATION AND 
THE ANGST OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN 
WATCHING OVER THE LAST THREE 
HOURS IS THIS FRUSTRATION THAT 
NOTHING IS HAPPENING.
WE KEEP GOING TO CONGRESS, WE 
KEEP GOING TO THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES, BUT WE DON'T 
SEE ANY CHANGE.
T.J. JUST MENTIONED IN THE 
BACKDROP, JACOB BLAKE JUST DIED 
WHEN THIS MARCH WAS ALREADY 
PLANNED.
SO TO KEEP SAYING LEAVE IT TO 
CONGRESS, THAT'S NOT WORKING.
TO SAY THIS VOTE, THAT'S NOT 
WORKING, BECAUSE BLACK PEOPLE 
ARE STILL GETTING KILLED EVERY 
WEEK.
SO WHAT DO WE DO?
THIS IS THE FRUSTRATION THAT 
YOU'RE SEEING.
THAT ENERGY ON THE STREET IS 
FRUSTRATION.
WHEN YOU SEE THE FRUSTRATION, 
THE LOOTING, AND THE ANGER, THEY
DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.
WHERE DO YOU PUT THIS PENT-UP 
ENERGY AT?
SO I THINK THE YOUTH ARE CRYING 
OUT, WE WANT SOMETHING, WE WANT 
SOMETHING IMMEDIATE, AND THEY'RE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW AND 
WHICH WAY TO DO IT. 
>> LET'S GO TO THE STREETS OF 
WASHINGTON, D.C.
ONE OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE
ABC NEWS FAMILY IS THERE.
FAITH, WHAT IS THE MOOD IN THIS 
MOMENT?
>> Reporter: WELL, A LOT OF THE 
MARCHES RIGHT NOW ARE GETTING 
READY TO WALK OVER TO THE MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. MEMORIAL, WHICH 
IS ABOUT A HALF A MILE AWAY.
THEY'VE BEEN UNDETERRED BY THIS 
GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
THEY CAME HERE FROM ALL ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY.
THEY'RE STILL UNDETERRED BY THE 
SUMMER HEAT WE'RE FEELING HERE 
IN WASHINGTON TODAY.
THIS SHOWS YOU JUST HOW SERIOUS 
THIS IS FOR THEM.
FOR A LOT OF THEM, THE GLOBAL 
PANDEMIC IS A THREAT TO THEIR 
LIVES, BUT SO IS POLICE 
BRUTALITY.
THEY ARE FIGHTING THE FIGHT, 
THEY SAY THAT THEIR FATHERS 
FOUGHT BACK IN THE '60s, THEIR 
MOTHERS AND EVEN THEIR 
GRANDPARENTS FOUGHT BACK IN THE 
'60s.
THERE'S A REAL FRUSTRATION THAT 
THEY SHOULDN'T BE HERE, THEY 
SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE FIGHTING 
THE SAME FIGHTS OVER AND OVER 
AGAIN.
BUT HERE WE ARE, AND THEY ARE.
AND SO THEY'VE BEEN LISTENING TO
SPEECHES ECHOING FROM THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL ALL AFTERNOON 
LONG.
THEY HEARD FROM THE REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON, THEY HEARD FROM FAMILY
MEMBERS OF JACOB BLAKE, AHMAD 
ARBERY, BREONNA TAYLOR AND A LOT
MORE GRIEVING FAMILIES WHO HAVE 
LOST THEIR LOVED ONES AT THE 
HANDS OF POLICE BRUTALITY.
AND OF COURSE ORGANIZERS HAVE 
BEEN EXPRESSING TO THEM AND 
URGING A LOT OF THESE MARCHERS 
TO PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING 
WHILE YOU'RE HERE.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 
70,000 PEOPLE HERE AND THAT'S A 
LITTLE HARD TO DO.
BUT WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE TRY TO DO 
THAT, STAY ON THE PERIPHERY, 
STAY WITH THE GROUPS THEY CAME 
WITH.
WHAT WE DO NOTICE IS THAT A 
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HERE HAVE 
THEIR MASKS ON AND SO THEY'VE 
HAD THESE MASKS ON ALL DAY, 
TRYING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO 
PAY ATTENTION TO THE GLOBAL 
PANDEMIC THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH
RIGHT NOW.
BUT AS FAR AS THE MARCH GOES, 
AGAIN, THE THEME TODAY IS GET 
YOUR OFF OUR NECKS, OF COURSE A 
DIRECT REFERENCE TO THE GEORGE 
FLOYD DEATH AND ALSO THE 
CONTINUED AND BROADER FIGHT 
AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY.
AND AS THEY GET READY TO MARCH 
OVER ABOUT A HALF A MILE TO THE 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MEMORIAL,
THEY WILL HEAD OVER THERE AND 
HONOR HIS LEGACY AND HIS 
CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT THE FIGHT IS 
NOT YET OVER.
WE HEARD FROM YOLANDA KING, THE 
GRANDDAUGHTER OF DR. KING, 
EARLIER TODAY IN AN IMPASSIONED 
SPEECH CALLING FOR ALL OF THIS 
TO END.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
AND SAYING THAT SHE WANTS IN HER
LIFETIME TO SEE THE THINGS HER 
GRANDFATHER DREAMED OF TO COME 
TO FRUITION.
AND THAT THESE MARCHES WOULDN'T 
BE NECESSARY.
SO THAT IS THE PLATFORM HERE 
TODAY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE 
EMOTIONAL.
IT'S PERSONAL FOR THEM.
IT'S LIFE OR DEATH.
THEY'VE RISKED A LOT JUST TO BE 
HERE TODAY IN ORDER TO 
PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OUR CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT,
IN 1963 THE MARCH WAS ABOUT 
CIVIL RIGHTS AND JOBS.
TODAY IT SEEMS FOCUSED ON 
POLICING IN AMERICA.
>> BYRON, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY 
RIGHT.
I WAS THINKING TODAY AS WE 
WATCHED THOSE FAMILIES OF THOSE 
WHO HAD LOST THEIR LIVES OF HOW 
EMOTIONAL THEY WERE AND HOW 
ELOQUENT THEY WERE IN SPEAKING 
OUT FOR THOSE WHO CAN NO LONGER 
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRIKES 
ME ABOUT TODAY ALSO, BYRON, IS 
IN THE '60s WE HAD THOSE SIGNS, 
"I AM A MAN", SIMPLE SIGNS 
CRYING OUT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY.
AND NOW 57 YEARS LATER, WE'RE 
SEEING THE SIGNS THAT BLACK 
LIVES MATTER.
AND ONE OF THE SONGS THAT WAS 
SANG TODAY, ONE OF THE LYRICS 
SAID SIMPLY, "WE WANT TO LIVE".
IN ESSENCE WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS 
A QUEST FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND AT
THE END OF THE DAY AS WE'VE SEEN
MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE 
EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE SAME 
THINGS THAT I HAVE, THEY'VE 
TALKED ABOUT THE NOTION THAT 
WHEN WE ENCOUNTER POLICE, 
PARTICULARLY WHITE POLICE 
OFFICERS, OUR HEART BEATS A 
LITTLE FASTER, BECAUSE WE DON'T 
KNOW WHETHER WE CAN EXPECT TO BE
TREATED IN THE SAME WAY THAT OUR
WHITE COUNTERPARTS ARE.
IN ESSENCE, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS 
ABOUT.
AND THOSE CROWDS TODAY ARE 
CRYING OUT FOR CHANGE.
AND ONE THING THEY EMPHASIZED 
TODAY, BYRON IS VOTE.
THAT SEEMS TO BE THE ONE THING 
THEY THINK THAT PEOPLE CAN DO TO
PERHAPS CHANGE THE SITUATION.
>> THANK YOU, PIERRE.
TERRY MORAN, IN 1963, 
23-YEAR-OLD JOHN LEWIS SAID WE 
WANT JUSTICE NOW, AND TODAY 
WE'RE HEARING SIMILAR CALLS. 
>> WE ARE, AND IT'S VERY MOVING 
TO ME.
CECELIA SPOKE ELOQUENTLY OF IN 
THIS MOMENT THE BURDEN OF THE 
PAST, T.J. TALKED ABOUT THE 
TRAUMA OF THE PRESENT, OF OUR 
LIFE ESSENTIALLY.
I ALSO SEE IN THIS MOMENT A HOPE
IN THE FUTURE.
IT WAS FREDERICK DOUGLAS WHO 
FAMOUSLY SAID POWER YIELDS 
NOTHING WITHOUT A DEMAND.
IT NEVER HAS AND NEVER WILL.
THIS IS A DEMAND.
WHETHER IT WAS THE LABOR 
MOVEMENT OR THE WOMEN SUFFRAGE 
MOMENT OR THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE
LIVING WITH DISABILITIES OR THE 
LGBTQ AMERICANS.
NO MATTER WHO IT WAS, HAD TO 
STAND UP, DEMAND TO BE 
RECOGNIZED IN THEIR FULL AND 
EQUAL HUMAN AND CIVIC DIGNITY 
AND RIGHTS.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE 
THINGS WE'RE SEEING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOES 
GIVE ME HOPE IN IN THESE VETIME 
WHERE WE'RE SEEING HORRIFIC 
VIDEOS, STOMACH-CHURNING VIDEOS,
AFRICAN-AMERICANS DYING AT THE 
HAND OF POLICE ACTING UNDER 
COLOR OF LAW.
THE POLLS HAVE SHOWN THAT 
AMERICANS GET IT.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET 
FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO BE TWO 
STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK OR 
MORE.
BUT I SEE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE 
YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING UP THIS 
CAUSE, MY OWN DAUGHTER, SHE'S 
NOT OUT THERE, SHE'S OUT OF 
STATE AT THE MOMENT, BUT TO SEE 
AND SENSE THAT THERE'S VIGOR AND
VIBRANCY IN THAT DEMAND AGAIN, I
FIND HOPEFUL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE SEE THIS RAINBOW NATION, 
PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, ALL COLORS.
I'M MINDFUL BACK IN 1963 WE SAW 
SIMILAR IMAGES.
A PERSON WHO WAS THERE THAT DAY,
PETER YARO FROM PETER, PAUL AND 
MARY.
PETER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 
JOINING US. 
>> I'M VERY GLAD TO BE WITH YOU.
I'M HONORED AND THE MEMORIES OF 
THAT MARCH ARE INDELABLE AND IT 
WAS WHAT BROUGHT PETER, PAUL AND
MARY INTO AN ACTIVIST MODE THAT 
LASTED FOR OUR ENTIRE CAREERS, 
FOR 50 YEARS. 
>> THAT DAY YOU SAYING IF I HAD 
A HAMMER, WHAT WAS -- TODAY 
WE'RE HEARING THE ANGER, THE 
HURT, THE FRUSTRATION.
WHAT WAS STIRRING IN YOUR HEART,
IN YOUR SOUL, IN 1963?
>> IT WAS THE EMERGENCE OF THE 
FIRST NATIONAL MOVEMENT THAT HAD
EMERGED FROM THE GRASSROOTS THAT
I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVED THAT IF WE
STOOD TOGETHER, NOT AS PEOPLE IN
POWER, NOT AS ELECTED OFFICIALS,
NOT AS PEOPLE WHO HAD A LOT OF 
MONEY, JUST ORDINARY HUMAN 
BEINGS, THAT WE COULD TURN THE 
TIDE OF HISTORY.
AND THERE WERE A QUARTER OF A 
MILLION PEOPLE THERE AND THERE 
WAS NO DOUBT THAT THAT WAS THE 
CASE.
IT WAS BEYOND ANYTHING THAT CAN 
BE DESCRIBED NOW TO BE A PART OF
THAT.
AND WHEN PETER, PAUL AND MARY, 
WHEN WE SANG "BLOWING IN THE 
MIND" AND IF I HAD A HAMMER, IT 
WAS THIS LINE -- 
♪ HOW MANY YEARS CAN SOME PEOPLE
EXIST ♪
♪ BEFORE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE 
FREE ♪
THEY ALL KNEW THE SONG.
THEY WERE SINGING BECAUSE IT HAD
JUST HIT THE TOP OF THE CHARTS 
THE WEEK BEFORE.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HEARD
BOB DYLAN AND THEY WERE HOLDING 
HANDS AND SINGING.
IT WAS NOT A PERFORMANCE OF THE 
SONG, IT WAS AN ACT OF 
SOLIDARITY AND MUSIC HAD THAT 
MOMENT AT THAT TIME.
IT WASN'T ENTERTAINMENT, IT WAS 
AN ADVOCACY IN AND OF ITSELF.
NOW, IN TODAY'S WORLD WHAT WE'RE
SEEING, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, 
HAVING BEEN A PART OF THE 
MOVEMENTS ALL THESE YEARS, AND 
I'M NOW AN OKT GENARIAN, WE'RE 
SEEING THE MOST AMAZING THING 
THAT'S HAPPENED IN DECADES, 
WHICH IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE 
ACROSS ALL BOUNDARIES, ACROSS 
ALL LINES, THAT HAVE RALLIED TO 
A MORAL CAUSE, AND I WONDERED IF
THE UNITED STATES STILL HAD THAT
CAPACITY.
BUT AFTER GEORGE FLOYD WAS 
KILLED, PEOPLE COULD NOT LIVE 
WITH THEMSELVES SEEING THAT 
HORROR OF SADISTIC CRUEL MURDER,
AND THEY WENT OUT ON THE STREETS
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 
AMERICA -- I'M NOT SAYING ALL OF
AMERICA, BUT A LOT OF AMERICA 
HAS TAKEN TO THE STREETS AND 
SAID THIS CANNOT BE.
SO IN A SENSE EXACTLY WHAT IS 
HAPPENING TODAY, THE OUTRAGE IS 
AT THE ACTS, IT'S IMPORTANT, 
IT'S ESSENTIAL, IT'S CRUCIAL, 
BUT EVEN ALONG WITH THAT WAS 
MARTIN LUTHER KING'S INJUNCTION,
WHICH WAS THAT YOU MUST LOVE THE
PEOPLE AND DESPISE THE ACTS.
IF IT DOESN'T COME FROM A LOVING
PLACE IN THAT SENSE.
NOW, OUT OF THIS PAIN, FOR 
INSTANCE, I'M WORKING WITH 
STUDENTS WHO HAVE WRITTEN SONGS 
OUT OF THIS PAIN, CAN COME THE 
KIND OF LOVE AND THE KIND OF 
CREATIVE MOMENT THAT CAN 
ABSOLUTELY REACH PEOPLE'S SOULS.
TALK IS TALK, BUT THAT MUSIC, 
WHEN YOU HEAR -- 
♪ AIN'T GONNA LET NOBODY ♪
♪ TURN ME ROUND TURN ME ROUND 
TURN ME ROUND ♪
♪ AIN'T GONNA LET NOBODY ♪
♪ TURN ME AROUND ♪
♪ KEEP ON WALKING ♪
♪ KEEP ON TALKING ♪
THAT IS -- WHEN YOU HEAR THAT, 
IT TRANSLATES IT SOMEHOW INTO 
SOMETHING THAT IS MEDIATED AT A 
HEART LEVEL. 
>> PETER, AS MY LATE PASTOR 
WOULD SAY, AMEN, THANK YOU FOR 
THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM,
THANK YOU FOR A SONG AND 
REMINDING US OF THE POWER OF 
ACTIVISM AND THE POWER OF SONG.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. 
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE'LL GO NOW TO OUR COLLEAGUE
WHO IS THERE WITH PEOPLE WHO 
LISTENED TO THE SPEECHES TODAY 
AND WHO ARE PREPARING TO 
PARTICIPATE IN THAT MARCH OVER 
TO THE KING MEMORIAL.
ALEX.
>> Reporter: BYRON, I'M HERE 
WITH TAYLOR HOWARD, WHO ACTUALLY
IS SPENDING HER 30th BIRTHDAY 
HERE AT THE MARCH TODAY.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS 
EARLIER, AND YOU HAD A CHANCE TO
HEAR SOME OF THE SPEAKERS.
THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT REALLY 
STUCK OUT TO YOU.
>> YEAH, I CANNOT RECALL THE 
REVEREND'S NAME, BUT HE SAID 
SOMETHING PROFOUND TO ME THAT I 
HAVEN'T HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS 
ENTIRE TIME, WHICH IS MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT AGAIN FOR THE 
FIRST TIME.
AND I THINK THAT'S A POWERFUL 
STATEMENT.
I THINK OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT 
RAN ON THAT CAMPAIGN SLOGAN AND 
YOU SEE PEOPLE TODAY WEARING 
HATS THAT SAY THAT SLOGAN, BUT 
WHO IN ACTUALITY ARE WORKING IN 
OPPOSITION OF THAT.
AND TO BE HONEST, AMERICA HAS 
NEVER BEEN GREAT AND NEVER CAN 
BE GREAT UNTIL EVERYBODY IN 
AMERICA CAN FEEL AS THOUGH THEY 
HAVE THE OPTIMAL RESOURCES AND 
ABILITY TO BE AS GREAT AS THEIR 
POTENTIAL WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE.
AND SYSTEMATICALLY WE'RE NOT SET
UP FOR THIS. 
>> YOU DIDN'T HEAR TOO MANY 
FOLKS OUTWARDLY SAY A SPECIFIC 
CANDIDATE.
HOW DO YOU FEEL THE MOMENTUM 
WILL BE FROM TODAY TO THE POLLS?
>> I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING
TO SAY THAT.
MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WERE 
TALKING ABOUT THAT.
I THINK TODAY IT WAS -- PEOPLE 
SHOULD RECOGNIZE THIS AS A 
MONUMENTAL TIME TO FORECAST AND 
FORESHADOW WHAT IS TO COME.
IF PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO COME 
OUT IN MASKS, IF PEOPLE LIKE MY 
PARENTS WHO ARE HIGH RISK IN THE
AGE GROUP, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO
COME OUT THERE AND RISK THEIR 
HEALTH BECAUSE THEY KNOW 
LONG-TERM THE BENEFITS OF US 
VOTING, OF US COMING OUT AND 
SHOWING THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO
STAND AND TOLERATE INJUSTICE 
ANYMORE, THIS IS AN INDICATION 
OF ONLY A SMALL FRACTION OF HOW 
THE POLLS ARE GOING TO BE.
I THINK THIS INSPIRED PEOPLE TO 
WORK AND GO TO THE POLLS.
IF PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO WALK 
THE STREETS IN MASKS, THEY'RE 
GOING TO CAST THEIR VOTE AND BE 
HEARD IN MASKS. 
>> ANOTHER THING THAT'S REALLY 
KIND OF PRONOUNCED ITSELF TODAY 
IS PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE NOT A 
MONOLITH.
THIS IS NOT A SINGULAR BODY THAT
VOTES ONE WAY.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS 
AMONGST THE COMMUNITY.
BUT THIS ISSUE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
OR POLICE REFORM SEEMS TO BE A 
TREND, AND I'M NOT GOING TO CALL
IT A TREND, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S
MOTIVATING PEOPLE OF COLOR TO 
THE POLLS.
IF YOU HAD TO PUT IT IN A DEPTH 
CHART WITH CORONAVIRUS, THE 
ECONOMY, WHERE DOES IT MATCH UP 
RIGHT NOW?
>> I THINK THAT IT'S NUMBER ONE.
I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY --
CORONA IS SOMETHING THAT HAS 
BEEN AROUND, YOU KNOW, FOR A 
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THE 
INJUSTICES THAT WE'RE GOING TO 
THE POLL ABOUT HAVE EXISTED FOR 
CENTURIES.
SO I THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO 
UNDERSTAND, THIS IS WORTH THE 
RISK BECAUSE THERE ARE FAR 
GREATER RISKS THAT OUR ANCESTORS
TOOK TO GET US TO JUST WHERE WE 
ARE TODAY.
SO SOMETHING LIKE A VIRUS WHERE 
WE CAN WEAR A MASK AND WE'RE 
GOING TO WASH OUR HANDS, THAT'S 
NOT GOING TO STOP US.
OUR AN VESTERS LITERALLY HAD 
LIFE AND DEATH FROM OTHERS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET A VIRUS 
STOP US FROM TRYING TO GET THERE
FROM THE POLLS. 
>> WE'RE STEPS FROM THE WHITE 
HOUSE RIGHT NOW.
IF THERE IS A MESSAGE THAT YOU 
WOULD HOPE THE PRESIDENT TAKES 
FROM THIS SHOWING TODAY, WHAT IS
IT?
>> THAT PEOPLE ARE HUMAN.
I THINK SOMETIMES THAT HE PUTS 
HIS POLITICAL INTERESTS AND HE 
PUTS HIS BELIEFS ABOVE THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND HIS JOB IS 
TO PUT US FIRST, ALL PEOPLE 
FIRST. 
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
>> APPRECIATE YOU.
>> I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CECELIA VEGA, THERE HAVE BEEN SO
MANY MOVING MOMENTS, I'M 
THANKING ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER 
KING III, HIS DAUGHTER, HER 
SPEECH, YOU COULD HEAR HER 
GRANDFATHER'S SPIRIT IN HER 
VOICE.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MOMENTS 
THAT SPOKE TO YOU TODAY?
>> I'M THINKING OF THE 
GRANDMOTHER, THE MOTHER THAT WE 
HEARD SPEAK TO RACHEL, OUR 
COLLEAGUE, WHO TALKED ABOUT 
HAVING TO GIVE THAT TALK, WHICH 
WE HAVE ALL TALKED ABOUT IN 
HERE, AND LIVING WITH THE 
DAY-TO-DAY FEAR OF WATCHING HER 
SON, HER GRANDCHILDREN LEAVE 
THEIR HOUSE AS YOUNG BLACK MEN, 
NOT KNOWING WHETHER THEY WILL 
COME HOME IF THEY ARE STOPPED BY
THE POLICE.
THAT IS A FEAR THAT HAPPENS IN 
BLACK AND BROWN HOUSEHOLDS 
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.
AND I AM STRUCK BY WE ARE 67 
DAYS OUT FROM OUR PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION AND TENS OF THOUSANDS 
OF PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO RISK 
THE POSSIBILITY OF COVID TO GO 
OUT THERE AND HAVE THEIR VOICES 
HEARD TODAY.
THAT IS A VERY, VERY POWERFUL 
STATEMENT FROM THE INDIVIDUAL 
STORIES, BUT TO THE COLLECTIVE 
OF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE OUT 
THERE.
THAT IS AN IMAGE THAT WILL STICK
WITH ME. 
>> THANK YOU, CECELIA.
T.J., THE TALK.
MY MOMMA HAD IT WITH ME, I KNOW 
YOUR PARENTS HAD IT WITH YOU.
>> IT'S STILL HAPPENING AND I 
WONDER, AND I GET WORDS 
SOMETIMES THAT WE SEE RACISM IN 
THE COUNTRY TOO MUCH, IT GETS 
SKEWED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE 
SEE RACISM ON THE EXTREMES.
YOU CAN SEE RACISM WHEN THERE'S 
A VIDEO OF A MAN ON THE GROUND 
WHEN SOMEONE HAS THEIR KNEE ON 
THEIR NECK AND HE CAN'T BREATHE 
FOR NINE MINUTES OR WHEN YOU SEE
A BROTHER GET SHOT IN THE BACK 
SEVEN TIMES.
BUT RACISM ALSO EXISTS WHEN 
YOU'RE IN THAT OFFICE, WHEN YOU 
GET PASSED OVER.
IT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE WALKING 
DOWN THE STREET.
IT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE 
EQUALITY IN-HOUSING.
IT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE 
EQUALITY IN ALL THESE OTHER 
THINGS.
WE SEE THESE EXTREMES AND THEN 
WE SEE THE EXTREME REACTION.
THAT'S NOT REALLY WHERE WE ARE, 
WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR AND 
WHAT WE'VE BEEN BEGGING FOR AND 
SCREAMING FOR.
TO THINK IN 57 YEARS WE'RE 
MAKING THE EXACT SAME REQUESTS 
WE MADE 57 YEARS AGO.
THESE ARE ON THE EXTREMES.
SO WHAT I GET AWAY FROM IT, WHAT
I WALK AWAY FROM IS THE IDEA OF 
IT BEING A HOPEFUL EXPERIENCE 
TODAY AND I HOPE WE CAN WALK 
AWAY WITH THAT.
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE PAIN 
AND FRUSTRATION OUT SOMETIMES, 
AND MAYBE SOME PEOPLE ARE 
LISTENING FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, T.J.
SARAH, 30 SECONDS, WHAT DO YOU 
THINK REPUBLICANS WHO ARE 
WATCHING TODAY ARE EXPERIENCING 
TODAY?
WHERE DO THEY GO AFTER A DAY 
LIKE TODAY?
>> I THINK YOU CAN'T WATCH WHAT 
HAS HAPPENED AND NOT FEEL THE 
PAIN THAT EXISTS FOR THESE 
FAMILIES AND FOR EVERYBODY WHO 
SHOWED UP TODAY.
AND SO THERE IS A REAL CHALLENGE
HERE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BOTH
PARTIES TO ADDRESS IT.
REPUBLICANS HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY 
IN THAT.
I THINK REPUBLICANS NEED TO BE 
ABLE TO SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE NEED TO 
CHANGE OUR VIEWS ON POLICY 
ISSUES.
I HAPPEN TO THINK WE HAVE BETTER
POLICY SOLUTIONS FOR BLACK AND 
WHITE AMERICA, BUT WE'VE GOT TO 
GO TO THE TABLE AND TALK ABOUT 
THESE ISSUES.
>> I'M MINDFUL OF THE PRO VERB, 
WHEN YOU PRAY, MOVE YOUR FEET.
WE SAW BOTH OF THAT TODAY IN 
WASHINGTON. 
>> WE DID, AND WE SAW A LOT OF 
LOVE.
OFTEN WHEN YOU SEE THE 
PROJECTION OF MOVEMENTS AND 
PROTESTS, WE'VE BEEN SEEING A 
LOT OF VIOLENCE.
BUT I HEARD PARENTS GET UP ON 
THAT STAGE WHO HAVE LOST A CHILD
AND THEY SAY I LOVE YOU AND 
EVERYBODY SAYS I LOVE YOU.
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE WORK 
I DO IN ORGANIZING PEOPLE, IT'S 
ABOUT THE LOVE.
AND IT'S NOT A LOVE YOU EXPECT 
TO HAVE, IT COMES FROM A DEEP 
LOSS THAT CAN ONLY BE SHARED BY 
SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN THERE AND 
WE'VE ALL HAD THESE STORIES OF 
INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO 
DON'T LIKE US BECAUSE WE'RE 
BLACK OR POLICE OFFICERS WHO 
HAVE ENCOUNTERED US IN A WAY 
THAT MADE US FEEL THREATENED.
WE DON'T WANT THAT FOR US, WE 
DON'T WANT THAT FOR EVERYONE. 
>> MIKE MUSE, 20 SECONDS, MY 
FRIEND. 
>> IT REMINDS ME OF THE WORK 
THAT WE NEED TO DO.
I'M FRUSTRATED WATCHING THAT 
THAT IN '63 I WAS THERE 50 YEARS
AGO FOR THE ANNIVERSARY, WE'RE 
STILL TALKING ABOUT THE SAME 
THINGS IN 2020.
I WAS REMINDED OF PETER SINGING 
THE FOLK SONGS AND IT'S THE SAME
THING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TO 
THE RAP COMMUNITY AND RAPPING 
ABOUT THE INJUSTICE IN THE '90s 
OF RODNEY KING, TO THE POINT 
WE'RE STILL HAVING TO RAP AND 
SING ABOUT THESE TYPE OF SONGS.
WE HAVE TO TALK TO THEM MORE TO 
FIGURE OUT WHAT IS A SOLUTION, 
BECAUSE SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING 
AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE 
CONVERSATION. 
>> PHILLIP RANDOLPH SAID ON THIS
DAY 57 YEARS AGO, WE WHO ARE 
HERE TODAY ARE ONLY THE FIRST 
WAVE AND WE SHALL RETURN AGAIN 
AND AGAIN IN WASHINGTON IN 
GROWING NUMBERS UNTIL TOTAL 
FREEDOM IS OURS.
TODAY'S MARCH LIKELY NOT THEIR 
LAST.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
>> EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS 
A STORY.
EVERY SINGLE ONE HAS A STORY OF 
EXPERIENCING RACIAL INJUSTICE IN
THIS COUNTRY. 
>> LET ME MAKE IT PLAIN.
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
>> WHAT'S THE SOLUTION?
>> LOVE, LOVE, GENEROSITY, 
KINDNESS.
THAT'S THE SOLUTION.
>> WE WANT AN AMERICA THAT WILL 
STOP THE DIVISIVENESS, THE 
INTIMIDATION AND THE THREAT. 
>> YOU CANNOT SAY THAT BLACK 
LIVES MATTER IF YOU DON'T 
BELIEVE IN BLACK POWER. 
>> IF WE COME TO WASHINGTON BY 
THE THOUSANDS, WE'RE GOING TO 
CALL THEIR NAME, WE WILL NEVER 
LET AMERICA FORGET WHAT YOU'VE 
DONE.
CALL THEIR NAMES.
>> RACISM AGAINST JACOB BLAKE, 
WE FIND THEM GUILTY. 
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE A GREAT 
GENERATION. 
♪ WE'LL NEVER LOSE OUR WAY ♪
♪ BECAUSE WE KNOW WHO WE ARE ♪
>> Announcer: THIS HAS BEEN A 
SPECIAL REPORT FROM ABC NEWS.
>> WE HAVE THE POWER TO 
TRANSFORM THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE
IN.
>> WE SHALL OVERCOME. 
>> I THINK WE'RE AT A TIPPING 
POINT. 
>> NOW SEE FOR YOURSELF WHY THIS
DOCUMENTARY IS MORE POWERFUL, 
MORE EMOTIONAL. 
>> ALL OF THE SPEECHES HE EVER 
MADE CAME TOGETHER IN ONE 
MOMENT. 
>> MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. 
>> I SAID THIS IS IT AND I WENT 
FOR IT. 
>> THE 2020 EVENT, MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON, TONIGHT AT 9:00/8:00
CENTRAL ON NBC. 
>> ANOTHER WEEK IN AMERICA, THE 
COUNTRY FACING A NEW TEST NOW. 
>> I'M AT THE AIRPORT, ALMOST NO
ONE HERE. 
>> THIS IS THE NURSING HOME JUST
OUTSIDE SEATTLE.
>> JUST WASHED OFF THIS CRUISE 
SHIP. 
>> THIS IS GROUND ZERO. 
>> IT IS SHUT DOWN. 
>> ANOTHER AMBULANCE JUST PULLED
OUT. 
>> NOW THEY'RE HEADED TO THE 
HOSPITAL. 
>> TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. 
>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME TESTS 
HAVE BEEN DONE HERE. 
>> MORNING AFTER MORNING, LATE 
NIGHT, 24/7, ABC NEWS, THERE FOR
YOU.
>> AMERICANS HERE ON THE GROUND.
>> 18,000 TONS.
>> DAVID. 
>> GROUND ZERO OF HURRICANE 
MICHAEL. 
>> YOU CAN SEE JUST HOME AFTER 
HOME.
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU.
SAVAGE KINGDOM, NEW EPISODES 
FRIDAYS AT 9:00 ON NATIONAL 
GEOGRAPHIC. 
>> SAY HER NAME. 
>> BREONNA TAYLOR. 
>> SAY HER NAME. 
>> BREONNA TAYLOR.
>> I KNEW SHE WAS DESTINED FOR 
GREATNESS.
I HATE SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH 
THIS TO PROVE IT.
I THINK IT'S INSANE.
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO ENTER INTO
A HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 
NIGHT WITHOUT ANNOUNCING 
YOURSELVES?
BECAUSE HAD THEY DONE THAT, 
BREONNA WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY 
LET THEM IN.
>> 911, WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S 
HAPPENING.
SOMEBODY KICKED IN THE DOOR 
INSIDE MY GIRLFRIEND'S.
MY GOD.
>> IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'M 
SAYING, IT'S NOT A WHITE OR 
BLACK THING.
IT'S A RIGHT OR WRONG THING, AND
THAT'S THE WAY HE WAS RAISED.
>> IT'S REALLY HARD.
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT LIKE IT COULD 
BE MY KIDS, IT COULD BE MY 
BROTHER, IT COULD BE ME.
LITERALLY ME.
>> SAY HER NAME. 
>> BREONNA TAYLOR. 
>> SAY HER NAME. 
>> BREONNA TAYLOR.
>> THE RIGHT OF THE CITIZENS OF 
THE UNITED STATES SHALL NOT BE 
DENIED OR ABRIDGED BY THE UNITED
STATES OR BY ANY STATE ON 
ACCOUNT OF SEX.
>> CONGRESS SHALL HAVE POWER TO 
ENFORCE THIS ARTICLE BY 
APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION.
>> WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE LEGACY
OF VOTING RIGHTS IN THIS 
COUNTRY, I'M REMINDED OF THE 
DARKER TIMES IN OUR COUNTRY'S 
HISTORY. 
>> MANY WOMEN ARE THROWN IN 
JAIL, TOLD THEY WERE CRAZY TO 
THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THIS 
RIGHT, THAT THEY WERE UNFEMININE
TO WANT THIS RIGHT.
MANY WERE CAST OUT OF THEIR 
FAMILIES, YET THEY PREVAILED AND
FOUGHT AND IT IS INFURIATING AND
HEARTBREAKING AND INSPIRING TO 
THINK WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH. 
>> I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW POWERLESS
WOMEN FELT, HOW UNFAIRLY IT FELT
TO BE TREATED THIS WAY. 
>> WE DON'T JUST HAVE A RIGHT TO
VOTE, WE HAVE A DUTY TO VOTE. 
>> I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK BACK 
TO MY VERY FIRST TIME VOTING AT 
INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 
BLOOMINGTON, AND I REMEMBER 
WALKING OUT OF THE VOTING 
FACILITY AND FEELING SO 
EMPOWERED AND WEARING THAT "I 
VOTED" STICKER WITH SUCH PRIDE 
KNOWING THAT MY VOICE COUNTED. 
>> WHEN I THINK OF THE LEGACY OF
VOTING RIGHTS FOR WOMEN, IT 
MAKES ME FEEL POWERFUL IN THAT 
LITTLE OLD ME CAN ACTUALLY MAKE 
A DIFFERENCE, LIKE THE WOMEN WHO
CAME FROM ME. 
>> AS A WOMAN, THE RIGHT TO VOTE
MEANS HAVING POWER, HAVING POWER
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS, 
HAVING POWER TO INFLUENCE THE 
SOCIETY IN WHICH I LIVE, IN 
WHICH I WORK, IN WHICH I'M 
RAISING MY CHILDREN, IN WHICH I 
AM A DAUGHTER. 
>> THERE WAS A VICTORY FOR WOMEN
100 YEARS AGO, BUT IT WAS ONLY 
THE BEGINNING OF A MUCH LONGER 
BATTLE. 
>> 100 YEARS AGO, WOMEN WON THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE, BUT THAT VICTORY 
WAS NOT PASSED ON TO ALL WOMEN.
WOMEN OF COLOR WERE NOT GIVEN 
THE SAME RIGHTS AT THE SAME 
TIME. 
>> BLACK WOMEN WERE NOT GIVEN 
THOSE SAME RIGHTS.
IT REALLY BENEFITTED MOSTLY 
WEALTHIER WHITE WOMEN.
AND SO IT IS TO BE CELEBRATED, 
BECAUSE YES, IT WAS A MOMENT OF 
CHANGE IN OUR COUNTRY, BUT I DO 
THINK THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER 
HOW MUCH MORE CHANGE NEEDED TO 
HAPPEN EVEN AT THAT TIME. 
>> THESE LAWS DID NOT END 
PATRIARCHY.
THE LAW DID NOT END RACISM.
THOSE SOCIETAL AND SYSTEMIC 
ISSUES ARE STILL WITH US.
SO AS CELEBRATORY AS WE CAN BE, 
I THINK IT'S A CHARGE TO MAKE IT
EVEN BETTER IN THE FUTURE.
>> THE 19th AMENDMENT IS A 
REMINDER OF HOW FAR WE'VE COME, 
BUT ALSO A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE
TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR WHAT WE 
WANT.
>> WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAYS TO 
GO IN THINGS LIKE PAIN EQUALITY 
AND THINGS LIKE EQUAL 
REPRESENTATION IN POLITICS, 
THINGS LIKE GENDER INEQUALITY 
AND HOUSEHOLD CHORES AND CHILD 
CARE. 
>> WOMEN ARE HALF THE 
POPULATION.
IT'S UNTHINKABLE TO PONDER THIS 
CONCEPT OF WOMEN NOT HAVING 
CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND ALSO 
CIVIC RIGHTS.
>> THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR AND 
EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO 
MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD AND AN 
OBLIGATION, A CIVIC DUTY TO DO 
JUST THAT.
>> WE NEED TO KNOW OUR HISTORY, 
AND SO AS WE CELEBRATE THE 100th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19th 
AMENDMENT, WE NEED TO REMEMBER 
WHO WAS LEFT OUT AT THAT TIME SO
THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE AS WE 
CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR EQUAL 
RIGHTS HEADING INTO THE FUTURE 
THAT THAT'S NEVER AGAIN THE 
CASE.
>> THERE WAS A HUGE SHARK AND IT
HAD THIS BLACK EYE AND I JUST 
STARTED TO HIT IT.
>> I'M 17. 
>> ONE YEAR WITH ONE 
EXTRAORDINARY TEAM, THE ROBIN 
ROBERTS EVENTS SPECIAL, 
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th ON NBC.
>> IF MELANIA WERE SITTING IN 
THE ROOM RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD 
YOU SAY TO HER?
>> FOR 15 YEARS, SHE WAS 
MELANIA'S TRUSTED FRIEND.
NOW SHE'S SPEAKING OUT.
March on Washington for a rally
at the Lincoln Memorial The
marched. Get your knee off our
necks calls for criminal
justice reform and racial
equality must also honoring the
fifty seventh anniversary of
the Reverend Martin Luther king
junior's I have a dream speech.
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 The new video
of the damage and destruction
from hurricane Laura at least
six people have died in
Louisiana nearly eight hundred
thousand power outages have
been reported Cameron parish in
Louisiana ground zero for
Laura's landfall the first
images of the wreckage
devastating Holmes stripped to
their foundations trailers
toppled and twisted and huge
trees snapped like twigs by
winds topping one hundred fifty
miles per hour the nearby Lake
Charles similar scenes of the
wind from hurricane Lara. Took
off per floors of this hotel
and ripped it to shreds huge
branches catapulted by the wind
skewering callers this radio
tower mangled smashing nearby
buildings and this three story
floating casino wedged under a
bridge when you consider the
magnitude of the damage that
could have occurred here. We
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minister Shinzo Ave told a
stunned nation resigned You to
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condition. Minister at this
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twenty one. Is expected to stay
on until his party elects a new
leader and then must be
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minister. Protesters gathered
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least six people killed and the
video now coming in from
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the hurricane Laura made
landfall as a category for. The
damage is extensive nearly come
loss and Cameron place the has
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then it lasted north to Lake
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hard even tornado in Lake City
Arkansas as that's been made
its way north and is still
doing so we still have remnants
of Laura Chillin in Arkansas
gonna move west we've seen
tornado warnings throughout the
morning in western Tennessee
we're gonna see flash flood
threat. From Paducah Kentucky
right through Nashville Dallas
Alabama and Mississippi I want
to take you to the tiny because
this is critical right so if
you are in western Tennessee
you get it this morning then if
you go to produce that comes
late morning early afternoon
Nashville is stopped the clock
there because after midnight
tonight that's when you could
see one to three inches of rain
spall super quickly and even
suspend with tornadoes and
damaging wind. And then that
tropical moisture adds just
even a little more to what we
will see in the afternoon hours
from New York City back to New
Jersey into Connecticut and a
little bit into Pennsylvania
now that's an area that is now
cleaning up from a totally
different story This Is
Waterbury Connecticut with the
picking up trees at least a
hundred plus damaging wind
reports from Pennsylvania to
Massachusetts that was just in
the last twenty four hours. And
then we got a new threat area
to watch an area so hard hit by
that to Rachel couple weeks ago
cedar rapids under the gun for
a tornado threat and also
damaging wind and then that
trickles into northwestern
suburbs of Chicago second
Antioch to say Milwaukee right
there Madison you're right on
the line as well so watch for
those as we go through the
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