DEGREE MURDER EACH 
STARTS WITH AIDING AND ABETTING 
MURDER. 
>> I TAKE NO JOY IN THIS BUT 
THE RESPONSIBILITY. 
>> IN NEW CHARGING DOCUMENTARY 
FORMER OFFICER HELPS 
HELD HIS ACT OF. 
THE DOCUMENTS ALSO SAY FORMER 
OFFICER WILL 
BYSTANDER WHO HELPED FLOYD 
WHILE KEPT FLOYD DOWN 
EVEN AFTER FLOYD'S CONDITION 
THE STATE SAID 
CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE THE 
COURSE OR NO LONGER 
NECESSARY TO CONTROL HIM. 
[CHANTING]. 
>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE 
DEMONSTRATION AND NEARBY 
NYPD OFFICER PROTECTING SCORES 
FROM BY A MAN USING 
THE TWO OTHER OFFICERS WERE 
SHOT. 
SHOTS WERE FIRED AT THE SCENE 
AND THE MEMORIAL 
OVERWHELMED WITH EMOTION. 
THE ACTION THEY SAY IS LONG 
OVERDUE. 
>> INSTEAD OF A WEEK AGO THIS 
IS HAPPENING RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> SO CONFIDENT THE NEW CHARGES 
PROVE THEIR 
DEMONSTRATIONS ARE WORKING. 
>> WE HAVE BEEN OUT HERE 
PROTESTING, MARCHING 
PEACEFULLY AND WE GOT. 
>> GEORGE FLOYD'S SON SEEN IN 
THE CROWD VISITING HIS 
FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
>> I'M HAPPY THAT OUR OFFICERS 
WERE ARRESTED AND MY 
THOUGHTS WHICH IS JUSTICE. 
>> FLOYD'S FAMILY SEEN AS 
ANOTHER STEP FORWARD. 
>> THE FAMILY STATEMENT ALSO 
OFFICER CHAUVIN 
PARTICIPATED. 
. 
>> JOINED NOW BY THE ATTORNEY 
FOR GEORGE FLOYD. 
GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME THIS 
MORNING. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THE FAMILY HAD BEEN CALLING 
FOR THOSE THREE 
OFFICERS TO BE CHARGED 
YESTERDAY AND WERE CHARGED 
WHEN THEY SAW FOR THE FIRST 
TIME YESTERDAY WHAT WAS 
THEIR REACTION. 
>> THEY HAD A SENSE OF RELIEF 
PRAYER AND WERE VERY 
THANKFUL TO ATTORNEY GENERAL 
KEITH ELLISON TO EXPED. 
> LY DO WHAT THEY CALLED FOR 
DAY ONE AND TO ARREST 
EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH 
THE KILLING OF THEIR 
GEORGE. 
THE FAMILY FROM THE BEGINNING 
YOU WANTED A FIRST 
DEGREE MURDER CHARGE OR 
YESTERDAY A SECOND DEGREE 
MURDER CHARGE WAS ADDED TO THE 
OFFICER. 
ARE YOU STILL CONVINCED THAT HE 
COMMITTED THIS? 
>> GEORGE FLOYD'S FAMILY AND 
MANY OTHERS INCLUDING 
MYSELF BELIEVE PUT CHARGE 
SHOULD BE FIRST DEGREE 
HOWEVER WERE RELIEVED THAT 
UPGRADED THE CHARGES TO 
SECOND DEGREE. 
WE DO BELIEVE THAT HE HAD 
INTENT BASED ON WHAT WE 
HEARD FROM THE POLICE BODY CAM 
AUDIO WHEN THE ONE 
OFFICER SAID HE HAS NO PULSE. 
MAYBE WE SHOULD TURN HIM ON HIS 
SIDE OFFICER 
CHAUVIN SAID NO WE'RE KEEPING 
HIM IN THIS POSITION 
AND STANDING ON HIS NECK FOR 
THREE MORE MINUTES 
WHILE HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS. 
THE PROTESTS WE'VE SEEN PLAY 
OUT IN OUR COUNTRY 
AND AROUND THE WORLD ACTUALLY 
NOT THE PROTEST THAT 
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA DO YOU THINK 
THAT WE WOULD SEE THE CHARGES 
THAT WE SAW FOR THOSE 
OFFICERS YESTERDAY AND PERHAPS 
EVEN SECOND DEGREE 
MURDER CHARGE DO YOU THINK WE 
WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT 
WITHOUT THE PROTEST? 
DO YOU THINK THE PROTEST LED TO 
THE CHARGES? 
>> BASED ON THE PRECEDENCE WITH 
THEM NO I DON'T 
THINK WE WOULD HAVE SAW THOSE 
CHARGES. 
THEY'RE ON THE FENCE AND 
EVIDENT THERE WERE 
CHARGES THEY WERE ALWAYS 
EVIDENT MANY OF THESE WERE 
WHITE POLICE KILL BLACK PEOPLE 
THEY JUST NEVER GET 
CHARGED. 
. 
>> I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT 
THE MEMORIAL TODAY AT 
1:00. 
WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT 
WHAT THAT LOOKED 
LIKE AND HOW IS GEORGE FLOYD 
GOING TO BE REMEMBERED? 
>> IT'S GOING TO BE A 
CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND ALSO 
GOING TO BE A PLEA TO AMERICA 
AND A PLEA FOR JUSTICE 
THAT WE DON'T WANT HIS DEATH TO 
BE IN VANE. 
WE HAVE A LOT OF HIGH PROFILE 
PEOPLE COMING. 
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO USE THEIR 
VOICES TO SAY NO 
MORE. 
WE'RE TIRED OF DYING AT THE 
HANDS OF THE PEOPLE 
THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT 
US. 
HOW MANY INTERVIEWS HAVE WE 
DONE LIKE THIS BLACK 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED 
SENSELESSLY AND IT KEEPS 
HAPPENING. 
>> THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE.  
SHOULD BE USED?  
>> IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 
TRUST IT SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT. 
WE NEED TRANSPARENCY, 
ACCOUNTABILITY AND THAT IS THE 
ONLY WAY.  
>> I READ SOMETHING YESTERDAY 
THAT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT.  
ONE OF HIS BROTHER SAID THAT HE 
DID NOT WANT GEORGE FLOYD 
PRODUCED TO A T-SHIRT AND WE 
DID NOT WANT HIM TO BE A LOGO 
HOW IS THE FAMILY HOLDING UP IN 
ALL OF THIS?  S
>> HE REMEMBERS HIS BROTHER 
RIGHT HERE WATCHING THE VIDEO 
FOR ALMOST 9 MINUTES HIS 
BROTHER SAID I CANNOT BREATHE 
AND HE ENDS UP CALLING FOR 
THEIR MAMA ON A DESPERATE PLEA 
BEFORE HE DIES.  
WHAT HE IS SAYING TO THE WORLD 
IS WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE IN 
VAIN.  
WE WANT TITO CONVICTION AND 
SYSTEMATIC REFORM TO PREVENT 
THIS FROM HAPPENING TO OTHER AC
BLACK PEOPLE AND OTHER BROTHERSS
AND PARENTS SO THEIR CHILDREN 
CAN GROW UP WITH THEIR FATHER'S.
>> THANK YOU AND PLEASE PASS 
ALONG OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE 
FAMILY.  
WE HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 
MEMORIAL WITH LESTER HOLT WHO 
IS ALSO HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND 
HE WILL BE ANCHORING A PRIME 
TIME SPECIAL, AND AMERICA IN 
CRISIS.  
HE WILL LOOK AT THE MOOD OF THE 
COUNTRY AND WAYS TO HEAL THE 
DIVIDE AT 10:00 EASTERN AND 
9:00 CENTRAL.  
>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS 
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE 
AGAINST THE PRIMARY OFFICER,  
DEREK CHAUVIN.   
NORMALLY SECOND-DEGREE MURDER 
AND SENSUALLY MEANS AN 
INTENTIONAL KILLING BUT 
PROSECUTORS ARE PURSUING A 
DIFFERENT LEGAL SERIES CALLED 
FELONY MURDER.  
EXPLAIN WHY IT MAY MEAN A 
CONVICTION IS EASIER TO OBTAIN. 
>> FELONY MURDER IS A KILLING 
THAT RESULTS IN AN INTENTIONAL 
BUT RESULTS FROM A FELONY 
COMMITTED IN THE COURSE OF THAT 
FELONY AND TRADITIONALLY 
INHERENTLY DANGEROUS FELONY 
LIKE BURGLARY, ARSON, ROBBERY, 
KIDNAPPING THAT MINNESOTA 
EXPANDS AT THE PHYSICIAN -- THE 
DEFINITION AND ALLOWS BROAD 
FELONIES INCLUDING ASSAULT IN 
THE THIRD DEGREE.  
IN THIS CASE ALL THE STATE 
NEEDS TO PROVE IS THAT OFFICER 
DEREK CHAUVIN AND TENDED TO 
COMMIT THIRD-DEGREE ASSAULT 
WHICH IS INFLICTING  BODILY 
HARM AND SUBSTANTIAL HARM 
RESULTS IN SUBSTANTIAL HARM 
RESULTED AND THEN THE PREDICATE 
FELONY AS LONG AS THEY CAN 
PROVE CAUSATION THAN THEY HAVE 
FELONY MURDER WHICH IS AN 
UNINTENTIONAL KILLING JUST AS 
THE THIRD-DEGREE DEPRAVED MIND 
MURDER IS.  
>> IF THEY PROVE A THIRD-DEGREE 
ASSAULT AND THAT THIRD-DEGREE 
ASSAULT CAUSED THE DEATH THEN 
THEY HAVE A CONVICTION?  
>>> YES AND IN MY THINKING IT 
MAKES IT EASIER TO CHARGE THE 
OTHER OFFICERS BECAUSE ALL THEY 
HAVE TO PROVE OUR AIDING AND 
ABETTING.  THAT THE OTHER 
OFFICERS HELPED HIM COMMIT THE 
THIRD-DEGREE ASSAULT AND IF 
THEY CAN SHOW THAT THEN THEY 
CAN LATCH ONTO THE FELONY 
MURDER THAT HE ALLEGEDLY 
COMMITTED.  I THINK IT MAKES AN 
EASIER PATH FOR PROSECUTORS TO 
BRING THE CHARGES AGAINST THE 
OTHER OFFICERS AS WELL.  
OTHERWISE CHARGING THEM WITH 
AIDING AND ABETTING THIRD-
DEGREE MURDER IS JUST AIDING 
AND ABETTING A HIGHLY RECKLESS 
ACT AND IT'S HARD TO SAY THAT 
THESE OFFICERS INTENDED TO HA
BRING ABOUT WHAT WAS AN 
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE.  
>> QUICKLY, MANY CASES IN THE 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.  
>>> A SPECIAL REPORT, 
REMEMBERING GEORGE FLOYD.  
REPORTING FROM MINNEAPOLIS HERE 
IS LESTER HOLT.  
>>> WE ARE HERE IN NORTH 
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY IN 
MINNEAPOLIS TO BRING YOU LIVE 
COVERAGE OF THE MEMORIAL 
SERVICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD.  THE 
FIRST OF A SERIES OF 
OBSERVANCES THAT WILL CULMINATE 
IN HIS BURIAL NEXT WEEK IN TEXAS
TWO MILES DUE SOUTH OF HERE 
GEORGE FLOYD'S LIFE ENDED AT 
THE HANDS OF FOUR MINNEAPOLIS 
POLICE OFFICERS INCLUDING ONE 
WHO PRESSED HIS KNEE INTO 
FLOYD'S NECK FOR NEARLY 9 
MINUTES AS HE LAY DYING IN THE 
STREET.  
THE OFFICERS WERE FIRED AND 
HAVE NOW BEEN CHARGED IN HIS 
MURDER ANY DEATH GEORGE FLOYD 
HAS BECOME LARGER-THAN-LIFE 
KNOWN THE WORLD OVER AS THE 
SYMBOL OF POLICE BRUTALITY OF 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN.  
A RALLYING CRY FOR CHANGE FOR 
SOCIAL INJUSTICE AND IN THE 
WORDS OF SIX-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, 
DEBBIE CHANGE THE WORLD AND 
THAT IS LIKELY TO BE THE THEME 
TODAY.  
JOIN ME FOR TODAY'S COVERAGE.  
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON.  
YOU'VE REACHED THE SERVICE AND 
I SPENT TIME TALKING TO 
BENJAMIN CRUMP A FEW HOURS AGO, 
THE ATTORNEY FOR THE FAMILY AND 
I ASKED HIM WHAT HE COULD 
EXPECT.  
HE SAID HE WILL NOT BE 
REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF A 46-
YEAR-OLD FATHER, IT IS GOING TO 
BE TALKING ABOUT HOW HIS LIFE 
IN HIS DEATH HAS BECOME SO MUCH 
MORE THAN ANYONE COULD HAVE 
IMAGINED.  
LOOKING UP THE CROWD, THE CROWD 
HERE LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE 
PROTEST CROWDS WE HAVE SEEN 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, YOUNG, OLD, 
BLACK, WHITE.  IT IS A DIVERSE 
CROWD AND ONE OF THE THINGS 
THAT IS MOST STRIKING ABOUT THE 
PROTEST AS A MAN DIES IN POLICE 
CUSTODY AND SPARKS PROTEST IN 
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AND 
FLORIDA AND LITERALLY EVERY 
STATE IN THE COUNTRY.  
THE LIKES OF WHICH WE HAVE NOT 
SEEN IN OUR LIFETIME.  
THERE WILL BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF 
FOCUS ON MOVING FORWARD AND 
USING HIS DEATH AS A RALLYING 
CRY TO CHANGE POLICE TACTICS 
SPECIFICALLY.  
WE KNOW THAT REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON WILL BE DELIVERING THE 
EULOGY AND I'M NUMBER OF 
ACTIVISTS, MUSICIANS WILL BE 
HERE.  
>> AS WE LOOK INSIDE THE 
SERVICES PEOPLE ARE TAKING 
APPROPRIATE DISTANCE.  
THE ASSOCIATE EDITOR EUGENE 
ROBINSON PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING 
TIMES REPORTER AND GEORGETOWN 
UNIVERSITY LAW PROFESSOR AND 
FORMER PROSECUTOR WITH US AS 
WELL.  
I WANT TO PICK UP WITH WHAT 
CRAIG WAS TALKING ABOUT.  
I WAS AT THE SITE OF WHERE 
GEORGE FLOYD DIED AND THE 
MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL IS UNDERWAY 
AND I LOOKED AROUND THE CROWD 
AND IT WAS OLD, YOUNG, WHITE, 
BLACK.  
WE HAVE TENDED TO LOOK AT THESE 
THINGS SOMETIMES THROUGH THE 
IDEA THAT IT IS BLACK MOVEMENT 
AND APPLY CONCERN BUT WE HAVE 
SEEN ANYTHING BUT THAT IN THE 
PROTESTS IN THE FACES THAT OF 
STOOD OUT FOR JUSTICE.  
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, 
LESTER AND THAT IS WHAT I SAW 
THE PROTEST NEAR LAFAYETTE 
SQUARE AND THE WHITE HOUSE 
YESTERDAY, THE SAME SPOT ON 
MONDAY WHERE THE PROTESTERS 
WERE ROUTED IN ORDER TO ALLOW 
THE PRESIDENT TO HAVE A PHOTO 
OP AT THE CHURCH.  
THE CROWD I SAW WAS QUITE 
DIFFERENT FROM THE CROWDS FROM 
1968 FOR DOCTOR KING.  
SOMETHING REALLY HAS CHANGED.  
THIS IS A SOCIETY SANE ENOUGH.  
SAYING THERE MUST BE CHANGE.  
WE CANNOT KEEP GOING THROUGH 
THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.  
IT IS NOW OUR CHALLENGE TO 
FOLLOW THROUGH AND TO ACT.  
>> AND SOME OF THE OTHER CASES 
WE HAVE FOLLOWED, THERE ARE OFF 
RAMPS THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO 
THINK THERE WERE EXTENUATING 
CIRCUMSTANCES OR SOMETHING WE 
DON'T KNOW.  
THE FACT THAT WE WERE ALL 
WITNESS TO THIS IN THE VIDEO 
CONTINUES TO ROLL AS GEORGE 
FLOYD WAS HELD DOWN BY THE 
OFFICERS ME.  
>> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE 
SEEN I HAVE BEEN THINKING A LOT 
ABOUT 1955 AND HOW SEEING THE 
14-YEAR-OLD'S BODY DISPLAYED IN 
HIS CASKET FORCED A LOT OF 
WHITE AMERICANS TO CONFRONT THE 
VIOLENCE THAT THEY HAD BEEN 
WILLING TO IGNORE AND JUST 
HAVING TERRIBLY EGREGIOUS 
MOMENTS WHERE YOU CAN NO LONGER 
DENY WHAT BLACK COMMUNITIES 
HAVE BEEN SAYING AND NO LONGER 
DENY THE TYPE OF BRUTALITY THAT 
BLACK AMERICANS FACE.  
THIS STOOD OUT TO EVERYONE 
BECAUSE IF YOU ARE HUMAN BEING 
AND WHEN YOU SEE A MAN FACEDOWN 
ON THE GROUND PLEADING FOR HIS 
LIFE WHILE AN AGENT OF THE 
STATE MEALS ON HIS NECK FOR 8 
MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS AND HE 
IS BEGGING FOR HIS LIFE AND IF 
YOU HAVE A HEART IN YOUR BODY 
THERE IS NO WAY YOU WOULD NOT 
BE OUTRAGED.  
UNFORTUNATELY IT TAKES THAT TO 
GALVANIZE AMERICANS WHO ARE 
COMFORTABLE TO SIT AT HOME 
BEFORE.  
>> WHEN I WAS AT THE MEMORIAL 
SITE TODAY I WAS TALKING TO 
PEOPLE FOR NIGHTLY NEWS STORY 
ABOUT WHAT DOES JUSTICE LOOK 
FOR AND WHAT WAS THE ANSWER TO 
THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD IN 
THE STREET?  
IS THERE A CLEAR PLACE THAT 
OFFICIALS CAN MOVE VERY QUICKLY 
TO ANSWER THE CAUSE OF THE 
PROTESTERS THAT WILL MAKE A 
STRONG STATEMENT AND IT CHANGES 
HERE AND IT IS HAPPENING?  
>> I THINK SO.  
FOR ONE EXAMPLE, MR. FLOYD WAS 
ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY USING A 
COUNTERFEIT $20 BILL.  
THAT IS NOT A CRIME WHERE YOU 
NEED TO BE ARRESTED PEOPLE HAVE 
BEEN GIVEN CITATIONS AND WE 
HAVE SEEN TOO OFTEN WITH MINOR 
OFFENSES THAT THE CASES ESCALATE
.  PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD A 
COMMISSION THAT RECOMMENDED A 
NUMBER OF REFORMS THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD GET LOST 
THE QUESTION IS WHETHER WE CAN 
IMPLEMENT THOSE AND THIS IS THE 
MOMENT.  
>> I WILL PICK UP THAT POINT, 
LIFE MOVES VERY QUICKLY AND 
RIGHT NOW WE ARE ALL TRANSFIXED 
AND HORRIFIED BY WHAT HAPPENED 
BUT AS WE HAVE SEEN GOING FROM 
COVID TO THIS, THINGS MOVE VERY 
QUICKLY.  
WILL THIS ONE BE DIFFERENT?  
WILL WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON 
THIS MOVING FORWARD REX?  
>> I THINK WE WILL I'M GLAD 
NICOLE RAISED THE HISTORY AND 
ALL THE THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS 
ONE OF THE MOMENTS IN HISTORY 
WHERE PEOPLE PAID ATTENTION IN 
A WAY THAT THEY HAD NOT BEFORE 
WHERE IT JUST STRUCK AT THE 
HEART TO SEE THE IMAGES OF THAT 
YOUNGER BOY SO BRUTALLY 
MURDERED AND TO HAVE SEEN THE 
LAST MINUTES OF GEORGE FLOYD'S 
LIFE.  
IT MAKES AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE 
AND I THINK EVERYTHING IS 
INTENSIFIED BECAUSE OF 
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS 
HAPPENING.  
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL 
PANDEMIC THAT HAS TAKEN MORE 
THAN 100,000 LIVES IN THIS 
COUNTRY AND WE ARE EXPERIENCING 
UNEMPLOYMENT AT LEVELS WE HAVE 
NOT SEEN SINCE THE GREAT 
DEPRESSION.  
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES 
WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE THE WORLD 
IS ON ITS AXIS AND EVERYTHING 
IS INTENSIFIED AND SO THIS IS 
REALLY A MOMENT THAT PEOPLE 
WILL REMEMBER THIS YEAR.  
>> IN THE CROWD WE SAW REVEREND 
JESSE JACKSON AND SOME OF THE 
NOTABLES THAT ARE GATHERING 
INSIDE FOR THE MEMORIAL WHICH 
SHOULD BE GETTING UNDERWAY 
SHORTLY.  
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE 
PROTEST WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE 
LAST WEEK.  
FOR A WHILE IT SEEMED THE 
VOICES FOR CHANGE AND JUSTICE 
WERE BEING DROWNED OUT BY THOSE 
WHO WERE EXPLOITING THE 
SITUATION AND TRIED TO SOW 
CHAOS BUT THE PEACEFUL 
PROTESTERS SEEM TO PUSH THEM 
BACK AND HAVE RECLAIMED THEIR 
MESSAGE.  
DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU AND PART 
OF A LARGER QUESTION IS HOW 
LONG DO THEY NEED TO BE IN THE 
STREETS?  
>> WITH ALWAYS THE CASE IS MOST 
OF THE PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE 
IN A RISING ARE PEACEFULLY 
PROTESTING.  
YOU ALWAYS SEE SOME FOLKS WHO 
BECOME MORE DESTRUCTIVE BUT 
THEY ARE NEVER THE MAJORITY 
MEDIA TENDED TO PAY A LOT OF 
ATTENTION TO THE DESTRUCTION 
AND MOST PROTESTERS WERE BEING 
PEACEFUL, NOT DESTROYING 
PROPERTY AND I THINK WE HAVE 
SEEN A CORRECTION OF THE 
COVERAGE AND ALSO PROTESTERS 
SPEAKING OUT AND SAYING YOU ARE 
LOSING THE MESSAGE WHEN YOU 
ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE PROJECTED 
IN THAT WAY.  
HOW LONG SHOULD THEY LAST, I'M 
A JOURNALIST AND I'M NOT THE 
ONE TO SAY HOW LONG IT SHOULD 
LAST BUT THERE ARE NO QUICK 
FIXES AND IF THE PROTEST DID 
NOT LAST WE MIGHT NOT OF SEEN 
THE CHARGES.  
WE MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN THE 
OFFICER GETTING FIRED WHEN THE 
RESTAURANT OWNER WAS KILLED.  
I GUESS HOW LONG THIS WILL LAST 
IS HOW LONG AMERICANS THINK 
THEY NEED TO PROTEST TO BE 
HEARD.  
>> PAUL, LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT 
GOING FORWARD WITH A LOT OF 
FOCUS ON THE CHARGES OF THE 
FOUR OFFICERS.  
JUSTICE SOMETIMES DOES NOT MOVE 
QUICKLY AND THEY WILL HAVE A 
DEFENSE.  
IS THERE TOO MUCH FOCUS ON THAT 
BEING THE ANSWER TO JUSTICE 
PUTTING ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE 
BASKET?  
>> WHAT WE SEE IS THE PROBLEMS 
OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM 
GOING BEYOND.  
NOW THERE IS A CIVIL RIGHTS 
INVESTIGATION OF THE 
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT 
THE CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT IS 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND WHEN HE 
WAS AN OFFICER HE SUED THE 
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT 
FOR DISCRIMINATION.  
THE CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION 
WOULD LEAD TO STRUCTURAL CHANGES
THAT WOULD OFFER SYSTEMIC RELIEF
THAT WILL HAVE MORE OF AN EFFECT
IN THE PROSECUTION OF THE 
OFFICERS AND THE FAMILY WANTED 
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES 
BECAUSE THEY FELT BECAUSE OF 
THE DEPRAVITY OF THE DEFENSE 
AND IF PEOPLE BREAK THE LAW 
THERE SHOULD BE CONSEQUENCES.  
>> AS WE CONTINUE TO WAIT FOR 
THE SERVICE AT NORTH CENTRAL 
UNIVERSITY TO GET UNDERWAY I 
WANT TO GO TO GABE WHO IS BEEN 
ON THE GROUND IN MINNEAPOLIS.  
THE TONE IN THE CITY HAS SHIFTED
.  IT HAS BEEN QUIET ON ONE 
LEVEL YET PERSISTENT AS FOLKS 
CONTINUE TO ASK FOR JUSTICE.  
>> THAT'S RIGHT.  
YOU WERE HERE A SHORT TIME AGO 
HERE AT THE SCENE WERE GEORGE 
FLOYD TOOK HIS LAST BREATH AND 
I WANT TO STEP OUT OF THE WAY 
AND SHOW YOU THE SCENE.  
THE TONE IN THE CITY HAS 
SHIFTED CONSIDERABLY.  
WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE A WEEK 
AGO WAS VERY ANGRY AND HAS 
SINCE SHIFTED TO CELEBRATORY 
HONORING GEORGE FLOYD'S LIFE.  
AS WE LOOK AT LIVE PICTURES, IT 
WAS EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL 
YESTERDAY WHEN THE CROWD LEARNED
OF THE NEW CHARGES AGAINST THE 
OFFICERS AND THEY GOT DOWN ON 
ONE KNEE AND PUT THEIR HANDS IN 
THEIR AIR SAYING GOT ALL FOUR.  
MEMBERS OF THE BLACK CAUCUS 
CAME HERE TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS 
YESTERDAY GEORGE FLOYD'S SON, 
20 YEARS OLD CAME HERE AND PAID 
HIS RESPECTS.  
THE FLOYD FAMILY SAY THEY 
WELCOME THE NEW AND UPGRADED 
CHARGES AS THE CITY AWAITS THE 
MEMORIAL SERVICE, OTHER 
SERVICES HONORING HIS LIFE ARE 
PLANNED OVER THE NEXT WEEK.  
>> I HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY THE 
NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO WILL 
COME OUT THERE.  
A TEACHING MOMENT FOR THEIR 
CHILDREN.  DO YOU CONTINUE TO 
SEE KIDS THERE?  
>> THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE FROM 
ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN MANY 
FAMILIES AND THEY TELL ME IT IS 
A TEACHABLE MOMENT AND WE HAVE 
ALSO SPOKEN WITH THE MAN WHO 
GREW UP HERE AND SAYS THE 
EMOTIONS ARE VERY COMPLICATED.  
BECOME MORE THAN ABOUT JUST ONE 
MAN.  
THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS 
DEALT WITH PROBLEMS OF RACE 
RELATIONS AND ESPECIALLY WITH 
THE POLICE AND JUST A FEW DAYS 
AGO STATE AUTHORITIES OPEN UP A 
SWEEPING CIVIL RIGHTS 
INVESTIGATION INTO THE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT AND MANY FOLKS WE 
SPOKE TO HERE SO THESE ARE 
POSITIVE FIRST STEPS BUT IT IS 
NOT ENOUGH AND THEY CERTAINLY 
WELCOME THE NEW CHARGES AND 
TODAY THE FOCUS IS HONORING THE 
LIFE OF 46-YEAR-OLD GEORGE 
FLOYD.  
>> YOU CAN SEE FOLKS MOVING IN 
AND TRYING TO GET A GLIMPSE OF 
THE FAMILY AS THEY ARRIVE.  AS 
WE MENTIONED A NUMBER OF 
NOTABLE FACES IN THE CROWD, 
SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR IS HERE 
AND THAT MAYOR OF THE TWIN 
CITIES ARE HERE.  
AMONG ONE OF THE CELEBRITIES 
THAT WAS ASKED OF EXPECTED TO 
ATTEND THE MEMORIAL AND 
SOMETHING THIS FAMILY CERTAIN 
CERTAINLY COULD NEVER HAVE 
IMAGINED.  
IT IS SUCH A HORRIBLE AND 
VIOLENT WAY THAT HAS GONE LIKE 
A TSUNAMI ACROSS THE WORLD AS 
THE WHOLE WORLD LOOKS TO THE 
UNITED STATES IN THE SYSTEM OF 
JUSTICE.  
AND INEQUALITIES WITHIN THE 
SYSTEM.  
THEY SHOULD BE GETTING UNDERWAY 
HERE SHORTLY AND WE ARE TOLD 
THE SERVICE WILL LAST ROUGHLY 2 
HOURS OR A LITTLE LESS PERHAPS 
THAN TWO HOURS.  
LET ME GO BACK TO CRAIG WHO IS 
IN THE CROWD.  
DESCRIBE WHAT YOU ARE SEEING 
FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT.  
>> CLOSE TO 1000 PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE FILLED THE STREETS HERE 
OUTSIDE NORTH CENTRAL 
UNIVERSITY.  
THEY ARE PIPING IN THE SERVICE 
INTO THE STREETS SO WE ARE 
HEARING THE GOSPEL MUSIC HERE 
AND WHEN THE ACTUAL SERVICE 
BEGINS FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO 
SIT, STAND AND THERE'S A LARGE 
PARK.  AND WHAT IS STRIKING IS 
A FEW MOMENTS AGO WE SAW MORE 
FAMILY MEMBERS COMING IN AND BY 
THE WAY, EVERYONE GOING INSIDE 
I HAVE KNOWN THAT THEY ARE 
GIVING TEMPERATURE CHECKS.  
EVERYONE GOING INSIDE IS ALSO 
GETTING A TEMPERATURE CHECK.  
BUT WE SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED 
THAT THE CROWDS THAT HAVE BEEN 
PROTESTING OUR DIVERSE.  
IT'S VERY DIVERSE 
>>> ONE OF THE LARGEST 
POPULATIONS OF SOMALIANS HERE 
IN MINNEAPOLIS AND YOU ALSO HAVE
A LOT OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.  
WE HAVE ALSO IN ADDITION TO THE 
EULOGY FROM REVEREND SHARPTON, 
A NUMBER OF GEORGE FLOYD'S 
FAMILY MEMBERS ARE ALSO EXPECTED
TO GET UP AND SPEAK AND ONE OF 
THE CONCERNS THAT HIS BROTHER 
HAS EXPRESSED OVER THE PAST TWO 
DAYS IS THAT GEORGE FLOYD IS 
GOING TO BECOME A HASHTAG AND 
WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN IT HERE.  
HIS PICTURE ON T-SHIRTS AND HIS 
BROTHER SPENT TIME TALKING ABOUT
HOW MUCH HIS FAMILY DOESN'T 
WANT THAT TO BE HIS LEGACY.  
WE DON'T WANT -- THEY DO NOT 
WANT GEORGE FLOYD TO BE WORN 
BUT THEY WANT HIS NAME TO BE 
ASSOCIATED WITH REFORM AND THEY 
WANT HIS NAME TO BE ASSOCIATED 
WITH CHANGING TACTICS IN THIS 
COUNTRY.  
IT IS VERY INTERESTING HOW 
QUICKLY HIS FAMILY HAS EMBRACED 
THE IDEA OF GEORGE FLOYD REALLY 
BECOMING A CATALYST FOR 
SOMETHING TREMENDOUS IN THIS 
COUNTRY.  
HIS SIX-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, ONE 
OF HIS CHILDHOOD FRIENDS IN NBA 
ALL-STAR SPENT TIME OVER THE 
PAST WEEK AND THAT IS GEORGE 
FLOYD'S SIX-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER 
AND HE HOISTED HER ONTO HIS 
SHOULDERS YESTERDAY AND SHE WAS 
CHANTING, DADDY CHANGE THE 
WORLD.  
THEY HAVE NOT TOLD HER 
PRECISELY HOW HE DIED ONLY HE 
DIED BECAUSE HE COULDN'T 
BREATHE.  
HE IS GOING TO STEP IN AND BE 
THE FATHER FIGURE FOR HIS 
DAUGHTER, WHO WILL NOT BE ABLE 
TO WALK HER DOWN THE AISLE, GO 
TO GRADUATIONS, GO TO THE PLAYS 
AND CONCERTS.  
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 
PART OF GEORGE FLOYD IS 
REMEMBERED TODAY DURING THE 
MEMORIAL SERVICE.  
>> I WANT TO BRING IN EUGENE 
ROBINSON TO PUT THIS AFTERNOON 
INTO PERSPECTIVE.  WHY IS THIS 
MEMORIAL IMPORTANT NOT JUST FOR 
THE COMMUNITY BUT FOR THE 
COUNTRY?  
>> WHEN YOU HAVE A DEATH LIKE 
THIS, THERE IS A PROCESS OF 
CLOSURE THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE. 
I THINK THIS IS THE BEGINNING 
OF THAT PROCESS.  THERE WILL BE 
ANOTHER CEREMONY IN NORTH 
CAROLINA AND ONE IN HOUSTON AND 
THE FINAL FUNERAL IN HOUSTON 
NEXT WEEK BUT I THINK IT IS 
VERY IMPORTANT AND CERTAINLY 
FOR THE COMMUNITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
TO SAY GOODBYE IN A WAY THAT 
RECOGNIZES HIS LIFE AND 
RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF 
HIS TRAGIC DEATH.  
AND THAT HE DID NOT DIE IN VAIN.
AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT 
FOR NOT JUST THE PEOPLE OF 
MINNEAPOLIS BUT PEOPLE AROUND 
THE COUNTRY.  
THEY WILL WATCH TODAY AND PRAY 
AND WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GET 
TO KNOW GEORGE FLOYD IN A WAY 
IN A MORE FULLER AND ROUNDED 
WAY.  
AND NOT JUST THE VICTIM THAT WE 
SAW ON THE VIDEO.  
I THINK PEOPLE ARE PAYING 
ATTENTION AND IT WILL BE THE 
BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS OF 
CLOSURE.  
 THE REVEREND AL SHARPTON WHO 
WILL BE LEAVING THE EULOGY IS 
INSIDE WHO IS TAKING HIS SEAT 
FOR THE SERVICE.  I WANT TO ASK 
YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER 
BYPRODUCTS, A LOT OF TALK ABOUT 
POLICE REFORM, CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
REFORM BUT WHAT OTHER AREAS, WE 
ARE TALKING ABOUT FUNDS 
DIVERTED AWAY FROM POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS TO COMMUNITY 
PROGRAMS.  
HOW POWERFUL IS THAT?  
>> IF IT HAPPENS IT WILL BE 
POWERFUL BECAUSE IN A 
CAPITALIST COUNTRY WE SURE 
VALUE BY WHAT WE ARE WILLING TO 
PAY FOR AND PAST DAYS WE HAVE 
MORE AND MORE MONEY FOR POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS, JAILS EVEN WHILE 
OTHER PROGRAMS ARE DECLINING.  
THE DEVASTATING ARTICLE IN THE 
WASHINGTON POST SAID THAT 52% OF
BLACK ADULTS ARE UNEMPLOYED IN 
THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.  
YOU WOULD HAVE TO ADD UP THE 
HOUSEHOLD WEALTH OF 11.5 BLACK 
HOUSEHOLDS FOR EVERYONE WHITE 
HOUSEHOLDS SO WE ARE TALKING 
ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY BUT IT 
IS THE WORST MANIFESTATION OF 
THE LEADING THAT IS HAPPENING 
IN THIS COUNTRY.  
WE NEED ECONOMIC POLICIES THAT 
WILL ADDRESS THAT ALL AMERICANS 
ARE HURTING BUT THEY HAVE 
EXPERIENCED A PARTICULAR HURT 
AND I THINK WE WILL SEE THAT 
THEY WILL ADDRESS THAT.  
>> BUT IT IS A NARROW WINDOW 
NOW AND EVERYONE HAS THE 
ATTENTION ON THE ISSUES.  
>> I THINK IT IS A NARROW 
WINDOW.  
THE PANDEMIC HAS SHOWN US THAT 
THIS INDIVIDUALISTIC NATURE 
THAT HAS COME TO BE EXPRESS SO 
MUCH IN THE POLITICS IS NOT 
SUSTAINABLE AND WE ARE 
CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AND WE 
NEED TO DO MORE TO TAKE CARE OF 
EACH OTHER AND OF COURSE WE 
HAVE SEEN IT FURTHER EXPLODE 
WITH WHAT HAS HAPPENED AROUND 
THE COUNTRY WITH THE DEATH OF 
GEORGE FLOYD BUT WE ARE IN IT 
-- THERE SO MANY AMERICANS THAT 
HAVE BONDED IN THE DIRECTION 
THE COUNTRY IS GOING IN AND HOW 
WE ALLOWED OURSELVES INTO THIS. 
WE KNOW THAT IN THE UNITED 
STATES THERE WILL BE A 
REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD AND WE 
WILL SEND THE STRONGEST MAVEN 
FORWARD FOR SOCIAL CHANGE.  
AND WE COULD SEE TREMENDOUS 
CHANGE IN THIS COUNTRY AND I'M 
NOT A HOPEFUL PERSON BUT WE ARE 
AT ONE OF THOSE REALLY CRITICAL 
JUNCTURES IN OUR NATION.  
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD A LOT OR 
RE-TREND.  
>> IS THIS GOING TO BE A 
NATIONAL CHANGE OR LOCAL CHANGE?
IS IT GOING TO REQUIRE 
LEADERSHIP AT A NATIONAL LEVEL 
THAT WILL AFFECT SOME OF THE 
CHANGE WHERE TALKING ABOUT?  
>> THEY ARE 18,000 DIFFERENT 
POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE 
UNITED STATES AND 18,000 
DIFFERENT WAYS OF POLICING.  
THERE ARE NO NATIONAL 
REQUIREMENTS REGARDING TRAINING 
AND FORCE AND NOW IT WOULD 
REQUIRE CERTAIN STANDARDS.  FOR 
EXAMPLE, NOTE SHOW COLDS.  
IT IS ILLEGAL FOR A COP TO USE 
A CHOKEHOLD WHEN HE WOULD USE A 
NECK RESTRAINT AND THE KIND 
USED ON GEORGE FLOYD IS ALSO 
PERMISSIBLE EVEN THOUGH IT IS 
KNOWN TO HAVE A HIGH-LEVEL RISK.
WE DEFINITELY NEED A NATIONAL 
LEADERSHIP AND STANDARD FOR 
THESE ISSUES.  
>> WE ARE LOOKING INSIDE AND IT 
APPEARS WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO 
THE BEGINNING OF THE SERVICE.  
FOR THE MEMORIAL FOR GEORGE 
FLOYD WHO DIED HERE ONE WEEK 
AGO MONDAY UNDER THE KNEE OF A 
POLICE OFFICER.  
ITS TAKE YOU INSIDE.  
>>> MY NAME IS ROBIN WILKERSON 
AND I AM THE CO-CHANCELLOR OF 
NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY.  TO 
ALL THE FRIENDS AND THE FAMILY 
OF GEORGE FLOYD AND ALL OF OUR 
ESTEEMED GUESTS HERE TODAY, I 
WANT TO WELCOME YOU.  ON BEHALF 
OF THE UNIVERSITY, ON BEHALF OF 
DOCTOR SCOTT HAGAN, PRESIDENT 
AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF 
REGENTS AND ON BEHALF OF THE 
FACULTY, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL 
THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US TODAY. 
AND WE ARE HONORED THAT YOU 
HAVE COME TO MOURN THE LOSS AND 
CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF MR. 
GEORGE FLOYD.  
ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE HERE, I 
WANT TO PERSONALLY EXPRESS OUR 
DEEPEST CONDOLENCES FOR THIS 
TRAGIC LOSS.  
NOW TO OPEN THIS SERVICE, THE 
CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE, WE 
WILL HAVE A SCRIPTURE READING 
FROM REVEREND JERRY McAFEE, 
PASTOR OF NEW SALEM MISSIONARY 
BAPTIST CHURCH FOLLOWED BY AN 
OPENING PRAYER FROM DOCTOR 
SCOTT HAGAN COME A PRESIDENT OF 
NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY AND IS 
SO LOW.  
>> ON BEHALF OF THE PASTORS AND 
PREACHERS FOR MINNEAPOLIS AND 
ST. PAUL, THE BLOODS ON THE 
SOUTH SIDE, PSALMS 27.  THE 
LORD IS MY LIFE AND MY 
SALVATION.  
WHOM SHALL I FEAR?  
THE LORD IS THE STRENGTH OF MY 
LIFE.  
WHOM SHALL I BE AFRAID?  
WHEN THE WICKED EVEN MY ENEMIES 
AND MY FOES CAME UPON ME TO 
HEAT UP MY FLESH, THEY STUMBLED 
AND FELL AND WHO SHOULD ENCAMP 
AGAINST ME AND MY HEART SHALL 
NOT FEAR AND THE WAR SHOULD 
RISE AGAINST ME AND THIS I WILL 
BE CONFIDENT AND ONE THING I 
DESIRE OF THE LORD THAT WILL I 
SEEK AFTER THAT I MAY DWELL IN 
THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ALL THE 
DAYS OF MY LIFE TO BEHOLD THE 
BEAUTY OF THE LORD AND TO 
INQUIRE IN HIS TEMPLE FOR IN 
THE TIME OF TROUBLE HE SHALL 
HIDE ME IN HIS PAVILION AND THE 
SECRET OF HIS TABERNACLE HE 
SHALL HIDE ME AND HE SHALL SET 
ME UP UPON A ROCK.  
>> ONCE AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF 
NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, I 
WANT TO WELCOME THE FLOYD 
FAMILY TO OUR CAMPUS.  
THIS IS TRULY AN UNDESERVED 
HONOR FOR OUR UNIVERSITY.  
I HAVE BEEN PRAYING ALL WEEK 
THAT THIS SACRED SPACE WOULD 
BECOME A CABLE OF HEALING FOR 
THE FLOYD FAMILY AND THE CITY 
OF MINNEAPOLIS AND FOR THE 
WORLD THAT IS GRIEVING BEYOND 
THESE WALLS.  
IN A MOMENT I WANT TO OFFER A 
BRIEF PRAYER BUT BEFORE I OFFER 
THAT BRIEF PRAYER I WANT TO 
ANNOUNCE AS PRESIDENT OF THE 
SCHOOL, THE INSTITUTION OF THE 
GEORGE FLOYD MEMORIAL 
SCHOLARSHIP.  EVEN BEFORE 
ANNOUNCING THE SCHOLARSHIP 
YESTERDAY UNSOLICITED OVER 
$53,000 WAS HANDED TO ME TO 
CONTRIBUTE TOWARD THE 
EDUCATIONAL PROMISE OF ASPIRING 
YOUNG BLACK AMERICAN LEADERS.  
BUT HERE IS WHAT I REALLY WANT 
TO SAY.  FAR BEYOND NORTH 
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, I AM 
CHALLENGING EVERY UNIVERSITY 
PRESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA TO ESTABLISH YOUR 
OWN GEORGE FLOYD MEMORIAL 
SCHOLARSHIP FUND.  
SO PEOPLE ACROSS THIS NATION 
CAN GIVE TO THE COLLEGE OF 
THEIR CHOICE.  IT IS TIME TO 
INVEST LIKE NEVER BEFORE IN A 
NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG BLACK 
AMERICANS WHO ARE POISED AND 
READY TO TAKE LEADERSHIP OF OUR 
NATION.  
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS, LET'S 
STEP UP TOGETHER.  
I WANT TO INVITE YOU NOW TO 
PRAY WITH ME, IF YOU WILL.  
LORD, YOUR WORD IN PROVERBS 31 
IS DYNAMICALLY CLEAR.  
IT SAYS TO SPEAK UP FOR THOSE 
WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
, ENSURE JUSTICE FOR THOSE 
BEING CRUSHED.  YES, SPEAK UP 
FOR THE POOR AND HELPLESS AND 
SEE THAT THEY GET JUSTICE.  
LORD, WE ARE ASKING TODAY FOR 
YOU TO TAKE THIS TABLE OF 
HEALING HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS 
TODAY AND MULTIPLY THE HEALING 
ALL OVER THE NATION AS PART OF 
THAT NOW NEVER FADING VOICE 
CRYING OUT ON BEHALF OF THOSE 
WHO HAVE BEEN AND WHO ARE NOW 
BEING CRUSHED IN BODY AND 
SPIRIT.  
AT THIS TABLE OF HEALING TODAY, 
LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU TOUCH THE 
FLOYD FAMILY WAS SUPERNATURAL 
COMFORTING GRACE AND THAT THEY 
BE GRANTED A FEW MOMENTS OF 
RESPITE AS THEIR BELOVED FATHER 
AND BROTHER AND SON IS 
REMEMBERED IN A WAY THAT HONORS 
HIS LIFE AND PERSONAL FAITH IN 
JESUS CHRIST.  
THAT THIS TABLE OF HEALING WE 
ARE ASKING YOU, LORD, TO SHOW 
US THE WAY.  
OUR CITY AND NATION ARE 
BECOMING RIGHTFULLY DESPONDENT 
WITH THE NEIGHBORS SET AGAINST 
NEIGHBOR.  
HELP US TO REPENT, NOT JUST 
SEEK TO RESTORE.  
AS A NATION, CITIES AND 
UNIVERSITIES AND AS RELIGIOUS 
COMMUNITIES, HEAL AND MAKE NEW 
AND HELP US REBUILD OUR 
NATIONAL FAMILY.  AND FINALLY, 
LORD AT THIS TABLE OF HEALING 
TODAY, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO 
SEARCH OUR HEARTS.  
AS PASTORS, RABBIS, PRIESTS, 
POLITICIANS AND EDUCATORS, HELP 
US TO RECONCILE OUR FAILED 
WITNESS AND LEAD US FORWARD AS 
CARING NEIGHBORS AND DILIGENT 
GATEKEEPERS OF MUTUALITY AND 
MERCY.  
GUIDE THIS GENERATION TO CHANGE 
THE NATIONAL NARRATIVE ON RACE 
AND POWER AND CHANGE ALL OF OUR 
HEARTS UNTIL THEY MET YOUR 
HEART.  
WE ASK ALL OF THESE THINGS IN 
THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES, JESUS 
CHRIST.  
AMEN.  
>> 
♪♪
AMAZING GRACE HOW SWEET THE 
SOUND THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE 
ME I ONCE WAS LOST, BUT NOW I'M 
FOUND WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE ♪
WAS GRACE THAT TAUGHT MY HEART 
TO FEAR AND GRACE, MY FEARS 
RELIEVED HOW PRECIOUS DID THAT 
GRACE APPEAR THE HOUR I FIRST 
BELIEVED PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD 
PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD
PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD
PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD
PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD
PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD
PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD
PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD
PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD
PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD
PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD
PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD PRAISE GOD
PRAISE GOD HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH
♪ 
>> THANK YOU.  
WONDERFUL.  
THANK YOU.  
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE 
OPPORTUNITY NOW TO HEAR IN JUST 
A MOMENT FROM LOVED ONES, 
FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF GEORGE 
FLOYD BUT BEFORE THAT, I WOULD 
LIKE TO WELCOME TO THE PODIUM 
ATTORNEY BENJAMIN CRUMP FOR HIS 
REMARKS.  
WOULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME HIM.  
>> I'M ATTORNEY BENJAMIN CRUMP 
AND ALONG WITH ATTORNEY TWO 
ATTORNEYS, AS MY CO-COUNSELS 
OUT FRONT SEEKING JUSTICE, 
SEEKING JUSTICE, SEEKING JUSTICE
FOR THE FAMILY OF GEORGE FLOYD 
ALONG WITH A LOT OF OTHER GREAT 
ATTORNEYS WHO ARE WORKING IN 
THE BACKGROUND WHO I WILL 
MENTION BRIEFLY.  THE ONES WHO 
KNEW GEORGE FLOYD, ALL OF HIS 
LIFE.  
I WANT TO THINK THINK ALL THE 
LAWYERS.  YOU HAVE -- THERE ARE 
A WHOLE TEAM OF LAWYERS WHO ARE 
WORKING BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE A 
UNITED EFFORT FIGHTING IN THE 
COURTROOM AND OUTSIDE THE COURT 
ROOM TO GET JUSTICE FOR GEORGE 
FLOYD.  
I WILL TELL YOU ALL THAT 
BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC, WE HAVE TO STAY ON A 
STRICT SCHEDULE AND WE HAVE TO 
DO SOCIAL DISTANCING.  
BUT I WANT TO PUT IT ON THE 
RECORD THAT IT WAS NOT THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC THAT KILLED
GEORGE FLOYD.  I WANT TO MAKE 
IT CLEAR ON THE RECORD.  IT WAS 
THE OTHER PANDEMIC THAT WE ARE 
FAR TOO FAMILIAR WITH IN 
AMERICA.  
THE PANDEMIC OF RACISM AND 
DISCRIMINATION THAT KILLED 
GEORGE FLOYD.  
SO BEFORE WE MAKE A PLEA TO 
JUSTICE, WE FEEL IT IS 
APPROPRIATE THAT YOU HEAR FROM 
THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY KNEW 
GEORGE.  NEW GEORGE, THE 
ADOLESCENT AND NEW GEORGE, THE 
MAN.  
AND FROM WHENCE GEORGE CAME.  
I WOULD ASK THAT HIS BROTHER -- 
BROTHERS, COUSIN AND NEPHEW 
PLEASE COME TO THE STAGE AND I 
WOULD ASK THE ATTORNEYS TO COME 
AND STAND WITH ME BEHIND THEM 
AS UNITED THEY TELL THE WORLD 
WHY WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THE LIFE
OF GEORGE FLOYD.  
PLEASE COME UP, FAMILY.  
>> 
I'M THE BROTHER OF GEORGE FLOYD.
WE COME UP TOGETHER, WE DID NOT 
HAVE MUCH IN OUR MOM DID WHAT 
SHE COULD.  
WE WOULD SLEEP IN THE SAME BED 
AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES TOGETHER.  
GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY CATCH WITH 
THE FOOTBALL.  
I USED TO SAY YOU CANNOT THROW. 
YOU CANNOT THROW IT ALL.  
BECAUSE THE BALL NEVER CAME TO 
ME.  
YEARS DOWN THE LINE HE SAID, I 
CAN THROW BUT I JUST WANTED YOU 
TO GO GET THE BALL.  
THE BALL DON'T NEED TO COME TO 
YOU, YOU NEED TO GO GET THE 
BALL.  
MY BROTHER, WE DID A LOT OF 
THINGS TOGETHER FROM TALKING 
WITH MY MOM, DANCING WITH MY 
MOM, COOKING WITH MY MOM, 
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, SO MUCH.  
WE MADE BANANA MAYONNAISE 
SANDWICHES TOGETHER.  
IT WAS A FAMILY THING.  
EVERY DAY, WE KNOW WHEN WE COME 
IN THE HOUSE, OUR MOM WAS GOING 
TO HAVE A HUGE PLATE OF FOOD 
SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER AND WE 
WOULD SIT THERE AND I LIKE 10 
OR 11 AND THERE IS A PLAY WITH 
SIX PIECES OF CHICKEN HIS MIND 
AND HE'S WAY BIGGER THAN ME.  
FROM THAT, BEING IN THE HOUSE 
WITH MY BROTHER, IT WAS 
INSPIRING TO OTHER PEOPLE 
BECAUSE MY MOM USED TO TAKE IN 
OTHER KIDS AND MOST OF THEM WERE
GEORGE'S FRIENDS.  THEY WANTED 
TO STAY WITH HER BECAUSE THEY 
LOVED HER.  
MY BROTHER WAS OKAY WITH IT.  
THEN YOU HAD THREE AND TO ME 
THERE WERE GROWN BECAUSE THEY 
KICKED ME OUT OF THE ROOM THREE 
MEN LIKE 16 AND 17 GROWN 
SLEEPING IN THE SAME BED WAKING 
UP AND GOING TO THE SAME SCHOOL.
AND THEY WOULD NOT LEAVE EACH 
OTHER AT ALL.  
THEY ALWAYS WANTED TO BE WITH 
EACH OTHER.  
I REMEMBER NIGHTS WHEN THE DAY 
BEFORE SCHOOL, WE DID NOT HAVE 
A WASHING MACHINE SO WE WERE 
ALL WE WOULD GO IN AND PUT OUR 
SOCKS AND UNDERWEAR IN THE 
BATHROOM SINK AND JUST START 
WASHING THEM.  
WE DID NOT HAVE DETERGENT AND 
WE WOULD USE SOAP WE WERE GOING 
TO BE CLEAN.  
WE WOULD LITERALLY, RIGHT AFTER 
THAT WE WOULD TAKE THE SOCKS 
AND HANG THEM OVER THE HOT 
WATER HEATER AND WE WOULD TAKE 
THE UNDERWEAR AND WE WOULD HANG 
THEM AND WE WOULD FIGHT ABOUT 
IT ME AND HIS FRIENDS, YOU DID 
IT LAST NIGHT BECAUSE YOU'RE 
CLOTHES WOULD STILL BE DAMP THE 
NEXT A FEW DID NOT PUT IT ON 
THE HOT WATER HEATER.  
FROM THAT, WE LEARNED A LOT OF 
STUFF BUT IT'S CRAZY BECAUSE WE 
WOULD -- WE DID NOT HAVE A 
DRIER SO THE BEST WAY TO DRY 
YOUR CLOTHES WAS TO PUT IT ON 
THE WATER HEATER AND LET IT DRY 
FASTER.  
I LOVE MY BROTHER.  
WE HAVE SO MANY MEMORIES 
TOGETHER.  
I REMEMBER HIM WAKING ME UP 
TELLING ME, CAN YOU IRON MY 
CLOTHES FOR ME?  
I WOULD SAY YOU'RE RIGHT, BIG 
BROTHER, YOU'RE RIGHT.  
PEOPLE CLING TO HIM AND WANTED 
TO BE AROUND HIM.  
HE WAS LIKE A GENERAL.  
EVERY DAY HE WOULD WALK OUTSIDE 
AND THERE WOULD BE A LINE OF 
PEOPLE LIKE WHEN WE CAME IN AND 
WANTING TO GREET HIM AND HAVE 
FUN WITH HIM.  
GUYS THAT WERE DOING DRUGS, 
SMOKERS AND HOMELESS PEOPLE, 
WHEN YOU SPOKE TO GEORGE, THEY 
FELT LIKE THEY WAS THE 
PRESIDENT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW HE 
MADE YOU FEEL.  
HE WAS POWERFUL AND HAD A WAY 
WITH WORDS AND HE COULD ALWAYS 
MAKE YOU READY TO JUMP AND GO 
ALL THE TIME.  
EVERYBODY LOVE GEORGE.  
WE CALLED HIM PERRY.  
IF YOU CALLED HIM PERRY YOU 
KNEW HIM DIRECT BECAUSE GEORGE 
WAS THE MAIN EVERYBODY CALLED 
HIM BIG GEORGE OR BIG FLOYD.  
HE HAD SO MANY DIFFERENT NAMES. 
ALL THESE PEOPLE CAME TO SEE MY 
BROTHER.  
AND IT'S AMAZING TO ME THAT HE 
TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE'S HEARTS.
IF YOU COME TO THE THIRD WARD 
WHERE WE ARE FROM PEOPLE ARE 
CRYING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF HOW 
MUCH THEY LOVED HIM.  
I WAS STAYING STRONG AS I CAN 
BECAUSE I NEED TO GET IT OUT.  
EVERYBODY WANTS JUSTICE AND WE 
WANT JUSTICE AND HE WILL GIVE 
IT.  
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.  
I'M GOING TO ECHO SOME OF THE 
THINGS AND THAT IS WE COME FROM 
A LARGE FAMILY.  
OUR MOTHERS WERE SIBLINGS AND 
IF I CAN FAST-FORWARD A LITTLE 
BIT, MY AUNT LIVED IN HOUSTON 
AND SHE WOULD ALWAYS TALK ABOUT 
BEING THERE AND NOT HAVING ANY 
OF HER SIBLINGS CLOSE TO HER SO 
MY MOTHER DECIDED TO MOVE TO 
THE HOUSTON AREA BACK IN 81.  
WE CAME TO HOUSTON AND WE WERE 
ALL EXCITED THAT WE COULD HAVE 
SOMEBODY CLOSE TO US BECAUSE 
THE ONLY TIME WE WOULD SEE EACH 
OTHER WOULD BE DURING THE 
HOLIDAYS OR WHEN PEOPLE TRAVEL 
TO VISIT MY GRANDMOTHER.  
WE DID NOT HAVE A WHOLE LOT 
THAT WE ALWAYS HAD EACH OTHER.  
WE WERE TAUGHT THAT WE ALWAYS 
BRING OTHER PEOPLE INTO THE 
FOLD AND NO ONE SHOULD EVER GO 
HOME WITHOUT HAVING A MEAL OR 
FOOD.  
MY AUNT WAS SOMEONE IN THE 
COMMUNITY, ALL THE KIDS LOVE TO 
COME OVER THERE AND SHE ENDED 
UP HAVING 30 OR 40 KIDS THAT 
WOULD COME OVER THERE BECAUSE 
THEY ALWAYS KNEW THEY COULD GET 
SOMETHING TO EAT.  
NOT ONLY FOOD BUT THEY COULD BE 
LOVED AND COULD BE PART OF THE 
FOLD WE WERE RAISED ALWAYS 
WELCOME PEOPLE IN AND EMBRACE 
OTHER PEOPLE.  
YOU COULD SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE 
NO MATTER WHO YOU TALK TO THEY 
WOULD ALL SAY THE SAME THING, 
GEORGE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS 
ALWAYS WELCOMING AND MAKE 
PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY WERE 
SPECIAL AND NOBODY FELT LEFT 
OUT.  
EVERYBODY WOULD FEEL LIKE THERE 
WERE SPECIAL AND HE WOULD 
EMBRACE THEM.  
AS I THINK ABOUT THE THING I 
WILL MISS ABOUT HIM MOST IS HIS 
HUGS.  
HE WAS A GREAT BIG GIANT AND 
WHEN HE WOULD WRAP HIS ARMS 
AROUND YOU, YOU FEEL LIKE 
EVERYTHING COULD JUST GO AWAY.  
ANY PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS YOU 
HAD WOULD GO AWAY.  
WHILE WE ARE ALL GRIEVING I 
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HIS CHILDREN. 
AND HIS THREE-YEAR-OLD 
GRANDDAUGHTER WE ALL NEED PRAYER
BUT IF I AM HONEST ABOUT IT, WE 
ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS 
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN SO I 
ASK THAT YOU PRAY FOR US AS WE 
GO ON THIS MARATHON TO MAKE 
SURE THAT JUSTICE IS SERVED ON 
GEORGE'S BEHALF OR PERIOD AS WE 
CALLED HIM AND ASK THAT YOU 
PRAY FOR US AND ESPECIALLY FOR 
THE CHILDREN.  
THANK YOU.  
>> I'M THE YOUNGEST BROTHER OF 
GEORGE FLOYD.  
AND MY OLDER BROTHER WAS 
TALKING ABOUT CHILDHOOD 
MEMORIES AND HOW WE GREW UP.  
WE DID NOT HAVE MUCH GRAIN UP 
AND AS WE DRIED AND WASHED OUR 
CLOTHES THAT WAS INGENUITY.  
I APPRECIATE THE LOVE OF 
EVERYONE IN HERE.  
YOU ALL ADOPTED MY BROTHER AND 
SHOWED HIM SO MUCH LOVE AND WE 
FEEL THAT LOVE IN THE CITY AND 
THANKFULLY EVERYBODY AROUND THE 
WORLD.  
. 
>>> YOU MAKE THE BEST GRILLED 
CHEESE, CAN YOU GO MAKE US ONE? 
I TELL YOU AS A 6 OR 7-YEAR-OLD 
KID, I DID THAT NUMEROUS TIMES, 
YOU ALL JUST USING ME. 
BUT THEY HAPPEN TO BE DOING, 
GREAT GUY, GREAT GENTLEMAN, HE 
WAS A BIG BROTHER, BUT I DIDN'T 
SEE THE LITTLE STUFF, HE WAS 
DOING THE BEST HE CAN AND THE 
MISTAKES HE MADE AND WATCHING 
THEM CORRECT HIM AS A TEENAGER 
GROWING UP, LEARNING FROM HIM 
HOW TO BE A MAN, EVERYTHING HE 
TAUGHT US, HE WAS DOING HIM BUT 
TEACHING US HOW TO BE A MAN HE 
WAS GROWING UP ALREADY 
BEFORE,HE GAVE US A LOT OF 
GREAT LESSONS. 
HE WOULD STAND UP FOR FAMILY 
AND FRIENDS AND HE IS GREAT AT 
THAT, I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW 
THAT HE WOULD STAND UP FOR ANY 
INJUSTICE ANYWHERE. 
CAN YOU ALL PLEASE SAY HIS 
NAME. 
GEORGE FLOYD. 
>> THANK YOU ALL. 
>>> I'M BRANDON WILLIAMS, 
GEORGE'S NEPHEW, WE SHARE THE 
SAME MIDDLE NAME FOR A REASON, 
MY MAMA WANTED TO NAME ALL OF 
US WITH SIBLINGS, 
COINCIDENTALLY, I ENDED UP WITH 
GEORGE. 
GROWING UP, I'M YOUNGER THAN 
THEM BUT MY GRANDMOTHER RAISED 
ME, I DIDN'T HAVE A FATHER 
FIGURE IN MY LIFE, I GREW UP IN 
THE SAME HOUSEHOLD WITH THEM, 
MY UNCLE WAS MY FATHER FIGURE, 
BEING THE ALPHA MALE, I 
GRADUATED TO HIM. 
I COME UP, PLAY SPORTS, HE DID, 
KIND OF CONNECTED US, BROUGHT 
US REAL CLOSE. 
TRY NOT TO BE SAD, THIS IS 
HARDER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD 
BE. 
I JUST REMEMBER ALL OF THE 
MEMORIES MORE THAN ANYTHING, I 
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO 
HIM FOR BEING THERE, BEING A 
REAL GENUINE PERSON, BEING 
LOVING AND CARING SOMEONE I CAN 
COUNT ON NO MATTER WHAT. 
WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH, BUT COMING 
UP, MY GRANDMOTHER TRIED OUR 
BEST, HE PICKED IT UP FOR ME, 
MADE SURE I HAD SNEAKERS AND 
CLOTHES AND A LOT OF STUFF LIKE 
THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT. 
I'M GOING TO END IT WITH A 
FUNNY STORY ABOUT, HE WAS A 
LEBRON JAMES FAN, I DON'T KNOW 
IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH 
THE NBA, THE CAVALIERS THEY 
CAME BACK ON THE GOLDEN STATE 
WARRIORS IN THE FINALS, I 
REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST PHONE 
CALL AND I TOLD HIM, MAN, YOU 
TOO HAPPY, YOU SOUND LIKE YOU 
WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP. 
WE LAUGHED ABOUT IT, HE SAYS, 
MAN, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT 
LEBRON, I DID WIN A 
CHAMPIONSHIP. 
EVERY TIME WE WILL TALK, I ASK 
HIM, HEY, HOW YOU DOING, MAN, 
GOOD, HE SAY I FEEL LIKE I WON 
A CHAMPIONSHIP. 
IT WAS JUST AN INSIDE THING WE 
HAD. 
I KNOW WITH HIM BEING A STRONG 
PERSON HE WAS, SEEING EVERYBODY 
COME TOGETHER AND JUST RALLY 
AROUND HIM, WITH ALL THE LOVE 
AND SUPPORT WITH OUR FAMILY AND 
WE THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL. 
I KNOW THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING 
WITH EVERYBODY GRIEVING AND 
HURTING, IT ALMOST FELT LIKE WE 
WON A CHAMPIONSHIP. 
I END ON THAT NOTE. 
THANK YOU, ALL. 
>>> PLEASE GIVE HIS FAMILY 
ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
PLEASE SHOW THEM LOVE, SHOW 
THEM LOVE. 
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH WERE 
BARING YOUR HEARTS. 
IF WE LEARN ONE THING, THE 
FLOORBOARDS , WE HAD A 
CONVERSATION WITH TYLER PERRY, 
IT WAS PRETTY PROFOUND, BECAUSE 
THEY SAID, WE ARE THE BIG 
EXTENDED BLACK FAMILY THAT YOU 
PORTRAY WE'LL PACK IT AND 
OTHERS ON YOUR MOVIE SCREENS 
BECAUSE WE ALL NEED ONE ANOTHER 
AND YOU CAN TELL THIS FAMILY 
ALWAYS NEEDED GEORGE AND SO IT 
IS AWFULLY DIFFICULT FOR THEM 
THE PLEA FOR JUSTICE IS SIMPLY 
THIS. 
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING SAID, HE 
WHO PASSIVELY ACCEPTS EVIL IS 
AS MUCH INVOLVED IN IT AS HE 
WHO HELPS TO PERPETRATE IT HE 
WHO ACCEPTS EVIL WERE FOUND 
PROTESTING AGAINST IT IS REALLY 
LIKE COOPERATING WITH IT. 
YOU KNOW, THAT VIDEO THAT WE 
SAW WAS TORTURE. 
REVEREND JACKSON, WHAT WE SAW 
ON THAT VIDEO WAS INHUMANE. 
MARTIN THE THIRD, WHAT WE SAW 
ON THAT VIDEO WAS EVIL AND SO, 
AMERICA, WE PROCLAIM AS WE 
MEMORIALIZE GEORGE FLOYD, DO 
NOT COOPERATE WITH EVIL, 
PROTEST AGAINST EVIL, JOIN YOUR 
PEOPLE IN THE STREETS 
PROTESTING AGAINST THE EVIL, 
THE INHUMANE, THE TORTURE THAT 
THEY WITNESS ON THAT VIDEO. 
WE CANNOT COOPERATE WITH EVIL. 
WE CANNOT COOPERATE WITH 
INJUSTICE, WE CANNOT COOPERATE 
WITH TORTURE BECAUSE GEORGE 
FLOYD DESERVES BETTER THAN 
THIS. 
WE ALL DESERVE BETTER THAN 
THIS. 
HIS FAMILY DESERVES BETTER THAN 
THIS. 
HIS CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER 
THAN THIS. 
GEORGE WANTED FROM LIFE IS WHAT 
ANY OF US WANT. 
AS THOMAS JEFFERSON SAID IN THE 
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 
THE RIGHTS ENDOWED BY OUR 
CREATOR TO LIFE, LIBERTY, IN 
THE PURSUIT TO BE HAPPY ON THIS 
EARTH. 
THAT'S ALL GEORGE WAS ASKING 
FOR IN ANY AND ALL OF US. 
HE WAS DENIED THOSE RIGHTS, WE 
WILL SEEK JUSTICE IN HIS NAME. 
ALL UNITED AS A PEOPLE WHO ARE 
GOD'S CHILDREN SEEK JUSTICE IN 
HIS NAME. 
BUT BEYOND THE SPECIFIC JUSTICE 
IN HIS CASE, CHRIS, THE 
PROSECUTION OF THE FOUR 
INDIVIDUALS WHO DEPRIVED GEORGE 
OF HIS LIFE, WE SEEK A BROADER, 
MORE TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE 
POLICING, FOR MORE JUST 
TREATMENT OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, A 
MORE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
IN ESSENCE WHERE WE ARE, MADE 
THE CONSTITUTION REAL FOR ALL 
AMERICANS, THE BASIS OF THE 
CONSTITUTION IS SIMPLY THIS. 
THAT A BLACK BABY BORN TO A 
BLACK MOTHER, THE MOST 
UNEDUCATED BLACK MOTHER, THE 
MOST INARTICULATE BLACK MOTHER, 
THE MOST IMPROVISHED BLACK 
MOTHER HAVE THE SAME EXACT 
RIGHTS AS A WHITE BABY BORN TO 
A WHITE MOTHER, THE MOST 
EDUCATED WHITE MOTHER, THE MOST 
ARTICULATE WHITE MOTHER, THE 
MOST AFFLUENT WHITE MOTHER JUST 
BY VIRTUE OF THAT BABY DRAWING 
ITS FIRST BREATH AS AN 
AMERICAN, REVEREND JACKSON, I 
KNOW THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN 
AMERICA TODAY, I CHALLENGE 
EVERYBODY TO SAY, TELL ME 
THAT'S NOT THE GOAL WE'RE 
FIGHTING FOR, HE SAID I 
CHALLENGE ANYBODY TO SAY THAT'S 
NOT WHAT MAKES AMERICA THE 
GREAT BEACON OF HOPE, JUSTICE 
FOR ALL THE WORLD TO MARVEL. 
WHEN WE FIGHT FOR THE GEORGE 
FLOYDS OF THE WORLD, WHEN WE 
FIGHT FOR THE UNKNOWN GEORGE 
FLOYDS OF THE WORLD, WHEN WE 
FIGHT FOR THE TREVONE MARTIN 
WHEN WE FIGHT FOR THE FIGHT FOR 
THE ERIC GARDNERS OF THE WORLD, 
WHEN WE FIGHT FOR T SANDRA 
BLANDS OF THE WORLD, MORE 
AHMAUD AUBRYS OF THE WORLD. 
WHEN WE FIGHT FOR THE MCKINNEYS 
OF THE WORLD. 
WHEN WE FIGHT FOR THE STEFAN 
CLARKS OF THE WORLD. 
WHEN WE FIGHT FOR THE LEAST OF 
THESE WHEN WE ARE REALLY DOING 
IS HAVING AMERICA LIVE UP TO 
ITS CREED WHAT WE ARE REALLY 
DOING IS HAVING AMERICA BE THE 
GREAT BEACON OF HOPE AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL THE WORLD TO 
MARVEL BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY 
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHAT WE 
ARE DOING IS HAVING AMERICA BE 
AMERICA FOR ALL AMERICANS 
AMERICANS. 
NOT TWO JUSTICE SYSTEMS IN 
AMERICA, ONE FOR BLACK AMERICA, 
ONE FOR WHITE AMERICA, WHAT WE 
ENDEAVOR TO ACHIEVE IS EQUAL 
JUSTICE FOR THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA AND GEORGE FLOYD IS 
THE MOMENT THAT GIVES US THE 
BEST OPPORTUNITY I HAVE SEEN IN 
A LONG TIME OF REACHING THE 
HIGH IDEA THAT THIS COUNTRY WAS 
FOUNDED ON. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH, THIS IS A 
PLEA FOR JUSTICE. 
ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY, THE 
CHILDREN, WE WILL GET JUSTICE. 
WE ARE COMMITTED, NOW I WILL 
INTRODUCE YOU TO A MAN WHO 
REALLY NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION, 
WHO WILL EULOGIZE GEORGE FLOYD, 
HE IS A MAN WHO HAS FOUGHT FOR 
SO MANY FAMILIES THAT TOO MANY 
HASH TAGS TO REMEMBER AND WHEN 
HE GETS THE CALL HE ALWAYS 
ANSWERS THE CALL, EVEN WHEN THE 
CAMERAS AREN'T AROUND, EVEN 
AFTER THE CAMERAS ARE GONE, ASK 
ERIC GARDNER'S FAMILY, ASK 
STEFAN CLARK'S FAMILY, ASK ANY 
OF THESE CAMERAS THE CAMERAS 
HAVE LONG GONE, BUT REVEREND AL 
CONTINUES TO ANSWER THE BELL 
WHEN OUR PEOPLE CALL. 
HE IS A LEADER THAT YOU SEE ON 
TV COMMENTATOR ABOUT OUR 
EXPERIENCE, HE IS A LEADER WHO 
HAS LIVED OUR EXPERIENCES AND 
BECAUSE HE HAS LIVED THOSE 
EXPERIENCES, THAT'S WHAT MAKES 
THEM SO EFFECTIVE IN COMMON 
TATING ON MSNBC ABOUT OUR 
EXPERIENCES AND HE IS GOING TO 
TALK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF 
THE TERRIBLE LOSS OF SOMEBODY 
WHO SHOULD BE WITH US TODAY AND 
THAT IS GEORGE FLOYD. 
PLEASE GIVE A GREAT ROUND OF 
APPLAUSE FOR THE REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON. 
. 
>>> THANK YOU. 
I WANT US TO NOT SIT HERE AND 
ACT LIKE WE HAD A FUNERAL ON 
THE SCHEDULE. 
GEORGE FLOYD SHOULD NOT BE 
AMONG THE DECEASED. 
HE DID NOT DIE OF COMMON HEALTH 
CONDITIONS. 
HE DIED OF A COMMON AMERICAN 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE MALFUNCTION. 
HE DIED BECAUSE THERE HAS NOT 
BEEN THE CORRECTIVE BEHAVIOR 
THAT HAS TAUGHT THIS COUNTRY. 
THAT IF YOU COMMIT A CRIME IT 
DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER YOU 
WEAR BLUE JEANS OR A BLUE 
UNIFORM, YOU MUST PAY FOR THE 
CRIME YOU COMMIT. 
SO, IT IS NOT A NORMAL FUNERAL. 
IT IS NOT A NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCE 
BUT IT IS TOO COMMON AND WE 
NEED TO DEAL WITH IT. 
LET ME ASK THOSE OF YOU THAT, 
IN THE TRADITIONS OF EULOGIES 
NEED A SCRIPTURE REFERENCE, GO 
TO THE FIRST CHAPTER, FOR 
EVERYTHING THERE IS A TIME AND 
A PURPOSE AND A SEASON UNDER 
THE HEAVENS. 
I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE. 
I SAW SOMEBODY STANDING IN 
FRONT OF A CHURCH THE OTHER DAY 
THAT HAD BEEN BOARDED UP AS A 
RESULT OF VIOLENCE, HELD THE 
BIBLE IN HIS HAND. 
I'VE BEEN PREACHING SINCE I WAS 
A LITTLE BOY, I'VE NEVER SEEN 
ANYONE HOLD A BIBLE LIKE THAT, 
BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT ALONE. 
BUT SINCE HE HELD A BIBLE, IF 
HE IS WATCHING US TODAY, I 
WOULD LIKE HIM TO OPEN THAT 
BIBLE AND I'D LIKE HIM TO READ
ECCLEASTES3, FOR EVERY SEASON 
THERE IS A TIME AND A PURPOSE 
AND I THINK THAT IT IS OUR JOB 
TO LET THE WORLD KNOW WHEN WE 
SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE 
STREETS OF THIS COUNTRY AND IN 
EUROPE AROUND THE WORLD THAT 
YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT TIME IT 
IS. 
FIRST OF ALL, WE CANNOT USE 
VIABLE AS A PROP AND FOR THOSE 
THAT HAVE A GENDER, THAT ARE 
NOT ABOUT JUSTICE, THIS FAMILY 
WILL NOT LET YOU USE GEORGE AS 
A PROP. 
IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR STUFF 
OFF, DON'T USE HIM, LET US 
STAND FOR WHAT IS RIGHT BECAUSE 
WHEN I GOT THE CALL FROM 
ATTORNEY CRUMP, USUALLY WHEN HE 
CALLS ME, IT IS NOT TO FIND OUT 
HOW I'M DOING, IT IS SOMETHING 
THAT HAS NATIONAL NETWORK THAT 
I NEED TO GET INVOLVED AND HE 
EXPLAINED TO ME WHAT WAS 
HAPPENING WITH THIS CASE, I 
ALREADY HEARD ABOUT IT IN THE 
MEDIA AND IMMEDIATELY I SAID 
WAS, LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU WANT 
ME TO DO, HE SAYS, WHATEVER YOU 
NEED TO DO. 
ONE OF THE THINGS MARTIN THAT 
I'VE ALWAYS HAD TO DEAL WITH 
CRITICS SHOULD SAY, ALL I WANT 
IS PUBLICITY, THAT'S EXACTLY 
WHAT I WANT. 
BECAUSE NOBODY CALLS ME TO KEEP 
A SECRET. 
PEOPLE CALL ME TO BLOW UP 
ISSUES THAT NOBODY ELSE WILL 
DEAL WITH. 
I'M THE BLOW UP MAN AND I DON'T 
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 
BECAUSE YOU GET AWAY TOO MUCH 
WITH HIDING THINGS, TALKING 
ABOUT YOU ALL PUTTING CLOTHES 
IN THE OVEN TO HAVE YOUR 
CLOTHES DRY, I GREW UP IN THE 
THIRD WARD I GREW UP IN 
BROWNSVILLE, WE HAD ROACHES. 
I KNOW KEVIN HART IN SOME OF 
THE HOLLYWOOD FOLK DON'T KNOW 
WHAT ROACHES ARE, BUT WE HAD 
ROACHES, LUDACRIS, ONE THING I 
FOUND OUT ABOUT ROACHES IS THAT 
IF YOU KEEP THE LIGHT OFF, IF 
YOU'RE IN THE DARK A ROACH WILL 
PULL UP TO YOUR DINNER TABLE 
AND HAVE A FIVE COURSE MEAL. 
SO I LEARN ONE OF THE WAYS TO 
DEAL WITH REACHES IS IF YOU CUT 
THE LIGHT OFF, I COULD RUN THEM 
ROACHES AND TRACK THEM DOWN. 
I'VE SPENT ALL MY LIFE CHASING 
ROACHES ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY. 
AS SOON AS I TALK TO THE FAMILY 
AND GOT THE DETAILS AND HEARD 
THAT AMONG GEORGE'S LAST WORDS, 
WAS I CAN'T BREATHE, WITH A 
KNEE ON HIS NECK, I DID THE 
EULOGY AT HIS FUNERAL, I CALL 
HIS MOTHER AND I SAID I KNOW WE 
ARE NOT GOING OUT BECAUSE OF 
THE CORONAVIRUS, BUT THIS IS SO 
MUCH LIKE ERIC, IF WE COULD 
ARRANGE SOME PRIVATE WAY TO GO 
TO MINNEAPOLIS, WOULD YOU GO, 
AND SHE SAID, REVEREND, AL, I'M 
ALREADY PACKING LET ME KNOW. 
TYLER PERRY SAYS I'LL DO THE 
FAMILY, THE PRAYING, WHATEVER 
YOU ALL NEED BECAUSE THIS IS 
WRONG. 
ROBIN SMITH SAID DON'T WORRY 
ABOUT THE FUNERAL COST, PEOPLE 
ACROSS ECONOMIC AN RACIAL LINES 
STARTED CALLING AND GETTING IN 
AND WE FLEW OUT OF HERE, HER 
AND I LAST THURSDAY AND WHEN I 
STOOD AT THAT SPOT, THE REASON 
IT GOT TO ME, GEORGE FLOYD'S 
STORY HAS BEEN THE STORY OF 
BLACK FOLKS, EVER SINCE 401 
YEARS AGO. 
THE REASON WE COULD NEVER BE 
WHO WE WANTED AND DREAMED TO BE 
IN, IS YOU KEPT YOUR KNEE ON 
OUR NECK. 
WE WAS SMARTER THAN THE UNDER 
FUNDED SCHOOLS YOU PUT US IN 
BUT YOU HAVE YOUR KNEE ON OUR 
NECK. 
WE COULD RUN CORPORATIONS AND 
NOT HUSTLE IN THE STREETS, BUT 
YOU HAD YOUR KNEE ON OUR NECK. 
WE HAD CREATIVE SKILLS. 
WE COULD DO WHATEVER ANYBODY 
ELSE COULD DO. 
BUT WE COULDN'T GET A KNEE OFF 
OUR NECK, WHAT HAPPENED TO 
FLOYD HAPPENS EVERY DAY IN THIS 
COUNTRY AND EDUCATION, IN 
HEALTH SERVICES AND IN EVERY 
AREA OF AMERICAN LIFE, IT IS 
TIME FOR US TO STAND UP IN 
GEORGE'S NAME AND SAY GET YOUR 
KNEE OFF OUR NECK. 
. 
>>> THAT'S THE PROBLEM, NO 
MATTER WHO YOU ARE. 
WE THOUGHT MAYBE WE HAD A 
COMPLEX, MAYBE IT WAS JUST US, 
BUT EVEN BLACKS WILL GO 
THROUGH, YOU KEPT YOUR KNEE ON 
THAT NECK. 
MICHAEL JORDAN WON ALL OF THESE 
CHAMPIONSHIPS, YOU KEPT DIGGING 
BECAUSE YOU GOT TO PUT A KNEE 
ON OUR NECK, HOUSEWIVES WOULD 
RUN HOME TO SEE A BLACK WOMAN 
ON TV NAME OPRAH WINFREY, YOU 
MESS WITH HER, BECAUSE YOU JUST 
CAN'T TAKE YOUR KNEE OFF OUR 
NECK. 
MAN COMES OUT OF A HOME, 
EDUCATION, RISES UP AND BECOMES 
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES AND YOU ASK HIM FOR HIS 
BIRTH CERTIFICATE BECAUSE YOU 
CAN'T TAKE YOUR KNEE OFF OUR 
NECK. 
THE REASON WHY WE ARE MARCHING 
ALL OUT OF THE WORLD IS WE WERE 
LIKE GEORGE, WE COULDN'T 
BREATHE, NOT BECAUSE THERE WAS 
SOMETHING WRONG WITH OUR LUNGS, 
BUT THAT YOU WOULDN'T TAKE YOUR 
KNEE OFF OF OUR NECK, WE DON'T 
WANT NO FAVORS JUST GET UP OFF 
OF US AND WE CAN BE AND DO 
WHATEVER WE CAN BE. 
THERE HAVE BEEN PROTESTS ALL 
OVER THE WORLD, SOME HAVE 
LOOTED AND DONE OTHER THINGS, 
NONE OF US IN THIS FAMILY 
CONDONES LOOTING OR VIOLENCE 
BUT THE THING I WANT US TO BE 
REAL COGNIZANT OF, IS THAT THE 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE 
CALLING FOR PEACE AND THOSE 
CALLING FOR QUIET. SOME OF YOU 
ALL DON'T WANT PEACE, YOU JUST 
WANT QUIET. 
YOU JUST WANT US TO SHUT UP AND 
SUFFER IN THE SILENCE. 
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF 
THE PEOPLE, THEY WERE TRYING TO 
BREAK BARRIERS, THEY WEREN'T 
TRYING TO STEAL NOTHING, THEY 
WERE TRYING TO GET BACK THE 
JUSTICE YOU STOLE FROM US. 
THOSE THAT BROKE THE LAW SHOULD 
PAY FOR WHATEVER LAW THEY BROKE 
BUT SO SHOULD THE FOUR 
POLICEMEN THAT CAUSE THIS 
FUNERAL TODAY. 
WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM 
DENOUNCING VIOLENCE WITH THE 
GOVERNOR, WE DON'T HAVE A 
PROBLEM, MR. MAYOR, DENOUNCING 
LOOTING, BUT IT IS THINGS LIKE 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM HAVE A 
PROBLEM WITH A CASE WITH 
PROBABLE CAUSE, IT TAKES A LONG 
TIME TO DO WHAT YOU SEE YOU 
NEED TO DO, BUT I'M ONE, AS 
CRUMP SAYS, OUT THERE INVOLVING 
A LOT THESE FIGHTS, WE STARTED 
AROUND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 
I DID SPEECHES AND EULOGIES 
THAT MOST OF THE FUNERALS THAT 
WE'VE HAD IN THIS SPACE IN THE 
LAST COUPLE OF DECADES AND LED 
THE MARCHS AND DID WHAT WE HAD 
TO DO, I LOOK AT MARCH THE 
THIRD, WE WENT TO JAIL TOGETHER 
LIKE HIS DADDY WENT TO JAIL 
BEFORE, I'M MORE HOPEFUL TODAY 
THAN EVER, REVEREND JACKSON 
TOLD ME, STAY ON MY TEXT, 
ECCLEASTES, THERE IS A TIME AND 
A SEASON, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS 
TIME AND SAW MARCHS WHERE IN 
SOME CASES WHITE OUT NUMBER THE 
BLACKS, I KNOW THERE IS A 
DIFFERENT TIME AND A DIFFERENT 
SEASON. 
WHEN I LOOK AND SAW PEOPLE IN 
GERMANY MARCHING FOR GEORGE 
FLOYD, IT IS A DIFFERENT TIME 
AND DIFFERENT SEASON. 
WHEN THEY WENT IN FRONT OF THE 
PARLIAMENT IN LONDON ENGLAND 
AND SAID IT IS A DIFFERENT TIME 
AND A DIFFERENT SEASON, I'VE 
SOMETHING TO TELL YOU, AMERICA, 
THIS IS THE TIME OF 
ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
EVEN YEARS AGO I WENT TO MARCH, 
I REMEMBER YOUNG WHITE LADY 
LOOKED ME RIGHT IN THE FACE AND 
SAID, GO HOME. 
BUT WHEN I WAS HERE LAST 
THURSDAY, I WAS HEADED BACK TO 
THE AIRPORT, I STOPPED NEAR THE 
POLICE STATION AND AS I WAS 
TALKING TO A REPORTER, A YOUNG 
WHITE GIRL SHE DIDN'T LOOK NO 
OLDER THAN 11 YEARS OLD. 
CARRIED MY SUIT JACKET AND I 
LOOKED AROUND AND I BRACED 
MYSELF, SHE LOOKED AT ME AND 
SAID, NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. 
IT IS A DIFFERENT TIME, IT IS A 
DIFFERENT SEASON AND IF MY 
BIBLE CARRYING GUY IN FRONT OF 
THAT BOARDED UP CHURCH, IF I 
GOT HIM TO OPEN UP THE BIBLE, I 
WANT YOU TO REMEMBER SOMETHING, 
YOU KNOW I WAS LATE LAST 
OCTOBER DURING AN APPOINTMENT 
BECAUSE THE TIME CHANGE AND I 
WAS STILL, MY WATCH WAS ON THE 
WRONG TIME, ONCE A YEAR TIME 
GOES FORWARD AND IF YOU DON'T 
MOVE YOUR WATCH, YOU ARE GOING 
TO FIND YOURSELF AN HOUR LATE 
NOT BECAUSE YOUR WATCH WAS 
WRONG, BUT YOU HAD YOUR WATCH 
ON THE WRONG TIME. 
WELL I COME TO TELL YOU THAT IS 
SITTING IN WASHINGTON TALKING 
ABOUT MILITARIZING THE COUNTRY, 
THINKING YOU CAN SELL TICKETS 
TO PEOPLE WHO HAS HAD ENOUGH OF 
ABUSE, I COME TO TELL YOU, YOU 
CAN GET ON THE TV BUT YOU'RE ON 
THE WRONG TIME. 
TIME IS OUT FOR NOT HOLDING YOU 
ACCOUNTABLE. 
TIME IS OUT FOR MAKING EXCUSES. 
TIME IS OUT FOR YOU TRYING TO 
STALL. 
TIME IS OUT FOR INSTANT WORDS 
AND INSTANT PROMISES, TIME IS 
OUT FOR YOU FILIBUSTERS AND 
TRYING TO SOLVE THE ARM OF 
JUSTICE, THIS IS THE TIME WE 
WON'T STOP, WE ARE GOING TO 
KEEP GOING UNTIL WE CHANGE THE 
WHOLE SYSTEM OF JUSTICE. 
OUR ORGANIZATION IN THE DEFENSE 
FUND, WE ALL GOT TOGETHER SAID 
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DAY OF 
MOURNING, BUT THEN WE'RE GOING 
TO COME OUT THAT MORNING 
BECAUSE SOME OF THE EXPERTS AND 
OTHERS THAT KNOW THE LEGAL 
FIELD HAVE OUTLINED A LEGAL 
PROCESS THAT WE MUST ENFORCE, 
EVERYTHING FROM RESIDENCE TO 
DEALING WITH POLICE BACKGROUND 
AND NOT BEING, TALK TO ANDREW 
GOVERNOR CUOMO TODAY IN NEW 
YORK, HE SAYS WE GOT TO CHANGE 
THE BACKGROUND, WE NEED TO KNOW 
IF THEY STOP YOU, THEY FIND OUT 
EVERYTHING YOU EVER DID, WHY 
DON'T WE KNOW WHEN POLICEMEN 
HAVE A PATTERN. 
WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO CONSENT 
DECREES OF OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION, THEY HAVE PUT 
CERTAIN CITIES WITH PATTERNS 
AND PRACTICE UNDER CONSENT 
DECREES FROM JAMAR BROWN, WE 
WERE PASSING IN BALTIMORE, THAT 
THEY PUT IT UNDER CONSENT 
DECREE, ONE OF THE FIRST THING 
THAT HAPPENED IN THE 
ADMINISTRATION WAS THEY STOPPED 
THE CONSENT DECREE, WE HAVE 
SPECIFIC POLICIES THAT NEED TO 
HAPPEN. 
I'M GLAD HERE TODAY, ON AUGUST 
28 THE 57th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
MARCH ON WASHINGTON, WE'RE 
GOING BACK TO WASHINGTON THAT 
IS WHERE THE FATHER STOOD IN 
THE SHADOWS OF THE LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL, SAID, I HAVE A DREAM. 
WE'RE GOING BACK THIS AUGUST 28 
TO RESTORE AND RECOMMIT THAT 
DREAM TO STAND UP BECAUSE JUST 
LIKE AT ONE ERA, WE HAD TO 
FIGHT SLAVERY, ANOTHER ERA, WE 
HAD TO FIGHT JIM CROW, ANOTHER 
AREA WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH 
VOTING RIGHTS, THIS IS THE ERA 
TO DEAL WITH POLICING AND 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, WE NEED TO GO 
BACK TO WASHINGTON AND STAND 
UP, BLACK, WHITE, LATINO, IN 
THE SHADOWS OF LINCOLN AND TELL 
THEM, THIS IS THE TIME TO STOP 
THIS. 
MARTIN AND I TALKED THIS ABOUT 
GETTING TOGETHER AND TALKING, 
WE'RE GOING TO ORGANIZE THE 
NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS IN EVERY 
REGION, NOT ONLY FOR MARCH BUT 
FOR A NEW PROCESS. 
IT WILL BE LED BY THE FLOYD 
FAMILY. 
IT IS GOING TO BE LED BY THE 
GARNER FAMILY AND IT IS GOING 
TO BE LED BY THE FAMILIES THAT 
HAVE SUFFERED THIS AND KNOWS 
THE PAIN, KNOWS WHAT IT IS TO 
BE, TO BE GETTING US READY TO 
VOTE NOT JUST FOR WHO IS GOING 
TO BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT 
THE STATEHOUSE AND THE CITY 
COUNCILS THAT ALLOW THESE 
POLICING MEASURES TO GO 
UNQUESTIONED. 
WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE TIME. 
LET ME SAY THIS TO THE FAMILY 
WHO HAS SHOWN SUCH GREAT, GREAT 
REAL LEVEL AND BALANCE 
THINKING. 
THAT'S WHY I WANT THEM TO HELP 
LEAD THIS AND I WANT, ONE OF 
THE GREATEST OF OUR TIME, COME 
AND SPEAK, WE NEED TO BREAK 
DOWN YOU ALL DON'T KNOW WHAT 
TIME IT IS, YOU ALL ARE 
OPERATING LIKE IT IS YESTERDAY. 
THE REASON YOU ARE ALL LATE TO 
WHAT THESE PROTESTS NEED IS 
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T TURN YOUR 
CLOCK FORWARD. 
TALK ABOUT MAKE AMERICA GREAT, 
GREAT FOR WHO AND GREAT WHEN, 
WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT FOR 
EVERYBODY FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
NEVER WAS GREAT FOR BLACKS, 
NEVER WAS GREAT FOR LATINO, 
WASN'T NEVER GREAT FOR OTHERS, 
WASN'T GREAT FOR WOMEN. 
WOMEN HAD TO MARCH TO GET THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
BUT LASTLY IT WAS RELIGIOUS. 
I WAS READING AND KEPT THINKING 
ABOUT HOW I WAS A LITTLE 
EMBARRASSED BECAUSE WHEN I 
HEARD THAT GEORGE, AT THIS 
POINT SUFFERING A BRUTAL ATTACK 
CALLS FOR MAMA, I THINK TO TERN 
CRUMP, I APPRECIATE HIS 
BROTHERS ON THE PHONE, I WANT 
TO TALK TO HIS MOTHER, HE SAYS 
HIS MOTHER PASSED. 
I SAID HIS MOTHER PASSED, BUT 
HE WAS CALLING FOR HIS MOTHER. 
AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT BECAUSE 
I WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER 
AND SOMETIMES THE ONLY THING 
BETWEEN US AND OUR CONDITIONS 
WAS OUR MOTHER. 
SOME TIME THE ONLY THING THAT 
WE HAD THAT WOULD TAKE DANGER 
AWAY WAS OUR MOTHER. 
THE ONLY ONES THAT WOULD MAKE 
SURE THE FOOD WAS ON THE TABLE 
WAS OUR MOTHER. 
WHY GEORGE WAS CALLING FOR 
MAMA, AS I GOT THAT PLACE IN MY 
MIND AND I REALIZE WHY I WAS 
ALWAYS CALLING TO MY MOTHER 
DIED 8 YEARS AGO BUT I STILL 
TRY TO TALK TO HER. 
SOMETIMES DIAL A CELL PHONE TO 
HEAR THE VOICE MAIL OF THE 
PHONE THAT I NEVER CUTOFF, I 
STILL WANT TO REACH OUT TO 
MAMA, BUT TALKING TO QUINCY 
LAST NIGHT, ONE OF HIS FIVE 
CHILDREN, QUINCY SAID, YOU 
KNOW, I WAS THINKING MAYBE HE 
WAS CALLING HIS MOTHER BECAUSE 
AT A POINT THAT HE WAS DYING, 
HIS MOTHER WAS STRETCHING HER 
HANDS OUT SAYING COME ON, 
GEORGE, WICKED WILL CEASE FROM 
TROUBLE. 
WHEN WEARY WILL BE AT REST, 
THERE IS A PLACE WHERE POLICE 
DON'T PUT KNEES ON YOU, GEORGE, 
THAT PROSECUTORS DON'T DRAG 
THEIR FEET, MAYBE MAMA SAYS, 
COME ON, GEORGE, THERE IS A GOD 
THAT STILL SITS HIGH BUT LOOKS 
DOWN LOW AND HE'LL MAKE A WAY 
OUT OF NO WAY. 
THIS GOD IS STILL ON THE 
THROWN. 
THE REASON WE CAN FIGHT, I 
DON'T CARE WHO IS IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE, THERE IS ANOTHER HOUSE 
THAT SAID IF WE'LL FIGHT, HE'LL 
FIGHT OUR BATTLE. 
IF WE STAND UP, HE'LL HOLD US 
UP. 
AS WE LEAVE HERE TODAY, I SAY 
TO THIS FAMILY, I KNOW THAT 
YEARS AGO, REVEREND JACKSON, 
THEN I KNOW THAT PRESIDENT 
OBAMA WROTE A BOOK ABOUT HOPE 
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IN MY 
LIFE THERE ARE TIMES THAT I 
LOST HOPE THINGS CAN HAPPEN 
LIKE THIS, BUT THERE IS 
SOMETHING THAT IS SISTER TO 
HOPE CALLED FAITH. 
FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF FAITH 
HOPES FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF 
THINGS UNSEEN, FAITH IS WHEN 
YOU GET A PILE OF BILLS AND NO 
MONEY BUT YOU SAY HE WILL 
PROVIDE ALL OF MY NEEDS. 
FAITH IS WHEN YOU GOT NO 
MEDICINE IN THE CABINET AND YOU 
ARE SICK IN YOUR BODY BUT YOU 
SAY HE IS A DOCTOR THAT NEVER 
LOST A PATIENT AND HE'LL DRY 
TEARS FROM MY EYES, FAITH IS 
WHEN YOUR FRIENDS WALK OUT, 
WHEN YOUR LOVED ONES TURN YOUR 
BACK, BUT YOU SAY, I DON'T 
BELIEVE HE BROUGHT ME THIS FAR, 
WE DIDN'T COME THIS FAR BY 
LUCK, WE DIDN'T COME THIS FAR 
BY SOME FAITH, WE COME THIS FAR 
BY FAITH LEANING ON THE LORD IN 
HIS HOLY WORD, HE NEVER, HE 
NEVER, HE NEVER FAIL ME YET 
FROM THE OUT HOUSE TO THE WHITE 
HOUSE, WE COME A LONG WAY, GOD 
WILL, GOD SHALL, GOD WILL, GOD 
ALWAYS HAS HE'LL MAKE A WAY FOR 
HIS CHILDREN, GET HOME GEORGE, 
GET YOUR REST, GEORGE, YOU 
CHANGE THE WORLD, GEORGE, WE'LL 
KEEP FIGHTING GEORGE, WE GOING 
FORWARD, GEORGE, TIME OUT, TIME 
OUT, TIME OUT. 
WE ASK GOD'S GRACE, SING A SONG 
FOR THE FAMILY AFTER WHICH 
DEREK JOHNSON, THE NAACP, 
ATTORNEY CRUMP, WE'RE GOING TO 
STAND FOR 8 MINUTES AND 46 
SECONDS THAT WAS THE TIME THAT 
GEORGE WAS ON THE GROUND. 
WE WANT YOU ALL OVER THE WORLD 
TO STAND WITH US THESE 8 
MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS THAT 
MAKE THAT COMMITMENT FOR 
JUSTICE IN THE NAME OF GEORGE. 
I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF 
THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS 
FOR BEING WITH US. 
I WANT TO THANK  THE DR. MARTIN 
LUTHER KING THE THIRD FOR BEING 
WITH US. 
I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND 
THE GOVERNOR AND FOR BEING WITH 
THE FAMILY, AMY KLOBUCHAR OF 
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, I WANT 
TO THANK OUR, MY MENTOR AND ONE 
WHO FOUGHT THIS FIGHT FOR MORE 
THAN HALF A CENTURY, REVEREND 
JESSE LEWIS JACKSON IS WITH US. 
AND A SPOKESMAN, JONATHAN 
LUTHERJACK, I WANT TO THANK 
FROM THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD, 
KEVIN HART, HE TOLD ME, DON'T 
MENTION HIM SO DON'T CLAP, 
STAND UP, KEVIN, WE JOKE EACH 
OTHER. 
BROTHER, BELOVED STAND UP 
BROTHER, BROTHER LUDACRIS, TY 
REECE GIBSON, EXTRAORDINARY 
ACTIVISM IN HIS OWN RIGHT, 
MASTER P. THE ONE AND ONLY, THE 
CREATIVE GENIUS WILL PACKET IS 
WITH US TODAY AND A BROTHER 
THAT WE'VE MARCHED TOGETHER, 
AND DONE A LOT OF THINGS, HE 
DOES NOT, TO PUT HIS NAME ON 
SOMEBODY'S PETITION, HE PUTS 
HIS BODY ON THE LINE, BROTHER 
TI IS IN THE HOUSE. I 
WANT THIS BROTHER'S, ONE OF THE 
GREATEST GOSPEL SINGERS ALIVE 
OH, WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A 
MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE, I DIDN'T 
WANT TO ANNOUNCE AND SAY I'M 
GLAD LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, 
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR, 
OUTSTANDING ARTIST THAT IS ALSO 
COMMITTED, I READ AN INTERVIEW, 
SHE THINK I'M GOING TO READ, 
BUT I DO, SHE'S BEEN COMMITTED 
IN SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS, SHE 
WANTED TO BE HERE TODAY, ALSO 
JOKING WITH KEVIN, I DIDN'T 
LOOK AT HER, LET US WELCOME OUR 
SISTER, BELOVED SISTER TIFFANY 
IN THE HOUSE. 
>> YOU ALL WILL START 
INTRODUCING FOLKS, I GOT THEM 
ALL. 
LET US HAVE A SELECTION FROM 
HEZEKI WALKER. 
>> I CAME ALL THE WAY FROM NEW 
YORK TO DO THIS FOR GEORGE AND 
THE FAMILY, EVERY PRAISE GOES 
ONTO OUR GOD, LET'S DANCE TO 
OUR FEET, EVERYBODY, COME ON, 
PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER, COME 
ON. 
EVERY PRAISE, COME ON. 
♪ ♪ EVERY PRAISE, EVERY 
PRAISE IS TO OUR GOD ♪ SING 
HALLELUJAH TO OUR GOD ♪ EVERY 
PRAISE IS TO OUR GOD ♪ EVERY 
PRAISE IS TO OUR GOD! 
EVERY PRAISE, EVERY PRAISE IS 
TO OUR GOD ♪ HALLELUJAH. 
SING HALLELUJAH THROUGH OUR GOD 
GLORY HALLELUJAH TO OUR GOD ♪ 
EVERY PRAISE, EVERY PRAISE TO 
OUR GOD. 
>>> EVERY PRAISE IS TO OUR GOD. 
EVERY PRAISE, EVERY PRAISE IS 
TO OUR GOD. 
SING HALLELUJAH TO OUR GOD 
GLORY HALLELUJAH, EVERY PRAISE, 
EVERY PRAISE IS TO OUR GOD. 
♪ YOU ARE MY SAVIOR, GOD MY 
HEALER. 
GOD MY DELIVERER, YES HE IS! 
♪ YES HE IS
♪
♪ YES HE IS! 
, YES, HE IS! 
♪ EVERY PRAISE, TO OUR GOD 
EVERY WORD OF WORSHIP, EVERY 
PRAISE, EVERY PRAISE ♪ EVERY 
PRAISE, EVERY PRAISE ♪ EVERY 
PRAISE, EVERY PRAISE, EVERY 
PRAISE, EVERY PRAISE ♪ IS TO 
OUR GOD. 
EVERY PRAISE IS TO OUR GOD. 
>>> WE REMAIN ON A RECOGNIZED 
COURT OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN 
MOVEMENT, BROTHER, WE ARE 
HONORED THAT YOU CAME, THANK 
YOU. 
LET ME SAY THEY RECOGNIZE THE 
NAACP AND MANY OF BLACK LIVES 
MATTER, MANY OF THE GRASS ROOTS 
ORGANIZATION THAT HAVE BEEN 
DOING THE PROTEST ON THE GROUND 
IN MINNEAPOLIS AND AROUND THE 
COUNTRY MOVEMENT ABOUT 
EVERYBODY THOSE YOUNG FOLKS 
SOME ORGANIZE ON THEIR OWN, 
SOME NAACP, SOME URBAN LEAGUE, 
WE NEED EVERYBODY, THIS IS NOT 
A COMPETITION, THIS IS A 
MOVEMENT. 
WE NEED TO STOP OUR COMPETING 
AND START FIGHTING THE REAL 
ENEMY. 
THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU 
ALL ARE DOING. 
WHAT I GOT HERE, THEY WILL 
MARCH AND KEPT MARCHING, THEY 
DIDN'T NEED NOBODY TO COME, AND 
WE WILL STAY ORGANIZED AND I 
REALLY THANK THEM FOR THEIR 
WORK. 
WE WANT TO PAUSE FOR 8 MINUTES 
AND 46 SECONDS. 
I WANT YOU, BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC I'M NOT GOING TO ASK 
YOU TO TAKE HANDS, BUT I WANT 
YOU TO STAND NEXT TO SOMEONE 
WITH THE RIGHT DISTANCE, THE 
AMAZING THING ABOUT THIS 
MOVEMENT, PEOPLE SAY THEY NEVER 
SEE MARCHS ALL OVER THE 
COUNTRY, WE HAVE THAT, BUT 
NEVER HAD IT IN A PANDEMIC. 
THE REASON I KNOW THIS IS 
DIFFERENT TIMES IS PEOPLE CAME 
OUT BY THE HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS IN RISK OF THEIR OWN 
HEALTH TO STAND UP, PEOPLE THAT 
HAVE BEEN SHELTERED IN, BROKE 
OUT OF SHELTER, THE FIRST I 
TOOK WAS TO COME HERE AND MAYBE 
IN GOD'S OWN WAY IN FACT, THE 
FACT WE WERE SHELTER, WE COULD 
KEEP WATCHING THAT, MAYBE 
BECAUSE WE HAD NO DISTRACTIONS 
THAT FINALLY WE ARE READY TO 
DEAL WITH THIS. 
SO AS WE STAND, I WOULD LIKE US 
TO STAND TOGETHER AND I THINK I 
WANT TIFFANY SAYS I WAS 
DISRESPECTFUL, WOULD YOU STAND 
UP HERE WITH US, TIFFANY, YOU 
BE TALKING ABOUT ME IN YOUR 
NEXT INTERVIEW. 
AND I WOULD LIKE THE MOTHER OF 
SARAH GARDNER, WHOSE MOTHER OF 
THE ONE WHO ORIGINALLY DIED IN 
POLICE CUSTODY, AND I CAN'T 
BREATHE, TO STAND WITH ME, AND 
CRUMP ON STAGE. 
LET US STAND SOMEBODY SAID 
REVEREND, 8 MINUTES IS A LONG 
TIME, THAT MINUTE WAS LONG 
ENOUGH FOR THE POLICE TO 
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE 
DOING, THAT MEETING WAS LONG 
ENOUGH FOR ONE OF THESE THREE 
COPS TO STOP WHAT WAS GOING ON, 
THAT MEANS IT WAS LONG ENOUGH 
FOR WHATEVER THEY HAD IN MIND 
TO RETHINK AS YOU GO THROUGH 
THESE LONG 8 MINUTES, THINK 
ABOUT WHAT GEORGE WAS GOING 
THROUGH LAYING THERE FOR THOSE 
8 MINUTES HEARD SOMEONE SAY 
NARRATING HIS OWN DEATH. 
WE CAN'T LET THIS GO. 
WE CAN'T KEEP LIVING LIKE THIS. 
SAM JACKSON, IS SAM STILL HERE, 
WE SEE JACKSON, WE'LL 
RECOGNIZE, I WAS RECOGNIZING 
EVERYBODY, WE HAVE TO STOP THIS 
YEAR AND END THIS TIME, BRING 
ABOUT A NEW FEEL, LET US 
STANDSTILL, BOW YOUR HEADS OR 
WHICH EVER WAY YOU WORSHIP. 
JUST A LONG TIME.  
WE CALCULATED WITH THE CLOCK 
CARE AND THAT'S HOW LONG HE 
REMAINED THERE.  
THERE IS NO EXCUSE.  
THEY HAD ENOUGH TIME.  
THEY HAVE ENOUGH TIME NOW WHAT 
WILL WE DO WITH THE TIME WE 
HAVE AS WE ASSURE THE FAMILY OUT
, PLEASE LET US TAKE THEM OUT 
FIRST IS I HAVE TO PREPARE TO 
GO TO NORTH CAROLINA AND THEN 
BACK TO HOUSTON WHERE WE WILL 
DO THE FINAL SERVICE.  
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR COMING.
LET EVERYBODY ELSE BE SEATED 
AND FOR THE FAMILY.  
THE REVEREND, COME QUICKLY AND 
GIVE US THE BENEDICTION AND WE 
WILL TAKE EVERYONE OUT -- THE 
FAMILY OUT AND EVERYONE ELSE 
REMAIN IN YOUR SEATS.  
>> PLEASE REMAIN WHERE YOU ARE 
FOR THE BENEDICTION.  
GRACIOUS GOD AND MERCIFUL 
MASTER.  
LIFT OUR VOICE AND USE OUR HANDS
CHANGE OUR HEARTS SO THAT I WILL
RAISE THE SHIP TO REHABILITATION
AND CONVICT THE COUNTRY SO WE 
CAN FINALLY BE THE LAND OF THE 
FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. 
WE PRAY THIS PRAYER IN THE NAME 
OF THE INNOCENT BLACK MAN BY 
THE NAME OF JESUS WHO WAS 
KILLED BY A GOVERNMENT THAT 
STILL ROLLS AGAIN.  WITH THAT 
POWER WE MARCH ON UNTIL VICTORY 
IS ONE..  
>> LET'S USHER THE FAMILY.  
>> WE NEED EVERYONE TO PLEASE 
BE SEATED EXCEPT FOR THE FAMILY.
PLEASE EVERYONE PLEASE REMAIN 
IN YOUR SEATS.  
AS WE ESCORT THIS FAMILY.  
>> THE FAMILY OF GEORGE FLOYD 
NOW TO BE LED OUT OF THE CHAPEL 
AT THE UNIVERSITY AND A 
STIRRING SERVICE FOR THE MAN 
WHO WAS KNOWN TO MOST AMERICANS 
IN THE WORLD FOR THAT AWFUL 
VIDEO OF HIM BEING HELD DOWN 
UNDER THE ME OF A MINNEAPOLIS 
POLICE OFFICER.  
THIS SERVICE BROUGHT TO LIGHT 
THE PEOPLE WHO LOVED HIM AND 
WHO HE WAS.  
PERHAPS THE MOST POWERFUL MOMENT
AND STIRRING SERVICE AT 8 
MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS OF 
SILENCE, THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME
THAT GEORGE FLOYD WAS UNDER THE 
ME OF THE OFFICER.  
AS WE BRING IN THE COMPOST AND 
NBC ANCHOR CRAIG MELVIN.  
8 MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS, I AM 
A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE CROWD 
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE HEADS HELD 
DOWN WITH PEOPLE IN PRAYER AND 
EVEN MOMENTS OF DISBELIEF WITH 
THE COMPREHENSION OF KNOWING 
HOW LONG THE PERIOD OF TIME WAS.
>> I LOOKED OUT OVER THOUSAND 
ARE MAYBE MORE OUTSIDE THE 
SERVICE SOMEWHERE PRAYING AND 
REFLECTING AND SOME WERE CRYING.
I THOUGHT ABOUT A DOZEN FOLKS 
ALSO TAKEN ME.  
AND ALSO A CALL TO ACTION.  
APPARENTLY THERE IS GOING TO BE 
ANOTHER WASH AND -- MARCH IN 
WASHINGTON HEARING THAT A FEW 
MOMENTS AGO.  
THE ME ON THE NECK IS A 
METAPHOR FOR THE CONDITIONS OF 
LACKS IN AMERICA.  
THERE WAS SOMETHING FOR 
EVERYONE IN THAT EULOGY YOU 
HEAR FROM GEORGE FLOYD'S 
BROTHER AND NEPHEW DESCRIBING A 
GUY THAT LEFT BASKETBALL AND 
LeBRON JAMES AND BANANA AND 
MAYONNAISE SANDWICHES.  
IT REALLY HELPS HUMANIZE AND 
YOU HEAR THE APPLAUSE HEAR FROM 
THE CROWD.  SOMEONE WAS HOLDING 
UP A WE CAN'T BREATHE SHIRT AS 
WELL.  
>> LET ME BRING IN WASHINGTON 
POST AND NBC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR 
EUGENE ROBINSON.  
GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS OF THE 
SERVICE AND THE POWERFUL 
METAPHORS AS CRAIG NOTED THE 
WRAPPER AND OFFERED IN 
DESCRIBING NOT ONLY WHAT 
HAPPENED TO GEORGE FLOYD BUT 
ALSO WHAT IS HAPPENING TO BLACK 
AMERICA.  
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY 
POWERFUL SERVICE.  
FUNERAL IN MY MIND IS FIRST AND 
FOREMOST FOR THE FAMILY AND 
FRIENDS AND FOR THOSE WHO KNEW 
GEORGE FLOYD AND WHAT TEARS AT 
MY HEART HAVING HEARD THOSE 
REMINISCES OF THE BROTHER AND 
WHO HE WAS.  HE WAS A PERSON, A 
MAN AND WE KNOW A BIT MORE 
ABOUT HIM.  
AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.  
I SAW REVEREND SHARPTON'S 
METAPHOR.  
KNEE ON HER NECK WAS INSPIRED 
AND TRUTHFUL.  I SAW THE 
POWERFUL WAY TO DESCRIBE 400 
YEARS OF HISTORY.  
THAT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER AND 
OF COURSE AS YOU MENTIONED 
THOSE 8 MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS 
OF SILENCE AND THAT IS AN 
IMPOSSIBLY LONG PERIOD OF TIME 
AND UNIMAGINABLE LONG PERIOD OF 
TIME TO EXPERIENCE.  
IMAGINE WHAT GEORGE FLOYD WAS 
FEELING DURING THAT 
INTERMINABLE PERIOD AS HIS LIFE 
WAS CHOKED AWAY AND THAT CHOKED 
ME UP.  
IT WAS QUITE A SERVICE.  
>> GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW 
PROFESSOR PAUL BUTLER JOINS US. 
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT 
THE REVEREND REALLY USED IT TO 
WORK OFF HIS MESSAGE WAS 
ECCLESIASTES MOTHER COMES A 
TIME.  
AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAD 
TALKED ABOUT PRIOR TO THE 
SERVICE, THE SENSE THAT THE 
OUTPOURING WE ARE SEEING IS NOT 
COMING JUST FROM THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY BUT IT IS TOUCHING 
THE WORLD.  
YOU MENTIONED THE CROWDS 
PROTESTING EVEN AS FAR AWAY AS 
LONDON.  
HOW WILL THAT ALWAYS MAKE THIS 
FROM SOME OF THE OTHER CASES WE 
HAVE SAW -- SCENE.  
>> THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING 
AND AWAY WE HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE
I THOUGHT THE SERVICE WAS VERY 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN.  IT WAS A MIX 
OF SPIRITUALITY, CULTURE AND 
POLITICS.  REVEREND SHARPTON AT 
A MEMORIAL SERVICE TALKED ABOUT 
A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR 
POLICE OFFICERS IN MINNEAPOLIS. 
ONLY 7% OF COPS WHO WORK IN 
MINNEAPOLIS LIVE THERE AND THAT 
IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE.  WE KNOW 
WHEN OFFICERS LIVE IN THE 
CITIES THEY PATROL THEY THINK 
OF RESIDENCE AS THEIR NEIGHBORS 
AND FRIENDS AS OPPOSED TO THE 
WARRIOR MENTALITY THAT WE OFTEN 
SEE WHEN THEY DON'T LIVE THERE. 
ONE OTHER POINT, THE VERY 
DRAMATIC 8 MINUTES AND 43 
SECONDS OF SILENCE.  
>> DAVE REMAINS ON THE SAME 
HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS.  
WAS THE CROWD NEAR YOU ABLE TO 
SEE ANY OF THE PROGRAM?
>> Reporter:  RIGHT BEHIND ME 
THE CROWD IS STILL LISTENING TO 
THE BROADCAST OF THE SERVICE.  
THEY ARE LISTENING TO IT ON A 
DELAY.  
DURING THE IMPASSIONED EULOGY 
THEY CHEERED DURING SOME PARTS 
OF IT AND CERTAINLY WHEN THE 
CALL WENT OUT IN AUGUST ON THE 
57th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MLK HAD 
A DREAM SPEECH AND IT WAS A 
VERY EMOTIONAL TIME HERE AND 
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A CROWD 
VERY DIVERSE, YOUNG AND OLD OF 
ALL RACES AND WHAT I WANT TO 
POINT OUT AND I WAS LISTENING 
TO THE USUALLY IN THE SERVICE 
AND IT WAS JUST A FEW DAYS AGO 
THAT THIS CITY WAS BURNING 
PARTS OF MINNEAPOLIS WERE ON 
FIRE.  
WE WAKE UP OVERNIGHT AND REPORT 
AND WE WOULD GO OUT TO CERTAIN 
NEIGHBORHOODS AND CERTAIN 
NEIGHBORHOODS WERE ON FIRE AND 
THE TONE HAS CHANGED 
DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LAST FEW 
DAYS.  IT IS NOW A SOMBER TONE 
CELEBRATING GEORGE FLOYD'S LIFE 
AND ALSO A CALL TO ACTION.  
REVEREND SHARPTON MENTIONING A 
CALL TO ACTION FOR 
ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE SYSTEM.  
RIGHT NOW AT THE SCENE WERE 
GEORGE FLOYD TOOK HIS LAST 
BREATH, YOU CAN SEE A 
CELEBRATION AND A CHANGE FROM 
ANGER AND OUTRAGE AND PAIN TO 
CELEBRATION.  
>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.  
HERE OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY THE 
FAMILY OF GEORGE FLOYD HAVE 
MADE THEIR WAY OUT AND 
LISTENING TO THE CROWD CHANCE 
OF THE NAME GEORGE FLOYD.  
THAT IS A VEHICLE THAT WILL 
CARRY THE FAMILY AWAY.  
CALLING THE NAME OF GEORGE FLOYD
AND THE FAMILY HAVE PUT ON THOSE
T-SHIRTS, WE CAN'T BREATHE.  
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER FUNERAL 
IN TEXAS LATER THIS WEEK.  
WE WILL HAVE A COMPLETE WRAP UP 
OF THE DAYS EVENTS COMING UP ON 
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS AND I WILL BE 
BACK FOR SPECIAL REPORT AND WE 
HOPE TO SEE YOU THEN.  I'M 
LESTER HOLT.  
GOOD DAY, EVERYBODY.  
