DEATH IN
MARCH PROMPTED THE SUSPENSION
OF SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS BUT
NEWLY RELEASED BODY CAMERA
FOOTAGE SHOWS THE OFFICERS
COVERING HIS HEAD WITH A HOOD
AND PINNING HIM TO THE GROUND
BEFORE HE STOPPED BREATHING.
HE HAD BEEN ACTING ERRATICALLY
WHEN HIS BROTHER CALLED THE
POLICE.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS THE
GRAND JURY WILL BE PART OF A
"EXHAUSTIVE INVESTIGATION" INTO
HIS DEATH.
A RALLY TO SUPPORT BLACK
LIVES MATTER FILLED THE SQUARE
TONIGHT, MANY OF THOSE TAKING
PART WERE COLLEGE STUDENTS.
Reporter: USING MUSIC AS A
WEAPON AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE.
WE ARE HERE TO BRIDGE THE
GAP TO FIND WAYS TO USE ART AS
A FORM OF HEALING AND
RESISTANCE.
Reporter: BERKELEY COLLEGE
AND MUSIC STUDENTS PUT ON A
SHOW DRAWING CROWDS ACROSS THE
SQUARE SUPPORT OF THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT.
THE MONEY SHOULD BE DEFUNDED
FROM POLICE TO EDUCATION AS
WELL AS THINGS LIKE
HOMELESSNESS AND PREVENTING
THINGS LIKE THAT.
Reporter: EVENT ORGANIZERS
SAY THE ISSUE OF POLICE
BRUTALITY HASN'T GOTTEN BETTER
WHICH IS WHY THEY ARE OUT HERE
TODAY.
I THINK THAT THINGS HAVE
GOTTEN WORSE IN MANY WAYS BUT
I'M GRATEFUL FOR OPPORTUNITIES
LIKE THIS WE HAVE AS A
COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO
STAND FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.
Reporter: DRAWING
INSPIRATION FROM THEIR FACES,
STUDENTS PASTING IMAGES OF
PEOPLE KILLED BY POLICE AT THE
STEPS OF TRINITY CHURCH.
Reporter: AS A BLACK PERSON
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO GET
THE MESSAGE OUT.
Reporter: THEY KNOW THAT
JUSTICE WON'T COME OVERNIGHT
BUT INSTEAD OF VIOLENCE THEY
ARE URGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO USE
