MANY COMMUNITY LEADERS
ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES ARE
STEPPING FORWARD TO SAY THEY
ARE OUTRAGED BY THE SHOOTING
DEATH OF PHILANDO CASTILE.
AND THIS MORNING AT A RALLY
OUTSIDE OF THE GOVERNOR'S
RESIDENCE ON SUMMIT AVENUE, WE
HEARD FROM THERE.
MEMBERS OF THE MINNEAPOLIS
NAACP AND BLACK LIVES MATTER AS
WELL AS CLERGY MEMBERS
EXPRESSED ANGER, FRUSTRATION,
AND PAIN AS ANOTHER POLICE
SHOOTING LEAVES A BLACK MAN
DEAD.
HE WAS A GOOD GUY.
WHAT THIS SIGNIFIES TO US IS
THAT BLACK LIVES DON'T REALLY
MATTER IN THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA.
THEIR WORDS ECHOED ACROSS
THE FRONT LAWN OF THE
GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE ON SUMMIT
AVENUE.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
STANDING TOGETHER, HEART BROKEN
YET RESILIENT.
HE WAS EXECUTED IN FRONT OF
HIS FAMILY.
THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANYBODY
ELSE.
HERE YOU HAD A BROTHER, AN
INNOCENT INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS
SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AND NO ONE
RENDERED FIRST AID.
IT REALLY BOTHERS ME THAT WE
HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW HE WAS A
GOODMAN.
AND HOW HE DIDN'T HAVE A
CRIMINAL RECORD.
I DON'T GIVE A DAMN.
HE DIDN'T DESERVE TO DIE.
MUCH OF THE MESSAGE WAS
DIRECTED AT GOVERNOR DAYTON WHO
WAS THERE TO LISTEN AND WHO
VOWED TO SEEK JUSTICE.
I WANT YOU TO PUT SOME
ACTION ON IT.
PUT SOME RESPECT ON OUR
PEOPLE'S NAME.
THAT'S ALL I WANT.
I WANT IT TO BE REAL.
THIS ISN'T BLACK ANGER.
THIS IS BLACK GRIEF.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
WE ARE READY FOR A CHANGE TO
THE LAWS AND THE POLICIES IN
THIS STATE AND IN THIS COUNTRY
THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE KILLED
AT POINT BLANK RANGE AND IN
GOLD BLOOD AT THE HANDS OF
OFFICERS.
THE VIDEO THAT SHOWS THE
AFTER MATH OF THE SHOOTING HAS
BEEN SEEN AROUND THE WORLD.
WE'VE SEEN CELEBRITIES REACTING
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.
TENNIS PLAYER SERENA WILLIAMS
TWEETED IN LONDON I HAVE TO
WAKE UP TO THIS, SHE WAS BLACK,
SHOT FOUR TIMES.
WHEN WILL SOMETHING BE DONE?
NO, REALLY BE DONE.
AND GRAMMY AWARD WINNING JOHN
LEGEND SAID SO MANY PEOPLE WORK
SO HARD TO FIND A REASON WHY
EXECUTING A HUMAN BEING DURING
A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP IS OKAY.
IT'S NOT OKAY.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE POSTED,
COULDN'T EVEN SLEEP LAST NIGHT.
FIRST ELTON STERLING, THEN THIS
VIDEO OF PHILANDO CASTILE BEING
BRUTALLY KILLED.
THIS MUST STOP.
