JUSTICE.
REPORTER: THE STREETS PACKED
WITH PEOPLE MARCHING FOR
EQUALITY AND RACIAL JUSTICE,
DEMANDING CHANGE.
>> NOTHING REALLY HAS CHANGED AS
FAR AS THE DEGRADATION OF BLACK
MEN, THE UNDER REPRESENTATION OF
BLACK WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY.
FROM THE TIME THAT OUR ANCESTORS
CAME TO THIS COUNTRY TO NOW,
LITTLE PROGRESS HAS BEEN DONE.
FOR ME, I SAW IT AS YOU HAVE TO
BE HERE.
REPORTER: JACKIE JONES MADE THE
TRIP FROM OKLAHOMA CITY,
PASSIONATE ABOUT POSITIVE
PROGRESSION AND ACTION WHEN IT
COMES TO REFORMING POLICE POLICY
EFFORT TO FIX A BROKEN SYSTEM SO
THAT LIVES LIKE TAMIR RICE,
BREONNA TAYLOR, GEROGE FLOYD,
JACOB BLAKE, AND SO MANY OTHERS
AREN’T LOST.
>> IT DOES SOMETHING TO THE
HEART, ESPECIALLY TO KNOW THAT
YOU HAVE A COMPANION, YOU HAVE
COUSINS, NEIGHBORS.
YOU WONDER IF THEY’RE GOING TO
COME BACK OR NOT BECAUSE THEY’RE
VIEWED AS A THREAT.
>> THIS IS THE COMMITMENT MARCH
IN THE SPIRIT OF 1963.
REPORTER: MARTIN LUTHER KING THE
THIRD DELIVERING MESSAGES OF
HOPE, TELLING THOSE IN
ATTENDANCE TO KEEP PUSHING
FORWARD.
>> THE PROGRESS WE CELEBRATED
THEN IS IMPERILED AGAIN.
REPORTER: FOR THOSE STRUGGLING
TO UNDERSTAND THE OUTCRY, JONES
SAYS A LITTLE COMPASSION AND
WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN GOES A
LONG WAY.
>> I THINK WHEN OTHERS WHO DON’T
LOOK LIKE US CAN SEE THEMSELVE
SEE THEIR CHILDREN IN A
COMPROMISING AND UNRETURNING
POSITION, PERHAPS THINGS WILL
CH
