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i'm attorney chris stewart... this is you are watching bbc news. have gathered to commemorate that 19 susie three civil rights march on washington and in protest of police violence, let's listen in now to the next speaker. —— that 1963 civil rights march on washington it's because of the community here, because of the community here, because of the referent,, lee merrick, ben crump, all the people sitting up and fighting. 57 years ago we were standing right here trying to fight poverty and oppression. that illness has not changed. there hasn't been no vaccine for racism, no quarantine for police brutality and that is what we are here for today because all of these families here, their children are not victims, their the vaccine.
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—— killed -- killed by —— killed by a policewoman who said she thought it was her house. let us hear from the sister. hello, everyone. my name is alisa finley. i first want to thank the national action network. i would like to thank the national action network, reverend al sharpton ten —— sharpton and martin luther king junior the third two create this march. my brother, septembersix, it
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marks two years since i last heard his voice, his laugh, two years since my family has felt whole. because on september six, it will be two years since amber geiger shot my brother through his heart. died while sitting at his home eating ice cream and watching football. he was minding his own business. since then, i have been on a mission to seek reform to the severely broken justice system because both of them would still be alive today. instead, we are nine days away from the second anniversary of his murder. two years of saying his name and antoine rose's name. ten years of seeking justice for dj henry, four yea rs of seeking justice for dj henry, four years of saying terrence‘s name, saying chantel years of saying terrence‘s name, saying cha ntel davis, years of saying terrence‘s name, saying chantel davis, delran small, sandra bland, tatiana jefferson and so sandra bland, tatiana jefferson and so many others. i am tired of
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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 we are all in this together. we are our brothers and sisters keeper. thank you. the mother of ahmed aubrey, the young man jogging shot down the mother of ahmed aubrey, the young manjogging shot down in cold blood in georgia. brunswick georgia. give her a big blood in georgia. brunswick georgia. give hera big hand. blood in georgia. brunswick georgia. give hera big handlj blood in georgia. brunswick georgia. give her a big hand. i stand before you as the proud mother of a mod
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aubrey ahmed aubrey, i'm carrying a broken heart and also a grateful heart that god chose my son, ahmed aubrey to be a part of this most huge movement. i do believe if we continue to stand and fight together that we will get change. sadly, we have these type of tragic events far too often. but i want each of you to each please don't forget their names. please let their names live forever. —— ahmaud aubrey. i want to share three words with you that i know ahmaud would want me to share with you as well. that is i love you. i love you all for standing with us. we love you!
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i also want you guys to help me chant his name and maybe he will hear it in the heavens. chanting: ahmaud are aubrey. i love you. ahmaud au! ahmaud aubrey! ahmaud let's hear from the attorney aubrey! let's hear from the attorney lee merritt. black power! i said black power! 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
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stop this from happening is when we begin to exercise our 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. let me tell you something, lincoln didn't free no slaves. we freed the slaves. we free ourselves when we
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