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made himself available to the person of jesus christ to help you in times like these. god bless you. first thessalonians chapter 4 beginning at verse 13. but i would not have you to be ignorant brethren concerning them which are asleep that you sorrow not even to others that have no hope for if we believe that jesus died and rose again even so them also which sleep in jesus will god bring with him. for this we say unto you by the word of the lord that we which are alive and remain until the coming of the lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. for the lord himself shall descend from heaven with a
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shout, with a voice of the archangel and with the trump of god and the dead in christ shall rise first. then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the lord. therefore comfort one another with these words. god bless you. [ applause ] ♪ >> in honor of your pastor and co-pastor and all of the
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dignitaries here in the sanctuary for this celebration, i also acknowledge the valued member of our redeemed prison ministry, we had letters coming from those incarcerated as far away as angola, louisiana. because of what she's done for the kingdom. so we give you love. in a moment of prayer, gather with me. let's talk to god for a minute. father, i stretch my hands to thee. father, no other help do i know. and god, if you withdraw yourself from us, father, where shall we go? father, we acknowledge you as the master, the creator, the sovereign god, the ruler, the god that is higher than high,
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more majestic than majesty, greater than great, more loving than love itself. god, you are god and you are sovereign. we welcome your presence that's already in this place. master, we thank you for this celebration. we thank you for the life of george floyd, oh god. that at a moment when he called out for his mama we believed that the ears of mamas across this nation reared up, that the ears of mamas across this world heard him cry even though for one mama all mamas began to wail. we began to wail for our children. we began to wail for our grandchildren. we wail for men across this world because of one mama's call. god, thank you. thank you, god, today, master. god, we thank you for what you're doing in this place. we thank you that that i ask you ignite upon us cloechb tongues
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of fire. father, cloven tongues of fire declare and decree and proclaim rye shouseness but ignite in us again cloven tongues of fire. we are in a strange land and i heard the psalmist say how can we sing in a strange land? i can sing because i know who reigns. we can sing because we know who god is, where god is and what god is about to do. that's how we can sing in a strange land. god, it's a strange land when we have to make a law for what's to have empathy with our brothers and cysts, that empathy is not self-motivated but it is now law mandated. god, have mercy. god, help us in this place today. god, we pray for the family of george floyd who is time after time after time again bourn private grief in public places. but oh i remember you said you
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bore our griefs, our sorrows so, father, right now undergird them in the name of jesus. remind them that underneath them are your everlasting arms, remind them that this shall be an ebeneezer, a time of remembrance, this shall be after everybody's gone home, remind the nation that this is our ebeneezer. we speak and we decree and declare right now there shall be justice, right now there shall be a remnant that you have raisin up. give them strength at this time of sorrow, undergird them. put your arms around them and let them know that my god is here, that my god is a comforter and above all things we will celebrate, we will remember these days and we will call on god for our god shall come with a vengeance. our god will avenge us. our god will come, ride on, king
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jesus! ride on, emanuel! we expect it. we believe it. now, god, we lay hands on it in jesus' name, amen. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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♪ ♪ i was born by the river by a little town ♪ ♪ just like a river i been running ♪ ♪ ever since
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been a long long time coming ♪ ♪ but i know change going to come ♪ oh yes it will ♪ ♪ you spent too hard living but i'm not afraid to die ♪ ♪ because i know what's up there beyond the sky ♪ ♪ it's been a long long time coming ♪ ♪ but i know a change going to come ♪
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listen. ♪ then i go to my brother and i say brother ♪ ♪ but he wind up knocking me back down on my knees ♪ ♪ oh there were times when i thought that i wouldn't last for long ♪ ♪ but now i think i'm able to carry on ♪ ♪ it's been a long time coming ♪
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♪ but i know i know a change going to come ♪ ♪ oh yes it will ♪ i know i know a change going to come ♪ ♪ yes it will ♪ i believe i believe that a change is going to come ♪ ♪ yes it will ♪ say i know i know i know ♪ ♪ a change is coming yeah ♪ i said i know a change going to come ♪ ♪ yes it will >> god bless you, brother.
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♪ ♪ >> brother, that shows true skills right there. my, my, my. amen. thank you, brother dry dray. a daughter that's gone on for phenomenal things for god and god is blessing her all over the world and i speak of her and greet her with a hearty amen. >> thank you, pastor wright. to co-pastor mia wright and the family, reverend sharpton, to all dignitaries and all officials, to the family, on
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behalf of the fountain of praise church, our prayer for the family in this season and this unexpected time is to draw comfort from the facts that while this incident in untimely incidents it is no surprise to the heavenly father. the bible says in psalms 46:1, god is our refuge and strength. a very present help in trouble. we stand fast in our faith that god will give you inner braces to prop you on every leaning side, may you feel the closeness of his comfort and the warmth of his presence as you cope with this heart rendering transition. we are praying for you, we are interceding on your behalf and want each of you to know our love extends to you from houston to all parts of the world.
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to sharita mcgee tate, a daughter of this house, our family somebodies and all of the family members we await the joy that comes in the morning after the weeping season, the bible says that our god will wipe away all tears from your eyes and soon your sorrow shall be swallowed up in joy. this is given on behalf of pastors wright. in his own way and for his own purpose god has reached down into his garden to pluck a fairest flower recently god called the spirit of our dearly beloved brother george home to be with him throughout an eternity. whereas we the officers and the members of the greater st. matthew baptist church express
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love to our departed brother, we make these resolutions a copy which will be kept in our records. be it also resolved that even as we mourn his departure we resign to the will of an all-knowing and kind heavenly father. we assure the family of the deceased that they have our lasting heartfelt sympathies, this is on behalf of the great ericsson saint matthew baptist church reverend booker senior, senior pastor. on behalf of jack yates, senior high school, the resolution is for george floyd, class of 1993. whereas we are deeply saddened by the passing of our beloved jackie yates lion george floyd whom the father has called from labor to reward, whereas george floyd was a member of the legendary jackie yates class of
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1993, was a respected leader among all lions, served with character and distinction as an athletic, gifted member of the mighty lions, 1992 runner-up state championship football team as the starting tight end and was a member of the high performing mighty lions basketball team who stood as a 6'6" power forward able to dunk with both hands and whereas george floyd lovingly known as big floyd and the gentle giant was steadfast in his kindness and devotion to helping his fellow jackie yates lions succeed through his genuine example of love, faith and generosity, whereas george floyd has left a legacy of love, loyalty and service to dear old
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jackie yates high that will live on forever in our hearts. now be it resolved that jack yates senior high school embraces the floyd family because of the love that we share. george floyd and his big smile and sense of humor can never be replaced but his legacy as a lion, a father, a brother, his friend will be honored each time his family jack yates alumni are gathered. his beloved 3rd ward community and friends stand up and fight for justice in his name humbly sub mitted on this 9th day of june by the jack yates senior high school. [ applause ] the family of george floyd would like to acknowledge the message of solidarity resolution and
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visual tribute from his excellency nana, the president of ghana. yesterday during the memorial a video produced by the people of ghana was broadcast for thousands of mourners as they paid their final respects to mr. floyd. the family is honored by the president's decision to have mr. floyd's name permanently mounted in the historic wall at the diaspora african forum and the w.e.b. debois center in africa. ♪ they are grateful that the country of ghana stands with the floyd family and the struggle of all families to change the
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status quo of racism and prejudice. the family is deeply moved by the generous act of the government of ghana to cement the legacy. there's acknowledgements and resolution, state senator west, naacp houston branch, rodney ellis, commissioner harris county, the church without walls, the sechbtd day add sven tis church, louisiana state senator cubeis, state representative ronald ron reynolds, los angeles police department, city of los angeles, houston community college, a poem submitted by smallwood, houston city council member carolyn shabaz, county judge and
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countless others. and we do hope on behalf of pastor wright and co-pastor mia wright and the fountain of praise church, we hope that the words that have been spoken and the words that have been written will bring you comfort in the days to come and while the world has been shaken and awakened by three words that your dearly beloved george floyd spoke i leave with you one word, his final word which was breathe. and breathe is not passive. no, sir. no, ma'am. breathe is active. breathe is inhale and exhale. breathe is to be alive and so we stay with this family as you breathe, we breathe with you. god bless you. [ applause ] ♪
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♪ ♪ there's a name to call on ♪ when you're lonely and your heart is filled with despair ♪ ♪ remember god cares for you ♪ and when you're in doubt and you can't find your way out ♪ ♪ he will see you through yes he will ♪ ♪ just call on the name of jesus just call his name ♪
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♪ oh i will ♪ precious is his name ♪ well when you're lonely and your heart is filled with despair ♪ ♪ remember god cares for you ♪ and when you're in doubt and you can't find your way out ♪ ♪ can i get one witness he will see you through ♪ ♪ just call on the name of jesus just call on his name ♪ ♪ oh i will god you're wonderful ♪
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♪ ♪ how precious is the name of jesus ♪ ♪ i tell you he'll hear you every time you call ♪ ♪ oh how precious is the name of jesus ♪ ♪ can i get a witness won't he pick you up when you fall ♪ ♪ his name is jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus ♪ ♪ jesus jesus my joy in sorrow ♪ ♪ hope for tomorrow jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus ♪
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♪ tremble at the name jesus ♪ ♪ at the name at the name jesus ♪ ♪ can't nobody keep it down jesus jesus jesus jesus ♪ ♪ my way jesus my way out jesus ♪ ♪ may way over jesus my way through jesus ♪ ♪ power in the name power in the name ♪ ♪ jesus jesus jesus jesus the better i feel ♪ no ♪ the more i call him the better
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i feel ♪ ♪ jesus jesus jesus jesus ♪ my rescue jesus my protector jesus ♪ ♪ my god jesus jesus jesus ♪ ♪ jesus the name of jesus my redeemer jesus ♪ ♪ my answer jesus ♪ victor jesus my rescue jesus ♪ ♪ jesus jesus help me call him ♪ ♪ if you know him help me call him jesus ♪ ♪ jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus ♪
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♪ jesus jesus jesus oh how precious ♪ ♪ precious precious is his name ♪ ♪ ♪ jesus ♪ jesus ♪ jesus ♪ there's just something about that name ♪ ♪ some called him master
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savior jesus ♪ ♪ to me it's like the fragrance after the rain ♪ ♪ oh if you know him this evening help me ♪ ♪ jesus ♪ jesus ♪ jesus ♪ let all of heaven and earth proclaim ♪ ♪ kings and kingdoms shall all pass away ♪ ♪ but there's something about that ♪ ♪ sometimes life can change suddenly ♪ ♪ and you find it hard to even
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breathe ♪ ♪ so used to being strong now i'm barely hanging on ♪ ♪ y'all we got to stand tall or two men would fall ♪ ♪ what would people say if they knew we felt this way ♪ ♪ but god gave me this refrain and i'll never be the same ♪ ♪ he reminds me
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that he would always be with us ♪ ♪ god is with us god is with us ♪ ♪ god is with us god is with us ♪ ♪ take courage be of good courage ♪ ♪ god is with us god is with us ♪
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it's the promise. ♪ i will not leave you ♪ i will not leave you ♪ even if you're feeling alone right now the devil is alive ♪ ♪ i will not leave you ♪ jesus said i will not leave you neither will i forsake you ♪ ♪ i won't forsake you ♪ remember god is with us if you can right now just sing that last line with me. ♪ god is with us
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[ applause ] >> come on, church. say amen! come on, church. say amen! kathy taylor. kathy taylor. ♪ >> i tell her all the time, she is houston's modern-day mahailia jackson. she empties churches all across the country with her anointed gift. at this time, we're honored to have our dignitary speak and before they come, the names on the program, i want to ask all the people, the political dignitaries that we have in houston for you to stand just for a moment. i saw commissioner rodney ellis and so many others. chief acevaddo. let us thank god for your service right now. adrian garcia. each and every one. at this time the program calls for a video by vice president
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joe biden and then we will hear from our own congressman al green and congresswoman sheila jackson lee and then the mayor of this fine city mayor sylvester in that order. god bless you. >> hello, everyone, on this day of prayer where we try to understand god's plan in our pain. to george's family and friends, jill and i know the deep hole in your hearts when you bury a piece of your soul deep in this earth. as i have said to you privately, we know. we know you will never feel the same again. for most people the numbness you feel now will slowly turn day after day, season after season into purpose through the memory of the one they lost. but for you, that day has come before you can fully grieve and
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unlike most you must grieve in public. it is a burden, a burden that is now your purpose to change the world for the better in the name of george floyd. like so many others, i have watched with awe as you summon the absolute courage to channel god's grace and show the good man george was. third justice too long dormant to move millions but among all the people around the world who feel connected to this tragedy are the ones that lost something that can never, ever be replaced. to george's children, and grandchild, i know you miss your dad and grand dad. gianna, as i said to you when i saw you yesterday, you are so brave. daddy's looking down and so proud of you. i know you miss that bear hug that only he could give. the pure joyriding on his shoulders so you could touch the
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sky. the countless hours he spent playing any game you wanted because your smile, your laugh, your love is the only thing that mattered at the moment. i know you have a lot of questions, honey. no child should have to ask questions that too many black children have had to ask for generations. why? why is daddy gone? looking through your eyes, we should also be asking ourselves why the answer is so often too cruel and painful. why in this nation do too many black americans wake up knowing that they could lose their life in the course of just living their life? why does justice not roll like a river of righteousness like a mighty stream? why? ladies and gentlemen, we can't turn away. we must not turn away. we cannot leave this moment thinking we can once again turn away from racism that stings at
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our very soul. from systemic abuse that still plagues american life, thurgood marshal once implored, quote, america doesn't dissent from indifference, from fear, the hatred and the mistrust, we must dissent because america can do better, because america has no choice but to do better. i grew up with catholic social democracy trin that said that faith without works is dead and you will know us by what we do. ladies and gentlemen, we have got to deal with the denial of the promise of this nation, to so many people for so long. it's about who we are, what we believe and maybe most importantly who we want to be. to assure that all men and women are not only created equal but are treated equally.
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we can heal this nation's wounds and remember its pain not callous the heart and forget. i know reverend sharpton is there in houston with you today. rev, i watched you speak last week and in minnesota chapter 3 verse 1, to everything there's a time and a purpose and a season under the heavens. today now is the time, the purpose, the season to listen and heal. now is time for racial justice. that's the answer we must give to our children when they ask why. because when there's justice for george floyd we will truly be on our way to racial justice in america and then as you said, gianna, your daddy will have changed the world. may god be with you, george floyd, and your family. in the words of a hymn from my church based on the 91st psalm,
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may he raise you up on the wings of eagles and make you to shine like the sun and hold you in the palm of his hand. god bless you all. god bless you all. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ >> to this family, the floyd family, to reverend al sharpton, the voice for the hopeless, help for the helpless and power to the powerless, i think you merit some love for all the things that you do. [ applause ]
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to attorney crump who takes on the cases that many people would conclude are lost causes, but you do it and you win because you fight. i think you deserve some love. [ applause ] just a few more. we are honored today here in the 9th congressional district to have the chairperson of the conscience of the congress, the honorable karen bass is withes, she's traversed some distance. would you please show her and some members of the cbc some love? would you please stand? this is my district. i want the congress people here to stand please. show them some love. my colleague jackson lee is here. [ applause ] thank you. to mayor turner, my dear friend
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and fraternity brother, to judge hidalgo, the commissioners, to all of the members of the council, and i want to say a special word about another great american who's here with us today, one whose name means helper of humankind, one who was there with dr. king, one who is a father of the civil rights movement right here in houston, texas, one that we know and love, the honorable william alexander lawson. he deserves some love. he is in the house today. the honorable william alexander, helper of humankind, lawson. [ applause ] ♪ i missed commissioners ellis and
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garcia. to you, as well, dear brothers. to the friends and family again, i'm not here today as a democrat. we're not here as republicans. we're not here because we're rich or poor, not here because we're conservative or liberal. we are here because pastor remus wright was so right when he said we have no expendables in our community. george floyd was not expendable. this is why we're here. his crime was that he was born black. that was his only crime. george floyd deserved the dignity and the respect that we accord all people because they're children of a common god and it is very unfortunate we have to be here but we celebrate
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the life of george floyd today. [ applause ] and to the family, it's important that i say this to you. we who are here today are here to say we stand with you. we will be there for you. let's let them know they're not alone. let's give them love and say to this family we are here to say. say it for the family, please, with some love. give them some, please. the family. [ applause ] i believe you can do it better than that. let's make it clear we are here for them. we make it known to the world that they are not going to suffer because we are going to support them. ♪ and finally this. members of congress have the
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privilege of having flags flown over the capitol. we do it for importnt occasions, important people. but i want you to know this. i had this flag flown over the capitol because i want the united states of america to respect george floyd. [ applause ] that's why this flag was flown. i want the united states of america to show him the respect that he richly earned simply because he was born in this country, because he's a human being and because he is not expendable! that's why this flag was flown. and i have a resolution that will be presented to the family. and this resolution will become a part of the records of the congress of the united states of america.
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[ applause ] this resolution is going to say to those who look through the vista of time that at this time there lived one among us who was a child of god, who was tacken untimely but we are going to make sure that those who look through time know that he made a difference within his time because he changed not only this country, not only the united states, he changed the world! george floyd changed the world. and we are going to make the world know that he made a difference. dear brothers and sisters, we have a duty, responsibility and an obligation not to allow this to be like the other times. we have a responsibility to not
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only george floyd but to all of those other prns, breonna taylor. [ applause ] yes. we have a responsibility to each one of them to make sure that we do not walk away today after having celebrated his life and not taking the next step to commemorate and to assure the future generations that this won't happen again. it's time. so brothers and sisters, the congressional black caucus has done something. it's historic. the honorable karen bass under her leadership, we have now a law that makes it against the law to put your foot on the neck of a person. it's against the law! [ applause ]
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you can't have a no knock law. it is against the law. you're going to have to wear your body cameras. it's against the law. the congressional black caucus is making a difference. but i believe there's one more thing that we ought to do to make a difference. we have got to have reconciliation. this country has not reconciled it differences with us. we survived slavery but we didn't reconcile. we survived segregation but we didn't reconcile. it's teem for a department of reconciliation in the highest land, the highest office. it is time to have someone who's going to make it his or her business to seek reconciliation for black people in the united states of america every day of his life. that's what it is, it's all about. it is time for us to reconcile.
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we need a department of reconciliation. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. >> just before congresswoman sheila jackson lee comes, let me tell you, we have a gate time at the cemetery for 3:00 and i want us to become conscious of the fact we have a long drawn out program here and i want to give the guest speaker an opportunity to have what he has to say and the family certainly an opportunity to say what they have to say. and the preachers that are on program to say what they have to say and asking all of you if you would just be brief, brothers and sisters, be brief. amen? amen. amen. we got to get through this. they have to get to the cemetery before 3:00. and you know that's a long entourage going that way so i'm asking you to be sensitive to everybody that's coming behind you and let's try to keep it to the two-minute rule. okay? do as best we can. i'll forego my remarks today.
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i can speak to the family at a later time and encourage them and i want to give an opportunity to make sure that all the family's requests are met and asking you when you come forward please, please, please be sensitive to two minutes. okay? god bless you. god bless you. encourage you all. ♪ >> this is a time for the family. this is a time for the healing of the wound of the pain that no one else in this place can walk and feel at this time. to the floyd family, let me acknowledge your pain. let me come as a humble servant
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and to be able to respect and to give dignity to the ages that the ex-slaves, descendants, have faced in this nation. let me heal the wound of the majority of african-american men who have suffered at the hands of a wrong mind-set, a warrior mind-set instead of a guardian of peace mind-set in the practice of law enforcement. but it is your time today. in keeping with that moment, allow me to offer these words. we know that centuries ago they took a man, wicked men, put him
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on the cross, and did not understand that though they were intending wickedness that out of much intention of wickedness came goodness. your loved one, george floyd, the secular world failed in its duty to intervene. failed in its duty to act. and failed in its duty to aid. but george floyd answered the question in death. when it was asked in isaiah, lord, who should i send? oh god, have mercy on us. there was a tall man by the name of big floyd who stood up and said, lord, send me.
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[ applause ] and so, as we come today, people of statute, those who humble themselves before god, we come to pay tribute to a man who said, send me. and i want to acknowledge those young marchers in the streets, they -- many of them could not be in this place. they are black and brown. they are asian. they are white. they are protesting and marching and i'm saying as a mama, i hear your cry. that is what george floyd wanted us to know. and i guess he wanted us to know, family, about homes and jack yates.
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somebody might have said what good comes out of nazareth? somebody else might have said what good comes out of 3rd ward. i am so grateful today. to be able to say a man by the name of big floyd walked amongst us down those went on up to that crimson and red and began to mentor and make a legacy that no one can deny. i want you to know, my friends, that as these members of congress give me a moment, chairwoman karen bass, the congressional black caucus, leadership barbara lee congressman hank johnson,
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congressman vicente, congresswoman holland from new mexico. they're across the nation. they are here because they are honoring a brother that came out of the heart of 3rd ward and they are here to honor that leadership. so as i conclude, george floyd was here on an assignment. it is painful to be able to accept that. i'm so sorry i know him in death. but he was here on an assignment. some folk on assignments only get to stay 30 years. when the wicked men thought they had done something, george floyd took it 46 years. he walked this journey. he left behind sisters and brothers who could stand up against the adversity of life
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when the camera came and people ask asked, what do you want? we want justice. we want justice. and so, my friends, i don't know if i'll ever get 8:46, reverend sharpton, out of my dna. i don't know if i'll ever be able to overcome the words "i can't breathe." eric gardner's mother, trayvon martin's mother and all the mother mothers. i can't breathe. what i will say is that the assignment of george floyd and the purpose will mean there will be no more 8:46 of police
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brutality. there will be no more 8:46 of injustice and the mistreatment of african-american men at the hands of the laws of this nation or anyone else. there will be no more 8:46 that you will be in pain without getting justice. his assignment turned into a purpose and that purpose was around the world that people are rising up that will never sit down until you get justice. and so i say to all of those who are here, to that from senator miles from grant malone, who works in this venue, all of these pastors, what we say is that we will not sit down, like rosa parks said, until justice comes. and so let me make it very clear as i go to my seat, what was done for wicked, for those who
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mourn that day that we know, came to a day where a man rose. and so i say to george floyd, it will be up to us that his purpose and his assignment for the justice of this nation, for the fact that there will never be the brutality faced by a man who says "i can't breathe," and calls to a mama who loved him so. that is the call for all of us. and so as the lord and the scripture said, when asked who should i send, the first who said "send me" was george floyd. are they going to be able, or he going to be able to have each and every one of you say "send me"? to god be the glory for the great things he has done. may god bless his family and god bless george floyd and the
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united states of america. god bless you, and i honor you and pray for you. we have a flag that will be given on behalf of the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. this family will receive presidential letters from former president barack obama and former president bill clinton. reverend, thank you for all you do. god bless you. ♪ >> to reverend al sharpton and all of the other clergy that are here and to the garner brown,
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arbery, martin family and certainly to this particular family, let me adopt and incorporate all that you've already heard into this presentation. let me briefly say on behalf of the city of houston, let me thank this family for standing in the gap for your brother, your father, your cousin, your family member. and let me thank you for your courage and your strength in representing him and representing yourselves extremely well. and then i want to thank you on behalf of this city for seeking justice for george while at the same time asking people all around the world to do it respectfully and peacefully. on behalf of this city, i think we owe a great deal of gratitude to this family. and i want to say thank you.
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[ applause ] might have done things that they have not done, because of george. i announce in this city i would be creating this task force on policing reform. i said we would do that in a 90-day period. as i speak right now, the city attorney is drafting an executive order, an order that i will sign when i get back to city hall. and what that order will say is that in this city, we will ban choke holds and strangle holds. in this city, we will require de-escalation. in this city, you have to give a
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warning before you shoot. in this city, you have a duty to intervene. in this city, we will require comprehensive reporting. in this city, you must exhaust all alternatives before shooting. and there will be other things in this executive order. but i want you to know, it goes beyond just policing, because i have been talking with business owners and ceos of the last several weeks. and what i said to them, when we invest in communities that have been underserved and underinvested in, when we haven't done the investment, then you don't have to spend as much on policing. if you take the necessary funds and invest in our communities. and so i want you to know, and this family to know that we appreciate -- we appreciate everything that you all have
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done. and, lastly, i will say this. george and this family rearing up in houston, 3 ward, coming out of community homes, who would have thought that his name would now be mentioned in south africa, canada, nairobi, berlin, south korea, europe. a person who may not have been known by many before, but what folk meant for evil, god has turned it out for good. we honor him, reverend sharpton, not because he was perfect, but we honor him today because when he took his last breath, the rest of us will now be able to breathe. so, therefore i, sylvester turner, mayor of the city of houston hereby proudly proclaim june 9th, 2020, as george floyd
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day in the city of houston. to god be the glory for the good he has done. ♪ ♪ >> come on. to god be the glory. to god be the glory.

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