and now you did it for this grandmother, angela carr.e can say thank you enough because we continue to say that our lives matter and if we do not continue to draw attention to them then and keeps happening. you said something very critical, reverend al. the cow, would the young white supremacist, took his own life. so what do we do now trying to prevent these? we try to hold everybody who we are a coconspirator. he shot the gun but there were others who loaded it, reverend al. the gun manufacturers. these politicians who say and dog whistles. they internet providers that let this hate speech go rampant on their platforms. and certainly, reverend al, to all of these people who condone white supremacy, whether they are people, news anchors on conservative stations, they all our conspirators. the blood is on all of their hands and the only way we will be able to prevent this from happening in the future, i think, is we have to hold him all accountable. >> i think you're right. i said in the funeral that i don't blame the governor, anyone fo

this was part of my message to angela carr's family on friday.es of aj and daryl galley on. the three victims killed when a racist gunman opened fire on a jacksonville with dollar store. the issue is that this woman, and her father, the sea of ladies father, and the other third person we, we had funerals who deals with their life and we should we had. but we also had a deal with what killed them. we yes, this man had to have a mental problem, that's mental people should not be able to ease get military style weapons. >> angela carr was simply dropping off a number of passengers before being shot 11 times, the severity of her fatal injuries including gunshots to the face, led the family to decide against an open casket. and yesterday i eulogized andrew jerome washington the third. a jersey city man shot and killed by the police after his family sought medical assistance, while he was experiencing a mental health crisis at home. the officers were called by the paramedics and washington was fatally shot after he allegedly brandished a knife. despite

the three victims were angela carr, jerrald gallion, and aj laguerre, jr. is sabrina rozier, grandmother of gallion's four-year-old daughter. >> my grandbaby is asking, where is my dad? i don't have the words right now. i thought racism was behind us but evidently it is not. he was a coward. you went in and shut these innocent people for nothing, that you did not even know. amy: federal law enforcement has opened a civil rights investigation into the attack as a possible hate crime and act of domestic violent extremism. this comes as federal data shows hate crimes are on the rise in the united states and that black people were targeted in half of all the racially motivated hate crimes. on saturday, president biden addressed the jacksonville attack when he was in florida to tour storm damage after hurricane idalia. pres. biden: we are still reeling of the shooting rampage near edward waters university, hbcu, last weekend. a terrorist act driven by racial hatred. our hearts are with you, those of you who were affected in all your families. terrorist act, as i

i've done the huge -- eulogy at the funeral of angela carr, one of the three blacks killed in jacksonvilledeal with the fact that we look back in history at what happened to henrietta lacks, a surviving son lawrence, died, i did his eulogy -- reminding the world it took him forever, almost, to get justice for, and some kind of movement on his mother being abused and misused with her regenerated cells. so, as we fight, sometimes we see things that give us hope. like five police officers were indicted this week by the justice department for the killing of tyre nichols, in memphis, tennessee. tyre nichols beat to death by five black cops. we flight what is black all right, as you recall, i did the eulogy at his funeral. vice president, kamala harris was there. in the middle of all of that activism, i'm going to atlanta on the 26th to stand and fight and rally around these young women that are fighting to continue to be able to fund underserved areas, to start their own businesses. the fearless fund. the fearless fund, the right when yours are trying to put them, and others, in the situation t

as we begin, let's pause to remember and pray for angela michelle carr, a jayla gary junior, and another man who were killed in jacksonville by a racist gunman who first went to a historically black university immediately before the shooting. tonight, we have brought together a remarkable group of leaders to discuss where we are falling short in achieving dr. king's dream and how we are keeping it alive. joining us today our sister anita baird from the daughters of the heart of mary and the founding director of the archdiocese of chicago's office for rasul -- for racial justice. marc morial, president and ceo of the national urban league, one of the original sponsors of the march on washington 60 years ago. he also served as mayor of new orleans and president of the u.s. conference of mayors. he's a graduate of jesuit high school in new orleans and the university of pennsylvania and most important, georgetown law. [laughter] another hoya. andrew priya is the amateur chair and professor of theology at georgetown. let's give them a hand. [applause] andrew was a former professor in the theo

this time, 52-year-old angela carr, doing nothing more than sitting outside the store when a racist shott to send at this funeral? >> i've done far too many of these victims of hate crimes, victims of police abuse. what is so different to me about this one, we were literally marching in washington, tens of thousands of us, against hate crimes and against the impediments of being placed on voting rights. martin luther king iii, arndrea waters king, jonathan greenblatt of adl leading the march. over 100,000 people. when this happened, we were marching about hate crime. when we get to the end of the march, we hear about a shooting in jacksonville. later found out it was a hate crime. someone who wrote, a 21-year-old white supremacist wrote a manifesto saying he was a white supremacist. this has to stop. this is a 52-year-old woman with three kids who was an uber driver, had dropped her passenger. she got shot 11 times, two in the face. we can't even open the coffin today. >> geez. >> when her family asked me to come, attorney ben crump is handling them, i'm going to do the eulogy. mckissic,

angela michelle carr, 52 years old. gerald deshawn galleon 29 years old. an old joseph a.j. levere junior. 19 years old, angela was a beloved mother and uber driver. gerald was the proud father of a four-year-old little girl. and ajay was a recent high school graduate and had just started working at the dollar general. to earn some extra money. they each had individual passions and dreams for the future, each one had a spark that will continue to burn bright in the hearts and minds of those who knew and loved them. today i and the delegation join all floridians and grieving for the victims in praying for their loved ones. there are no words to describe our heartbreak but also the anger we feel over this racially motivated active people. hate has no place nor does it belong in america. today my florida colleagues and i stand in solidarity with the jacksonville community. it may their memories be a blessing. may god bless and comfort the families. i now ask that my colleagues in the house join us solve silence to remember these three individuals. thank you, i yield back, >> tha