crump says this is a tipping point. and what we have seen across the country and around the world even could lead you to believe that it could well be a tipping point, but when he goes through that history and you know the history of the outcomes of many of the investigations in those cases, those were not tipping points, sadly. do you believe this is? >> i believe it can be. first of all, it's very emotional to see the son for people, because all of us have this fear that maybe some day that will be my son, that will be my nephew or that will be my cousin standing there and having to -- now, we do this for a living, john. we can talk in front of cameras. we can riff, we can freestyle. it just brings it home. this is what the fear is in our community, you know. and black people get killed by all kinds of stuff, okay? let's just be honest. you know, gang members, high blood pressure, you know. we go to a lot of funerals in the black community. but there's something, the historical trauma when an unarmed african-american

i'm attorney ben crump, the lead attorney for the family of george floyd. and recently arriving in minneapolis is his son quincy mason. he's going to make a few remarks to you. i understand this is a young man who is brokenhearted and this is very emotional for him. now, we come here today to this spot to remember george floyd, who was tortured, who was tortured to death, and so we thank the minnesota governor for bringing human rights charges against the minneapolis police department because we absolutely believe that he was tortured in the last eight minutes and 46 seconds of his life. witness donald williams yesterday, who was the person in the video, saying you all are gonna kill him, likened it to suffocation like a fish out of water gasping for air. the independent autopsy performed by the family concluded that george floyd was starving for air. he needed a breath. and the ambulance that came here to pick him up from this very spot was the hearse for george floyd. and so we are demanding justice based on the autopsy findings, but more importantly, wha

the family is pulling up and their attorney ben crump. let's watch. [no audio]. >> background conversations]. >> melissa: we have seen this. the family prays with the crowd that gathered at this memoral site where george floyd lost their life. as they pray and get ready to speak to the crowd, we know they have been asking for a number of things. they want the charges looked at again for the police officer who had his knee on floyd's neck. it was murder. how it happened has been differented. the family and the attorneys for the george floyd family ben crump. let's watch. >> i am attorney ben crump. the lead attorney for the family of george floyd. quiet, please! i am attorney ben crump the lead attorney for the family of george floyd. recently arriving in minneapolis is his son quincy mason. he is going to make a few remarks to you. understand this as a young man who is broken hearted and this is very emotional for him. now, we come here today to it spot to remember george floyd who was tortured, who was tortureed to death. we thank the minnesota gover

crump and mr. floyd's son was you were reacting to the news of the charges and there was a word that you said, you said essentially and correct me, that it will probably lead to justice or probable justice and i wanted to focus in on what you mean by that and the words of benjamin crump, all of the world is watching, change is going to come. this moment is a tipping point. how do you feel about that? >> that is a true statement. the problem with our justice system is when you have a local district attorney who see themselves more aligned with law enforcement and police unions than he will see himself aligned with justice and the communities he's supposed to serve. this district attorney held that city, held that county, held this nation hostage because he could not find it within himself to look at the books and determine that these officers sitting on this man's back for 8:46 was illegal and they should be held accountable. finally we have someone that is not beholden to a police union or see them

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let us with me and ben crump on stage. let us stand.time. that meant it was long enough for the police to understand what they were doing. it doesn't mean it was long enough where one of those three cops is that what was going on. it means it was long enough for whatever this officer had in mind for him to everything. that's it meant it was like enough for those three cops. think about what george was going to, laying there for those eight minutes. begging for his life. i heard someone the state narrating his own death. —— in their rating. we cannot let this go. we cannot keep living like this. sam jackson, is he still here? steve jackson. steve, want to recognise. we need to stop this here. we have to end this time and bring about a new season. let us stand still. you that believe in fate, bow your heads, which every where you worship. —— believe in faith. music

(applause) y on e want to, and i am going attorney ben crump.ith him a legal team i'm sure that will be acknowledged that are here, brother stewart, we should not take for granted. when black lauers take these cases like crump has, they are targeted by their bar association 69 they're targeted by people that are envious and gel us. -- jealous, we need civil rights lawyers that are there for civil rights, not for civil settlements. and that's why i give him recognition. i must also recognize several families are here that came at great sacrifice but they

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i'll be joined by attorney for arbery and taylor and the floyd families, ben crump, will tell you what we have to do by acknowledging and illuminating the problems that we face. we will continue to do that. america should be asking itself, what can we do? theme tonight is anguish and action. and we look now at the global conversation about the way forward. joining me tonight, my panel. where we are now seems different. we've seen things last as long, not with the numbers or clearly the diversity. what do we do with this in terms of policy, where do we make sure that the energy is directed toward concrete things that literally change the areas we need? >> i hope each person marching is registering to vote and preparing a voting plan for november, the presidential election and also local state elections. so much money and funding goes through state houses and allocations go through local and state channels. and hope every person marching has filled out the census. that's how people get left out of funding. and hope that a lot of allies marching today don't just do a victory lap congratul

but i'm one that as ben crump said, these fights we started against criminal justice. i did speeches and eulogies that most of the funerals that we've had in this space in the last couple of decades. and led the marches and did what we had to do. i look at martin iii. we went to jail together fighting these fights. like his daddy went to jail before. but i'm more hopeful today than ever. why? let me do back. reverend jackson taught me to stay on your text. go back to ecclesiastic. there's a time and a season. when i look this time and saw marches where in some cases young whites outnumbers the blacks marching, i know it's a different time and a different season. when i looked and saw people in germany marching for george floyd, it's a different time and a different season. when they went in front of the parliament in london, england and said it's a different time and a different season, i come to tell you, america, this is the time of dealing with accountability in the criminal justice system. years ago, i went to march. i remember young white lady looked me in the fac

because when i got the call from attorney crump and usually when he calls me it's not to find out howause something happened that he wa nts because something happened that he wants national action network and i to get involved. and he explained to me what was happening with this case. and i'd already heard about it in the media. and immediately i said well, let me know what you want me to do. he said whatever you need to do. one of the things that i've a lwa ys do. one of the things that i've always had to deal with is critics would say, all al sharpton wants is publicity. but that's exactly what i want. because nobody calls me to keep a secret. people call me to blow up issues. that nobody else will deal with. i'm the blow—up man. and i don't apologise for that. because you get away too much with hiding things. talking about you all putting closing the oven to have your clothes dried. well i did run in the third world but i grew up in the third ward in brownsville. we had roaches. i know kevin hart and some had roaches. i know kevin hart and some of the rich hollywood folks don't kno

crump, thank you for being here. thank you for your time. thank you for using your voice. >> on behalf of the floyd family, you have called clearly for there to be criminal charges against all four officers involved in this case. all four officers have now been charged. all four are arrested. we've got mug shots for all four of these officers now, looking at these mug shots, knowing these charges have been filed, does the family believe this is some measure of justice already? >> well, they are relieved that the attorney keith ellison, attorney general keith ellison efficiently came in and arrested the officers finally, rachel. we all believe that the officers should have been arrested on the first day, after they just offered no humanity to a man who was face-down, in handcuffs, and kept a knee on his neck, kept two knees on his back, that our autopsy found compressed his lungs, and didn't allow air to contract to in take and dispense oxygen and denied blood going to his brain. one of the witnesses, darnell, on the scene, rachel compared it

crump said they were not silent. you could hear them saying he doesn't have a pulse. turn him over and derrick said no. and ben crump said you hear the conversation that was going on. the other officers were not silent. all of that playing out. what will this new round of charges, these potential arrests entail? that could play out this hour. all of this after that former minneapolis police officers whose picture you see on the screen was arrested and charged with third degree murder in floyd's death. he and 3 other officers were fired after the incident. those other three officers haven't until today and maybe that will change, have not faced any charges. as we await let's bring in andy mccarthy. former u.s. attorney. david webb host of reality check. and richard goodstein former advisor to bill clinton and hillary clinton. thanks for joining us. david webb, i come to you first. the words were jaring to hear ben crump to talk about the legal details to, call out the names for whom we need to take a breath? >> yes, and i would ad something else george floyd said. he s

ben crump has fought and stood for many cases and he has with him a legal team i'm sure that will beged that we should not take for granted. when black lawyers take these cases like crump has, they're targeted by their bar associations, they're targeted by people that are envious and jealous. we need civil rights lawyers that are there for civil rights. not for civil settlements. and

benjamin crump, the floyd family attorney. mr. floyd and mr. tate, i want to say i'm very sorry for the profound loss of your brother and your cousin. >> thank you. >> thank you. arthel: mr. floyd, thank you very much, okay. i want to start with you and get your reaction. yet again, you see body cam video of a police shooting involving rayshard brooks. tell me how you felt when you first saw this, heard about it. your reaction. >> first of all, i would like to send my condolences to the family. but his particular case, it was nothing like my brother's case. arthel: i understand. listen, i know this is very hard for you and i appreciate that we don't want to get too much into that. we are here to talk about your brother and last wednesday you testified before the house judiciary committee. what would you like to happen for your testimony to have been a successful call to action and have you heard from any lawmakers since then? >> what i would like is for all police around america to get their jobs and do them the right way, the

and you heard that from benjamin crump and from the reverend. at the same time, the bail hearing today, the lawyers for the three assisting officers who have now been charged, they all attacked the strength of the government's case, right? they say chauvin was on the force for a long time, he outranked the others. one of them had only been on the force for six months. how effective do you think those arguments could be in terms of getting those other three officers, who now finally have been charged because of these protests around the country, off the hook? >> well, it will all depend on how this plays out to a jury. and of course, a jury trial won't be immediate. it will happen some time in the future. maybe even a year in the future. and a lot will depend on whether the jury receives the understanding that the chain of command is something that these officers are trained to not only observe, but to follow at great pain. and so i think it was an effective strategy for the defense, an expected strategy to the defense to make clear that officer

katty: attorney benjamin crump and philonise floyd, thank you for joining the program.ave been through a lot and we apprecie you coming on and telling us about your bi brother, george. thank you for joining the program. of course, these protest about race in america have come amidst a pandemic that has disproportionately affected african-americans in this country, and they are related. the protests, the virus has not gone away. itas become increasingly clear the coronavirus is still with us and still doing very well amongst us. if you want to understand why theup coronavirus is pickin right now in several countries around the world, you might want to look tod at scenes of a beach in the united kingdom. it was absolutely packed. local authorities declared a major incident. about half a million peopl poured onto a beach to enjoy the hot weather. duncan kennedy hasor >> these were the unprecedented scenes on the speech today. -- this beach today. around half a million people turned up to use the beachop. thrtunity for social distancing was almost entirely gone. although ma

crump, what about you legally speaking as a lawyer, do you see this in the same vain? should we see this all in the same vain as what happened to george floyd? >> i think each case is different, alisyn. breanonna taylor is different. rashard brooks is different from george floyd, but each of them involved unnecessary death of a black person in america, and i feel terrible, because when we testified before the united states congress, i said to them, if we don't have a change in culture and behavior in policing in america, i predict that -- and this was last wednesday -- that there will be another killing of a black person in america and another hashtag, but that was on wednesday. it was only two days later, and then you have rashard brooks killed in atlanta. >> and mr. crump, from your vast experience, unfortunately, with so many of these cases, do you think that both of those police officers, from what you've seen in the body cam video, do you think they'll be charged with crimes? >> it's hard to predict because we haven't heard the audio of what was said by police off

crump, the attorney for the family. and i asked him what we could expect from this memorial service. he said it is not just going to be remembering the life of a 46-year-old father of two. it is going to be talking about how his life in his death has become so much more than any one could have imagined. you look out at the crowd here in minneapolis, the crowd here looks a lot like the protest crowds over the country. it's quite striking. young, old, black, white. it is a diverse intoduced to say the least. that has been one of the things most striking about these protests. a man dies in police custody in minneapolis and it sparks protests in salt lake city, utah, in florida. in literally every state in this country. protests the like we have not seen in our lifetime. there will be a fair amount of focus on moving forward, using his death as a rallying cry to change police tactics specifically. we know that reverend al sharpton will be delivering the eulogy. we are told a number of activists and actors and athletes, musi

of the names of african-americans who have died at the hands of police many of them represented by crump himself as a civil rights lawyer then al sharpton continued the civil rights message as you said oh talking about all of the difficulties that black americans have had over the past 400 years and he said as centrally that america had held its collective need over the neck a lack of america that it held them back in areas that education it professionally made really as you said every aspect of american life even read that verse from ecclesiastic these 3 and said trump should open that book in here there's a time for everything and a season for every purpose under heaven and then he went on later to say now is the time for transformative change in america this kind of event that happened to george floyd that happened to trayvon martin in florida that happened to look wand mcdonald in chicago and so many other people eric garner in new york whose mother is here today at this service because she was invited by al sharpton. the message was that the arrest of the 4 officers who did face a h

this and then more listening to benjamin crump a family. video we so was tortured reverend jackson what we saw not video was any humane more in the 3rd what we saw on the video was evo and saw america we put claim. as george floyd do not cooperate with evil protest against evil johnny young people in the streets protesting again they evoke the end humane the torture that they witness only video we can cooperate with evo we can not cooperate with any justice we can now go to weapon right were tortured. becomes judge clark deserve better than that. we all deserve 2 better than that his family deserves 2 better than his children deserve 2 better than that. steve old george wanted from life is worth any of us worn as thomas jefferson said in the declaration of independence. and a new poll rights endowed by our creator tyreese to live if liberty in the pursuit to be happy on this earth that's all george was asked before like in all of those he was did not those rights. and we will seek justice in his name we will all unite it as a people who are

from ben crump, the attorney saying now is the time. this country and there should be one and this is the opportunity to have one justice system. what you said off the top when reverend sharpton kept on that refrain, get off our necks, he said this, we don't want any favors, just get off of us and we can do and be whatever we want to be. >> yeah. that's the thing listen, al sharpton is quite polarizing. i've known him for years but he says what he means and there is a reason that the family chose al sharpton to do this eulogy is this is the type of message that they wanted to send. they wanted someone who would light a fire under america, who was as al sharpton said, himself, a self proclaimed blower upper? that people came to him. they wanted all this stuff. whatever their issue is blasted. he put people on blast. america on blast torpt america. political america. the sports world. talked about what celebrities were doing and so on and so forth. that was the message coming today. let's bring in laura coats and lauren bacari, as we sit

crump: absolutely. i think qualified immunity, as i said earlier, allows -- police to act with impunity. seeink there is a reason we lack man, mostly, but also black women being killed by police over and over again and nobody ever being held accountable. or civil.o criminal this qualified immunity, almost as if we are condoning, almost as if black lives don't matter. that is why, hopefully with this moment, you can do something to change that. >> thank you, sir. bill is at of this different forum for judging police misconduct. an independent prosecutor to determine if a law enforcement officer may have violated the law. you've been a mayor of a major city. the newed clean up orleans police department and that was a tough thing to do. a provision,el which we have got in this bill, to have an independent prosecutor would help restore confidence in the public? think it is an essential element. the relationship between the normal prosecutor, whether it is a state's attorney, a district attorney at the local

shortly i'll be joined by the attorney general for both arbery and taylor and the floyd families, ben crump. he and i can tell you we've got to do by acknowledging and illuminating the problems that we face and we will continue to do that. so rather than what has been done, what america should be asking itself is what can we do? well, our theme tonight is anguish and action. and in this next hour we look now at the global conversation about the way forward. joining me now is my panel. shermichael singleton, republican consultant and contributor to the "washington examiner." and christina greer, associate professor of political science at fordham university and author of "black ethnics" -- "black ethics." i'm sorry. let me go to you first, professor greer. where we are now seems different. it's certainly a lot larger. we're in the 12th day. we've seen things last as long but not with the numbers. clearly not the diversity. but what do we do with this in terms of policy? where do we make sure that the energy is directed toward concrete things that literally change the areas of policing and cr

[applause] crump andtorney ben along with attorney chris stewart and my co-counsels out front seeking in the background. the ones who knew george floyd all of his life. thank lawyers toiling in the vineyards like lee anditt, darrell parks, others because you may see tony and chris and i but it is a whole team of lawyers working because it will take a united effort in the courtroom and outside the courtroom to get justice for george floyd. i will tell you all that because of the coronavirus pandemic, we have to stay on a strict schedule and we all have to do this social distancing. i want to put it on the record, not the al, that it was coronavirus pandemic that killed george floyd. i want to make it clear on the record. the other pandemic we are far too familiar with in america, andpandemic of racism discrimination that killed george floyd. before we make a plea to justice, we felt it was appropriate you hear from the georgewho really knew the boy, george the adolescent, and george the man and from whence george came. brotherask that his sheritaloyd, his cousin tate, his nephew brando

crump, thank you for being here. thank you for your time. >> the honor is mine, rachel.hank you for always using your voice. >> on behalf of the floyd family, you have called clearly for there to be criminal charges against all four officers involved in this case. all four officers have now been charged, all four are arrested, we've got mug shots for all four of these officers now, looking at these mug shot, knowing these charges have been filed, does the family believe this is some measure of justice already? >> well, they are relieved that the attorney keith ellison, attorney general keith ellison efficiently came in and arrested the officers finally, rachel. we all believe that the officers should have been arrested on the first day, after they just offered no humanity to a man who was face-down, in handcuffs, and kept a knee on his neck, kept two knees on his back, that our autopsy found compressed his lungs, and didn't allow air to contract to in take and dispense oxygen and deny oxygen to his brain. one of the witnesses, darnell, on the scene, compared it to a fish

crump? >> the family of george floyd wants to see real systemic change happen. they want to go to the white house when the george floyd proposed legislation is signed into law. they don't want to have people talking about it, they want to see people doing something about it. because everything else is just rhetor rhetoric. what we need is the george floyd police reform law to be passed and it to have the support of the congressional black caucus who have been dealing with this issue for decades now. way before other people started dealing with it. >> all right. attorney benjamin crump, bridgett floyd, thank you for joining us this morning. i appreciate your time as always. >> thank you. >>> we're also waiting for a major announcement out of atlanta. the district attorney there is expected to decide as early as today whether to charge the two police officers involveshooting brooks at a wendy's drive through. catie beck is on the scene in atlanta for us. when can we expect this announcement to be made? >> reporter: well, we have been told it could happen as soon a

benjamin crump who is the lawyer thatis benjamin crump who is the lawyer that is representing georgeloyd family. george floyd's brother philonise was the first family member to speak. he shared many memories of his brotherfrom childhood and had this message to people across the world. all these people came to see my brother and that's amazing to me that he touched so many peoples hearts. because he's been touching our hearts, you know. you come to where wherefrom, people are crying right now. that's how much they loved him. i'm just right now. that's how much they loved him. i'mjust staying right now. that's how much they loved him. i'm just staying strong. asi loved him. i'm just staying strong. as i can because i need to get it out. i need to get it out. everybody wantsjustice, we out. i need to get it out. everybody wants justice, we want justice out. i need to get it out. everybody wantsjustice, we wantjustice for george, he's going to get it. he's going get it. ijust want i just want to take you back to north central university with a memorial service was being held. it's just f

ben crump started our show. she wanted first degree murder.uggest that they undercharged the officer to begin, rudy guliani is one of them. how could a significant of a change be if it's second degree instead of third? >> two things to say. a prosecutor's obligation is to charge the most serious readily provable crime that the prosecutor believes was committed and that can be sustained before a jury unanimously beyond a reasonable doubt. now, there can be some different of opinion about whether or not the evidence is sufficient to have proved from the outset a second degree murder charge. the second thing i'll say, obviously the jury is free to settle on even after they hear the evidence a lesser included, less serious charge, which would be third degree murder. so look, i think it's an attempt by the attorney general to say that this is treated so seriously that they believe that they have sufficient evidence to prove intent to kill. if they don't before a jury a jury may be able to settle on something less than that. it's also not an insigni

crump. i just am only asking because, you know, some people in that meeting are saying the president was very empathetic and really trying to listen. others are saying he didn't. and i know it's important to see whether he's going to be willing to work on these reforms which you so passionately believe need to pass congress. >> well, we hope that the leader of our country will be sympathetic to families who lost loved ones needlessly and unjustifiably. however, as philonise said, when they sign the proposed legislation into law that sheila jackson lee and the congressional black congress has put forward, then that's when they will feel good about them doing something for george floyd, not just saying things but actually doing things to try to prevent other black people in america from being killed. we testified last week, they asked us about why we thought it was a crisis that needed congressional actions now, and i said if you don't now, there will be in 30 days another black person killed

crump -- yeah.almer told attorney baker and i, breonna was saving lives while she was living. and now with the passage of the breonna taylor law she will be saving lives forever. >> absolutely. >> tamika palmer, i'm just so sorry for all that you have gone through and are going through. and i hope you get justice and peace. thank you so much for being with us. and lonita baker and benjamin crump as well, thank you. >> thank you. >> just ahead on this busy night, more breaking news. the republican national committee has just announced the new city where they'll hold their convention after pulling out of charlotte, north carolina. that and what the trump campaign wants attendees of the rally to agree to in case they catch the coronavirus at one of the events. ♪ ♪ [ engines revving ] ♪ ♪ it's amazing to see them in the wild like th-- shhh. for those who were born to ride, there's progressive.

crump, good to speak to you again this evening. >> good to speak to you, jim. >> first things first, i can, it's been a month and a day. how is his family doing right now? >> you know, as his family often says, they're trying to get through it. it's very difficult because they can't unsee that video. none of us can. >> yeah. the country cannot. i'm curious, of course, the legal process moving along. serious charges including murder, felony murder here. are you confident that the officers will be convicted of those crimes? >> the family and i are very confident and attorney general keith ellison who has a story history as championing civil rights in these type of matters and he also has talked with the family and told them there is an on going investigation and if they discover other evidence, he is very much agreeable to upgrading the charges. >> okay. we'll watch that closely. you mentioned the trial now set for early next year. i'm sure you've been watching the events hear in washington closely. the house passed the george floyd justice and policing act, but mostly, along party lin

[applause] >> i'm attorney ben crump and along with these two other attorneys as my co- counsels outamily of george floyd along with a lot of other great attorneys working in the background who i will mention briefly before we bring up the ones who knew george floyd all his life. i want to thank the lawyers like ben and jacob, chris o'neill, lee maritz, jasmine, carol powell because it is a whole team of lawyers who are working because it will take a united effort fighting in the courtroom and outside the courtroom to get justice for george floyd. [applause] i would tell you all the because of the coronavirus pandemic we have to stay on a strict schedule and we all have to do this social distancing but i want to just put it on the record, reverend al, that it was non- though coronavirus pandemic that killed george floyd. i want to make it clear on the record, it was that other pandemic that we are far too familiar with in america, that pandemic of racism and discrimination that killed george floyd. [laughter] before we make a plea to justice we feel it appropriate that you hear from

in minneapolis last hour, the family of george floyd and attorney ben crump visited the site of george floyd's final moments. floyd's son calling for justice. >> every night with my family, my father. no man or woman should be without their father. we expect all of the police officers to be arrested before we have the memorial in minneapolis, minnesota, tomorrow. because we cannot have two justice systems in america. one for black america, and one for white america. we must have equal justice for the united states of america. and change is going to come in the tragic killing of george floyd and i proclaim with his son as my witness, that change starts today. >> let's go to our correspondents who are in the field. omar jimenez and josh campbell. keith ellison, a six term lawmaker. represented the minneapolis in congress. do you think the community is more willing to accept the decision, whatever he makes, or do you think, no, they expect these officers to be held accountable? >> reporter: brianna, i think a lot of that comes down to what that decision is. law enforcement sources tell me

because when i got the call from attorney crump-- and usually when he calls me, it's not to find outwoiomething happened that he wants nation action network and i to get involved. and he explained to me what was happening with this case. and i had already heard about it in the media. and immediately, i said, "well, let me know what you want me to do." he said, "whatever you need to do." one of the things, martin, that i've always had to deal with is critics would say, "all al sharpton wants is publicity." well, that's exactly what i want. because nobody calls me to keep a secret. ( applause ) people call me to blow up issues that nobody else would deal with. i'm the blow-up man, and i don't apologize for that. because you get away too much with hiding things. philonese talked about you all putting clothes in the oven to have your clothes dried. i grew up in the third ward, i grew up in brownsville, and we had roaches. now, i know kevin hart and some of the rich hollywood folk here don't know what roaches are, but we had roaches. ludacris. and one thing i found out about roaches is that

when black lawyers take the cases like crump has, they are targeted by their bar associations, they are him recognition. i must also recognize several families that are here that came at great sacrifice. but they wanted to be here, to be part of this because they understand the pain better than anyone. because they've gone through the pain. and i think that we should recognize the mother of trayvon martin. will you stand. [ applause ] the mother of eric garner, will you stand. [ applause ] the sister of botham john, will you stand. the family of pamela turner right here in houston, will you stand. the father of michael brown from ferguson, missouri, will you stand. the father of ahmaud arbery, will you stand. all of these families came to stand with this family because they know better than anyone else the pain they will suffer from the loss that they have gone through. i also want to thank all of those that helped to make this as easy as they could for the family. certainly we thank again our -- those indeed, in the financial and entertainment world that immediately jumped up and said

benjamin crump is the founder and the principal owner of ben crump law. he is representing george floyd's family. mr. crump received his jd and ba from florida state university. you may begin. mr. crump: thank you, chairman nadler. and distinguished members of the committee. i know all the speakers have five minutes to speak, but i wish it was eight minutes and 46 seconds, not as a symbolic gesture, but as an actual exact time reference of how long george floyd literally begged. he narrated a documentary of his life, saying saying he can't breathe and calling for his mama. the death of george floyd has causedzed the world and americans to push for a more just system of leasing. it has become painfully obvious that what we have right now is two systems of justice, one for white americans and another for black americans. ofrge is one in a long line black americans unjustly killed by police, in george's case, including police, jean,a taylor, botham michael brown, eric garner, mcdonald,, laquon just to name a few. the list goes on and on. rememberortant that

i said to attorney crump, i said i appreciate -- but i want to talk to his mother. he said his mother passed. i said his mother passed? but he was calling for his mother. and i thought about it, because i was raised by a single mother. sometimes the only thing between us and our conditions was our mothers. sometimes the only thing that we had that would take danger away was our mothers. the only ones that would make sure that food was on the table was our mother. i know why george was calling for momma. but then as i had got that all placed in my mind and i realized why i was always calling to -- my mother died eight years ago but i still try to talk to her. sometimes just dial the cell phone to hear the voice mail of the phone they never cut off. i still want to reach out to momma, but talking to quincy last night, one of his five children, quincy said, you know, i was thinking maybe he was calling his mother because at the point that he was dying, his mother was stretching her hands out. saying come on, george. i will welcome you where the wicked will cease from t

because when i got the call from attorney crump, and usually when he calls me, it is not to find out how i'm doing. is usually because something happened that he wants us to get involved. and explained to me what is happening with this case, i have only heard about in the media. and the media last said let me know what you want me to do and said whatever you need to do. one of the things that i've always had to deal with credits is all al sharpton wants his publicity prayer that's exactly what i want because nobody calls me to keep a secret. people call me to blow up issues that nobody else would deal with. i'm the blowup man and i don't apologize for that. because you get away too much when hiding things. talked about putting clothes in the oven to have your clothes dried. i didn't grow up in the third world, i grew up in brownsville, and we had roaches. i know some of the rich hollywood folks here don't know what roaches are, but we had roaches. one thing i found out about roaches is if you keep the light off, if you're in the dark, approachable pull-up to your dinner table and hav

you heard ben crump say complicit.the facts that you're aiding, you're abetting, you're assisting, you're participating in a person's death. don't you have a responsibility as a law enforcement officer to do better? if you do that and the person who was involved, specifically all of them were, is charged with murder or third-degree murder, manslaughter. why isn't everyone else? what do their reports look like? should there be perjury charges? is there official misconduct on the table for them? to the extent, john, that we have a new prosecutor in effect, state prosecutor, i think it will be imminent that they will be charged. >> joey, let's talk about that. let me dive into that a little bit. i thought that was new information that ben crump was giving. the person with the knee on the back, not just the officer with the knee on the neck. he was saying the knee on george floyd's neck -- we saw the knee on the neck. that i understand. third-degree murder charge if that's the case, that's what the medical examiner found,

that is ben crump. and also, congresswoman sheila jackson lee, also with him. sheila jackson lee of texas as well, of course. it's -- thank you so much. i hope you both can hear me. i appreciate you joining. it's okay. they can talk. we're -- it's just us family here, ben. thank you so much. i appreciate it. ben, listen. we just heard from earl gray, the attorney for thomas lane, one of the minneapolis officers charged. he says george resisted. i want you to watch this and listen. >> they, then, took mr. floyd out of the -- his vehicle because they were going to arrest him. and he resisted leaving his vehicle. he finally got him out of his vehicle. it wasn't a violence resistance, but it was not a kind of nonresistance that an individual should do when a police officer is arresting him. he should get out of his vehicle, and follow the orders of the police officer. he didn't do that. >> okay. so i don't know. whatever. he went on to say that george floyd resisted again when they tried to get him inside the squad car, by falling to the ground. is this relevant to

crump was saying is what the police used on the night breonna was killed.re does that stand right now? >> it is up for a full vote tonight. i am encouraged that it will pass. we have bipartisan support of breonna's law at the metro council. it will not only ban no knock warrants but also require officers to wear body cameras during the execution of search warrants, not only wear them but activate their body cameras because that is one of the issues we also see. we are encouraged that it will pass, and once it's passed in louisville we hope to see it pass around the country as well. >> ms. palmer, i know it was breonna's 27th birthday last friday, and i know you said you haven't had time to grieve. i can't imagine what these last almost three months have been like for you. what do you want people to know about breonna? what was she like? >> just that she was loving and caring and she loved to help people. she loved to be around family. everybody loved her. her co-workers, her friends. her family. she just was full of life. she was so full of life. >> it's in

listen to what benjamin crump said.e was talking to a group of attorneys from other african-americans who have been killed recently, the attorney for brianna taylor, the attorney for the family of ahmaud arbery. listen to what benjamin crump just said. >> at some point, it's not even about your training. at some point, it's about humanity. you have people on the street ye yelling to you that, hey, you are going to kill him. he can't breathe. he's calling for his mother. he urinates on himself. i mean, at what point do you say, he's a human being and you're killing this man? >> reporter: that's the same sentiment you heard from terence floyd who visited this site yesterday. you're also hearing that from protesters and people who still come out to drop off flowers and balloons, put up new murals. people paying their respects for the memory of george floyd. chuck? >> shaquille brewster on the ground for us in minneapolis. shaq, thanks very much. katy, over to you. >> reporter: and chuck, joining us now is derek johnson, th

in minneapolis moments ago, the family of george floyd and attorney ben crump visited the site where floyd was killed. this is a site that has become the epicenter for these nine days of nationwide demonstrations. we're beginning to see protesters again taking to the streets. officials are hoping the demonstrations will continue to trend toward what happened last night, although unprecedented curfews were defied in many cities. they were done so peacefully. the family's attorney, ben crump, said he expected the three other officers to be charged before george floyd's first public memorial, which is tomorrow in minneapolis. let's go to josh campbell, our cnn security correspondent, who has much more on this expected announcement, and also cnn's omar jimenez, who is on site in minneapolis where members of the floyd family just wrapped up speaking. josh, you bring us up to speed with what we could be expecting here with the other officers. >> reporter: yeah, breanna, a major development today in this investigation involving the officers that were seen on those videos after this encounte

then we heard from benjamin crump who talked about the impact of the video. he called it torture about what he had to go through and the eulogy from reverend al sharpton. he wants to capture this activism this spirit we're seeing, he wants to get tangible police reform. that mood is what you see at the site where george floyd was killed. it was a private service for family, friends and invited guests but you had a hundred of people outside of the service and then the family came by and visited the memorial and spoke to people here, thanked them for their support. that's the feeling that you continue to have. as that was going on, just before the memorial service as you mentioned we saw the officers in court for first time. three of the four former minneapolis police department officers charged for their involvement in the death of george floyd were arraigned in court. the bond as you mentioned was set at a minimum of $750,000. brian, it's a lot going on, but definitely an emotional day for not only the george floyd family but people in the community who wante

the reverend al sharpton will certainly get political as he did in minneapolis on thursday benjamin crump won't shy away from politics either he has been he's been talking about this is well saying this is the time this is the time for america to be a country for all americans and of course that is a reference to the fact that when the constitution was written the nation was formed that most african-americans were slaves that they were only counted as 3 fifths of a person but i suspect joe biden will be a little more circumspect that he is he's going to have to walk the line between being a politician who is currently running for office and being a guy who looks like he's taking advantage of a crisis so i think we can expect him to talk about the need for a national movement of protest about the life of floyd but i suspect this won't be a time where we'll see joe biden attacking the president one never knows we will find out in the next 24 hours john thanks very much john hendren reporting live from houston in texas. are all the headlining stories to libya where there was a surprise move