eric garner did not die in vein. sean bell did not die in vein.it took a number of lives, unfortunately. it took a number of injustices, unfortunately. but each one was a part in getting to today. >> eric garner's mother gwenn carr attended the bill signing ceremony and joins us now. ms. carr, welcome. >> thank you. >> how are you doing these days? are you ok? >> yeah. i've been exhausted but i'm ok. celebrating a little bit of progress. >> what do you think of the policy changes we've seen lately? there's been a lot going on in the last few weeks? do you like what you see? >> yes, i do. i like seeing the protesters out here because we have to do this to bring awareness that there are problems in the u.s. and this is the only way we're going to get attention, although we have to do more that get attention. we have to get those bills signs like i got the eric garner anti-chokehold bill signed and the families in new york got the 50 a, the stat a.c. and the prosecutor. that's a step in the right direction, although we need to do more because we have

the eric garner bill would definitely prosecute officers on the federal level.s the type of action and change that we need. the people are out here unguided and they need guidance. they need leaders to step up to the plate. i appreciate everybody that signed on, i'm looking for everybody's support for this eric garner law. and we need it now, because change needs to happen. we don't want -- like i said six years ago, i don't want another eric garner and here we are almost six years to the day, my father died six years ago next month, and we have another eric garner. there's no exception, there's no excuse as to why this law should not be passed. >> what message to have for -- emerald, what is your message for protesters who are -- i'm sorry for not hearing, the connection is shaky, i guess. what is your message for protesters who are still out there chanting the same things, "i can't breathe," demanding the same kind of justice they demanded back in 2014? >> i think that we shouldn't focus on the protesters. the protesters are a reaction to the killing of unarme

we would call the name of eric garner and say then michelle cusseaux.s why we started to say say her name literally, that's why we turned it into a hash tag. basically to hold the england that we have to say their names to be able to tell their stories. >> yes, dr. kimberly crenshaw with the african-american policy forum and the #sayhername campaign. i will tweet out a link to the campaign to make sure people learn more about it. thank you so much for your time this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> we'll be right back. >>> i know you've probably noticed over the last couple of weeks how many celebrities are using their platforms right now to talk about fighting police brutality and yasracial inequal. well it seems the entertainment industry is listening. >> so, after a petition urging abc to address its lack of reality in dating shows. let me just pause and say the first half of the conversation has anything to do with the second because i don't know if this does anything about racial inequality. they've now chosen a black bachelor in 40 seasons of

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>> made me feel sad. >> why do you think that that happened to eric garner? >> because the policeman hated, like african-americans. >> do you really think that's why he did that? >> yeah. >> reporter: nearly two years later, in 2016, the kays and joneses welcomed us back. the boys were getting bigger, but so were the country's problems. this time the names in the headlines why alton sterling and philando castile, shot dead by police one day apart, their deaths impacted both boys very differently. >> i haven't seen the videos, but i've heard about the shootings. >> did you see the video of the man who died in louisiana? >> yes. >> the man who died? >> yes. >> how did that hit you? >> pretty hard. it was sad to think about, what if that happened to my dad? >> woo! >> reporter: today, in the wake of george floyd's death, solomon iii is still asking that same question. >> i'm worried for my friends, too. when they get stopped, if they get stopped, i hope they don't get hurt. >> reporter: he's now 15, his age marked by budding facial hair and a deeper voice. >> i

after another eric garner is suffocated todeath on a sidewalk with an inhumane chokehold . and if we do not create a use of force standard in america since this republican bill again fails to do, we will be back here again the next time another officer uses deadly force when they could have used de-escalation. because that deadly force was reasonable. though not necessary.

. >> you've introduced the eric garner excessive force prevention act. in the u.s. senate. what would that bill accomplish, and what are its chances of being passed into law? >> well, i've spoken to eric's mother, gwen, and i've spoken to his daughter, emerald, and i've gotten to know them over the last many months. i can dell ytell you the purpos this bill is to right that wrong. the fact that eric garner said he couldn't breathe over and over and over again and police did nothing. we just saw what happened to george floyd. he couldn't breathe and police officers did nothing for over eight minutes. as the life came out of that man. it's outrageous. and so what our bill simply does is it bans choke holds on the federal level. and any other kind of hold or knee on a neck that doesn't allow someone to breathe. and it makes it a federal crime. this is a bill that congressman hakeem jeffries wrote last year in honor and in memory of eric garner and i am privileged to be able to carry it in the u.s. senate. >> i said at the first funeral for george floyd that maybe if there'd bee

so eric garner did not die in vain. sean bell did not die in vain. it took, it took a nucmber of lives unfortunately, a number of injustices unfortunately but each one was a part in getting to today. and it was reverend sharpton standing up and making sure that people of this nation heard every time, every injustice happened. and that, that, reverend, is a special ability, a special contribution. and you have been there year after year after year and we all respect your effort. we thank you for what you have done. we thank you for your voice. which the nation has heard. this state had heard. and not only -- >> we are listening right now in to new york governor cuomo there with as he's talking about al sharpton, the leaders of the state legislature announcing moves toward police reform saying he is signing executive order that requires local governments in the state to develop and reinvent their police -- a plan to reinvent the police programs requiring that all local governments pass those, enact the plans by april 1 or they will not be eligible for

the death of eric garner. house democrats of already passed the antilynching piece of this, sent it to the senate. by including it in this package, they are just putting more pressure on senate republicans to act. is the publiced reaction to the death of george floyd, the vastness of the outcry in the united states and beyond. veteran of the civil rights movement and member of the congressional black caucus and third ranking democrat in the house, said we have not seen anything like this since emmett till in 1955. of civils, the voice rights in the house, took that a step further than i have seen ever in my lifetime. they sent a historic moment here, so democrats are hoping to tap the unique outcry, the unique moment. pelosi often says public sentiment is everything. they do want to force the republicans to take up some of these reforms were at least to make the gop look insensitive and out of touch for not doing so. host: we will see democrats present this. how much response has it gotten from republicans in

eric garner somebody who died in a similar fashion to george full weight and that al sharpton basically said enough is enough we need to stop jumping from funeral to a funeral of african-americans who have died at the hands of police officers now eric garners mother kevin hart a looter chris and master p. were also and attendance at today's memorial service now masterpiece spoke to the media and he discussed his experiences with the police brutality we all. so spoke out against the media coverage he was saying that some members of the media are showing the wrong parts now meesha we've seen a plenty of video of the looting and fires we've seen that stuff on a loop and that's and p. he says this is the wrong message and said the media should be showing the positive side of this global movement now after george floyd's family al sharpton and been jamin crump the lead attorney for the family left the university a peaceful protest in a way took center stage as people shouted george boy's name and they called on accountability and demanded that these officers not just be charged as they have

there's going to be justice for eric garner. this story won't end like this. god will never leave us nor forsake us. i have been to the end of the book. let's fight on. let's stand together. let us not leave this family now that the ceremony is over. this is the beginning of the fight. it's not the end of the fight. george, i read on the front page of "the new york times" this morning, you said you wanted to touch the world. well, god had already made you for that. but you didn't touch it in a basketball court or a football court. god had something else for you to do because all over the wor world, george, they are merging with your name. you touch the world in south africa. you touch the world in england. he touched every one of the 50 states, even in a pandemic. people are walking out in the streets, not even following social distancing. because you have touched the world. and as we lay you to rest today, the movement won't rest until we get justice, until we have one standard of justice. your family is going to miss you, george, but is going to always remem

i would say when you hear the name of someone that you don't recognize sit down so i would say eric garner my ground to where raw 9 is a still and almost everywhere most people were still standing the moment i sent michelle casella everyone sat down there might be 5 people still standing and i get to take or no one has left me there is a town showed up to have a few. can we let this moment pass because there are lots of people on you tube right now who are having a rich conversation see me the we are having. a tell us about michelle so that they go away as one goes away knowing more of the will. is is in some ways her death kicked off saying her name michelle was killed 5 days after mike brown was killed there was no media attention there was no conversation there was this growing consciousness of course about black people being killed by the police the intolerable dimension of it but no mention her name until fran garrett michelle's mother said somebody in the recognize that my daughter has been killed so she took michelle's cough and to the city hom to mend attention to the fact that her

likeon't see convictions eric garner or any of these other cases. johnson: i appreciate those comments. and i think it is relationships even in the communities for you can get to building trust with law enforcement. it is our neighbors, too. i had this neighbor who had the idea to host ymca facilities in our community as a neutral forum where he would invite one black church and one white church, but everyone in the same facility, let them get to know together -- get to know each other and have fun together. it is really about being good americans and good neighbors. i hope we can get back to that. if mr. davis is still with us, i am interested in his experience with doj, community policing services. i wonder if he could speak to that issue if he is still with us on the idea of building those relationships and community policing as a function of that. >> i am still here. thank you for the question. i would say that the office has a great opportunity to do that, to facilitate -- charged to be able to identify best practices, community policing, how t

jordan davis, oscar grant, philando castile, freddie gray, walter scott, tamir rice, michael brown, eric garner, trayvon martin -- any other names? >> sean bell. >> jordan davis. [inaudible] speaker pelosi: during a moment of silence i am sure that those who have been hurt by all of this won't mind if you shout out names then. for those who wish to, we will now kneel for our moment of silence. speaker pelosi: hard to get up. it is better not to have on high heels. you see how long it was to have that that knee. >> thank you. we will now proceed to the press conference. please follow me this way. democratsongressional release their reform legislation. and chair karen bass led a press conference to unveil the bill. with includes banning chokehold's and then starting a thorough registry of police misconduct.

same thing in new york city with eric garner.ow they have been vilified. where was that energy when eric garner got killed? where was his voice when abna was violated with a broomstick? where was his energy then? >> thank you both. really appreciate your time. turning now to our politics lead, president trump today took to twitter to push forward an unhinged conspiracy theory. this one about the 75-year-old peace activist and volunteer in the nonviolent catholic worker movement. he is just out of the intensive care unit, we're told, after the head injury that came after he was pushed to the ground by buffalo police officers. the officers have since been charged by the local prosecutor with felony assault. with no evidence and using sources so unreliable, one even hesitates to call them sources, president trump accused this elderly victim of alleged assault of being an anti antifa provacateur and saying that it was perhaps a setup. republicans on capitol hill could not walk away fast enough from reporters who asked what they thoug

let's not forget the eric garner case in new york.ke holds were already banned in new york city when officer pantaleo but eric garner in a choke hold. but there are bigger reforms also. there are people thinking about how to shift money from the police department into the community. just this week mayor garcetti announced a $150 million shift from the police budget into communities of color. so while there is a range of policy being debated, there are some simple things that activists say could help, like a de-escalation. police departments don't always require that officers actually try to de-escalate situations, that they don't fire at moving vehicles. but also better reporting. we simply don't know how many people, police officers across the country kill each other. there's no mandate that says the police departments have to submit those numbers to the federal government. so there's a lot of momentum behind a lot of reform, and there is a bill from 2019 named after eric garner that will federalize the ban on choke olds. so there's

honor george floyd breonna taylor, freddie gray, fernando castillo, tamir rice, michael brown, eric garner, trayvon minor -- trayvon martin. sean bell >> sean bell >> alfonse taylor >> ahmaud arbery speaker pelosi: we will now join in. , iing the moment of silence am sure those who have been heard while this will not mind if you shout out names then. for those who have been hurt by this we will now kneel for our moment of silence. seconds silence, honor of george floyd, et l.] drumming]iet [cameras clicking] 46 sec of silence] [8 min. 46 sec. of silence] [8 min. 46 sec. of silence] [8 min. 46 sec. of silence] [8 min. 46 sec. of silence] [8 min. 46 sec. of silence] [8 min. 46 sec. of silence] [8 min. 46 sec. of silence] [8 min. 46 sec. of silence] [8 min. 46 sec. of silence] [8 min. 46 sec. of silence] [8 min. 46 sec. of silence] [8 min. 46 sec. of silence] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> earlier t,

jordan davis, oscar grant, philando castile, freddie gray, walter scott, tamir rice, michael brown, eric garner, trayvon martin -- any other names? >> sean bell. >> jordan davis. [inaudible] speaker pelosi: during a moment of silence i am sure that those who have been hurt by all of this won't mind if you shout out names then. for those who wish to, we will now kneel for our moment of silence. speaker pelosi: hard to get up. it is better not to have on high heels. you see how long it was to have that that knee. >> thank you. we will now proceed to the press conference. please follow me this way. journal,'s washington every day we are taking your calls live on the air, on the news of the day, and policy issues that impact you. tuesday morning, we look at policing during the covid-19 pandemic and nationwide civil unrest with the president of the international association of chiefs of police, and we will talk about race relations in america with the naacp president and ceo. watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning, and join the discussion with your phone calls, faceb

thedescribed in the past death of eric garner in that book. number of years ago as a heartbreaking tragedy. how do you view the deaths here of george floyd and the one just recently, ahmaud arbery in georgia. george floyd's arrest and death was absolutely appalling by all evidence. it is agonizing to watch that absolutely thenk whole country condemns this and it's appropriate the charges were brought very quickly, we need to investigate the rest of , so the anger at that arrest is absolutely understandable. however it is not representative of policing in this country and incessantly on tactical training for officers, on de-escalation tactics. courtesy and respect, but i don't think it's fair to condemn a nation's police force of over 600,000 sworn officers who have three headed 75 million contacts with civilians a year based on this one appalling arrest. because when that happens, the people who need help the most of the ones i've talked to for , the law-abiding residents of inner-city neighborhoods who are desperate for more police protection

[inaudible] president obama said after the murder of eric garner, right now unfortunately we are seeing to instances where people just do not have confidence -- [inaudible] in some cases -- and it's incumbent upon all of us as americans regardless of race, religion, faith, we recognize this is an american problem and not just a back problem or brown problem. this is an american problem when anybody in this country is not being treated equally under the law. that is a problem. i do want to -- [inaudible] fire borrowing cars, burning down businesses -- and will destroy thousands of lives. [inaudible] it happened for all the world to see. not only by the perpetrator but by three officers observing. so it's time, it's time for us to address, and that's why the concerns that were being expressed by the protesters. this is not a single incident. we know the patterns of behavior. we also know the history that takes -- that's why i'm so proud to work with congressional black caucus. the important work they are doing, has been doing overtime and now are ready to move forward with legislation whe

we mentioned eric garner saying i can't breathe. that's terrible and 5 years later something happens. they don't have the sense that all of america is concerned about it and it stays in our conscious and it requires serious attention. it's not to be pushed to the back burner ones it's off the front page. one interesting thing i noted you have major corporations from citi group to nordstrom, we stand with people who are concerned about this. that raised a level of consciousness. >> melissa: i have to interrupt you. we have to get other people in. emily, raising the consciousness, again what does that mean? that's like another one of those phrases, it doesn't mean anything. there is no solution. there is nothing tangible we can say yes, we did it. what are actual actions to make things better? can we change police tactics by saying you can't do a choke hold or this or that? what is an action that would begin to bring this to a place where people feel better? i got my pen. we want to do it. we want to help. what can i do, emily? >> wel

among george's last words is, i can't breathe, with a knee on his neck i immediately thought about eric garnerd i said i know we are not going out because of the coronavirus but this is so much like eric and if we could arrange something privately to go to minneapolis, would you go and she said reverend al, i'm already packing. let me know. tyler perry said i will give the families, the plane and whatever you need because this is wrong. robin smith said don't worry about the funeral cost. people across economic and racial lines started causing and getting antsy and we flew out here, her and i, last thursday and we stood in that spot, reason it got to me is george floyd's story has been the story of black folks because ever since 401 years ago, the reason we could never be who we wanted and dream to be is you kept your knee on our next. [applause] we will be smarter than the underfunded schools you put us in but you have had your knee on our next. we could run corporations and not hustle in the street but you had your knee on our neck. we had creative skills, we could do whatever anybody else c

that kind of action, again, after eric garner, nothing like that happened. >> after eric garner, after can go all the way back. you can go back to 1978 a case of a chokehold being used that killed a man in brooklyn. chokeholds have been used routinely over and over and over again in new york city. nothing has happened. "i can't breathe" is what eric garner said, and that didn't convince the majority of americans that something needed to be done. you know, and you wonder what is different now with george floyd. is it because the officers staring into the camera that look of complete autonomy that i can do this, that there is nothing that can stop me just, i don't care. i'm doing this and i know that you see me. maybe it's the indifference. i don't know what it was. was it the time? was it 8 minutes and 46 seconds? whatever it was, it's true that george floyd absolutely has changed the world. >> yeah. trymaine, video has made all the difference. we didn't have a video like that of michael brown. >> that's right. and i think joy is right. to some degree, some level of violence is expected

i immediately thought about eric garner. called his mother and i said that i know that we are not going out because of the coronavirus. but this is so much like eric. if we could arrange some private way to go to minneapolis, would you go. and she said, refer end verend already packing. and tyler perry said i'll give the plane, whatever y'all need because this is wrong. and robert smith said don't worry about the funeral cost. people across economic and racial lines started calling and getting in. and we flew out her her and i last thursday and when i stood at that spot, the reason it got to me is george floyd's story has been the story of black folks. because ever since 401 years ago, the reason we could never be who we wanted and dreamed of being is you kept your knee on our neck. we were smarter than the underfunded schools you put us in. but you had your knee on our neck. we coukocould run corporations not hustle in the streets, but you had your knee on our neck. we had creative skills, we could do whatever anybody else c

they told eric garner, put him in the chokehold, he said "i can't breathe." those three cops walked, no prosecution, until the law is upheld and people know they will go to jail, they're going to keep doing it because they're protected by wickedness in high places. how do you prevent crime in the'hood? you scare others by saying, if you do that you're going to jail. how are you going to scare a bad cop if bad cops don't go to jail? who taught these cops that they can do this to george was elected cops before get away with this. and when they have the highest level of government that -- that excuses it, when some kids wrongly start violence, that this family don't condone and none of us do, the president talks about bringing in the military. but he's not said one word about 8 minutes and 46 seconds of police murder of george floyd. only he said the family has my sympathy and all of this. he didn't give those on the other situations his sympathy, he challenged china on human rights, what about the human rights of george floyd? the signals that we're sending is

george floyd, eric garner. i say the names because today, we are honoring them with real transformative action. amendment,pport this and i strongly urge all my colleagues to vote for the underlying bill that is so critical to make real transformational change in this country. we must do it and we must do it now. i yield back the remainder of my time. >> the gentlelady yields back. to what purpose does mr. jefferies ceo recognition? >> thank you, for your leadership. i thank the chairwoman for her tremendous leadership as well. i don't doubt that this amendment is being offered in good faith. i do not support it, and it has also let us into a discussion that is irrelevant as it relates to the question at hand. the video of george floyd's byder was not brought to me a fellow member of congress, it was not brought to me by my chief of staff, it was not brought to me by my legislative director. it was brought to me by my young, black son. he presented the video to me and simply said, it happened again. dad, what ar

floyd's death, and we learned it with eric garner and many other cases. why? we have seen 911 calls, which are false calls. 911lse 9/11 call based -- call based on race should be classified as a hate crime. for thethat it is wrong local district attorney to investigate the police force from that county. i made thee order, attorney general as an independent prosecutor, that should be codified in law, i did it four years ago. --se are the corner storms cornerstones of a real agenda that will address what is going on in the street. reform works for everyone's interest. stopping police abuse vindicates the overwhelming majority, 99 .9% of the police who are there to do the right thing, and do the right thing every day. it restores the confidence, respect, and trust that you need to make this relationship work. you have to heal the police-community relationship. that has to happen for the sake of the police and for the sake of the community. you look at this looting that has been going on in new york city, this hurts poor communities and stressed communities. you s

i think about eric garner in new york, allegedly selling a loose cigarette.lton sterling in louisiana, allege delay cell cds from his trunk, notwithstanding whether any of the allegations are true, it's unclear why law enforcement needed to be engaged with any of those individuals, needed to use force on any of those individuals. all of those scenarios to me make clear this deep problem that we have in our country of over-criminalizing conduct, criminalizing poverty, entangling law enforcement in communities of colors in ways that are unnecessary and often prove dangerous if not fatal. this needs to be a part of the problem that we unpack as we work do figure out how do we make our communities safer? there's a movement until way that focuses on in the this teem of defunding. i am supportive of the concept of defunding aspects of policing. we need to strengthen the footprint of police officers in our communities to deply more social workers, invest more in education, address poverty, really bring about the holistic reform needed to make communities safer at th

the only difference is that justice was not done in the case of eric garner. as an aside, something that has bothered me to this day, on the video of eric garner, when emts arrive, you see no treatment given to this unconscious man. he is either dying or already dead. i would like to know why, legally, the emts were not involved in this mix and prosecuted. thank you very much. guest: that is a really excellent point and an issue i have brought up in a number of times. one of the big problems in police legitimacy is those sorts of scenes you're talking about even where, let's assume for the moment, although i disagree with this, that the use of force garner wasc appropriate. even if police officers use force they need to immediately, , once the situation is contained and the person is no longer a threat, they need to provide immediate medical care. so often we see them standing around, sometimes you see them interfering with emts. we see the emts taking the lead not providing care. or not providing care. that is something about the culture we have to shift, and

3 brothers, where it is -- it is -- i just -- speechless, what it is it basically, radio rahim, eric garnerkind of cut in between. so it's -- it's just -- it's powerful i did want to show it on our show if you didn't mind. >> can i say one thing first before you show it >> yeah. >> ray rahim is a fictional character from my 1980 film do the right thing. but his murder is based upon the real life murder of michael stewart, who was a graffiti art i here in new york city 1983 so that's where i got that deal for the murder of ray rahim. >> jimmy: really, where he was choked to death? >> yeah, came from michael stewart. >> did not know that >> yeah, 1983. he was a graffiti artist, new york transit authority police jumped on him, put him in a stranglehold and he died in a coma several days after that ray rahim is based -- even though it's fictional, it's based upon the real life murder of michael stewart, who was good friends with bob f iot too they were tight. >> jimmy: did you ever think that that would -- things wouldn't change since then and -- >> jimmy, you know when i saw eric garner, i'm l

i think about eric garner in new york allegedly selling a loose cigarette. allegedlyn louisiana selling cds from his trunk. notwithstanding whether any of these allegations are true, it is unclear why law enforcement needed to be engaged with any of those individuals, needed to use force on any of those individuals. all of those scenarios to me make clear the problem we have in our country of over-criminalizing conduct, criminalizing poverty, entangling law enforcement in communities of color in ways that are unnecessary and it is dangerous, if not, fatal. this needs to be the problem that we unpack and work to figure out how do we make our communities safer. there is a movement underway that focuses on this theme of the funding. i am supportive of the concept of defunding aspects of policing. we need to shape the footprint of police officers in our community to put more social workers, invest more in education, addressed poverty, and bring about the holistic reform needed to make immunities safer. host: if you defund police, what would police have less of?

president obama said after the murder of eric garner, right now, unfortunately, we are seeing too many instances where people just do not have confidence that folks are being treated fairly. in some cases, there may be misperceptions, but in some cases, that's the reality. and it is incumbent upon all of us as americans regardless of race, religion, region, faith, that we recognize this is an american problem and not just a black problem or brown problem or native american problem, but this is an american problem. when anybody in this country is not being treated equally under the law, that is a problem. i do want to quote my colleagues. he said this. firebombing police cars, burning down businesses, and ravishing our neighborhoods dishonors the lives of george floyd and others and will destroy thousands of livelihoods. so this is not without concern about what peaceful protests can sometimes lead to buy those who exploit the situation. but it is about how we treat people across our country. as president obama said the other day, many law enforcement people take pride in what they do a

we have heard the terrifying words, "i can't breathe," from george floyd, from eric garner, from the millions of americans in the states calling out for revenge, for change. our hearts ache for the loss of george floyd, breonna taylor, eric garner, and the many other victims of police violence over the years. for every incident of excessive force that makes headlines, the ugly truth is that there are countless others that we never hear about. we value and respect the many brave and honorable police officers who put their lives on the line every day to protect us and our communities, but we cannot be blind to the structure of racism and injustice that pervades far too many of our law enforcement agencies. this is a systemic problem that requires a comprehensive solution. it has been an honor to work with the congressional black caucus in lockstep and the other sponsors to craft the justice and policing act. a historic piece of legislation. this bold, transformative, and responsible legislation will finally ban chokeholds at the federal level and incentivized states to do the same, hel

was a beating rendered and --re is no way in my view to president obama said, after the murder of eric garner that right now, unfortunately we are seeing too many instances where people do not have confidence. that is ae cases reality. americans, regardless of race and religion, we recognize that this is an american problem, not just a black or brown problem. when anybody in this country is not being treated equally under the law, that is a problem. speak to my colleagues. firebombing cars and burning down businesses and dishonorseighborhoods the lives of breonna taylor, george floyd, and ahmaud arbery. whatis a concern of protest can lead to with people who exploit the situation. it is about how we treat people all across the country. president obama says that people take pride in what they do, and would not identify with the actions that were taken against george floyd, but in fact, it did happened. it happened in broad daylight, it happen for all the world to see. neck, not only by the perpetrator of that murder, but the three officers observing it. this is a time for us to address, and th

eric garner. because they both could be heard saying i can't breathe, i can't breathe. their cries were ignored by the police officers. so what were your thoughts when you saw the case of george floyd? >>. [ inaudible ] i said my god -- the young man. -- young man -- in 2014. these officers thought it was a joke. it's no joke. you're taking someone's life. george floyd's death was -- that's the only reason why we're here today. the police wasn't able to hide it like -- sweep it under the rug. even the time with my son, it just wasn't going to be swept under the rug. >> yeah. >> too much garbage swept under the rug. we're having a hard time with your audio. but we'll work on that. miss hamilton, your son was killed by milwaukee police in 2014. you say that you would put your life on the line right now to keep any other black mother from having to join your tragic club, the club that, sadly, you three are in. what do you mean by that? >> i view the video -- i pretty much relived that night done tray died. i've been upset. i been depressed for the last five days. but i'm n

eric garner, tamir rice, walter scott, laquan mcdonald mattered. rayshard brooks mattered. and the countless other people who have lost their lives at the hands of law enforcement mattered. for far too long, police and justice reform have fallen on deaf ears in congress, but that changes today. the justice in policing act would finally allow for meaningful accountability in cases of police misconduct and reimagine policing in the 21st century. this legislation, which currently has 227 cosponsors in the house and 36 cosponsors in the senate, makes it easier for the federal government to successfully prosecute police thannduct cases, chokeholds, end racial and religious profiling, encourages prosecution independent of local police, and eliminates the dubious court-made document of qualified immunity of civil rights lawsuits of law enforcement officers. at the same time, it addresses systemic racism and works to prevent police violence and bias through front end approaches aimed at encouraging departments to meet a gold standard in training, hiring, de-escalation strategies, b

stern wrote in at michael brown's funeral now eric garner is someone who died in similar fashion to george floyd and that's where the phrase i can breathe originated from now rick al sharpton is basically saying i know is enough. ok i think you're tossing that back to me ashley thanks so much we appreciate the report keep us apprised we look forward to joining up with you again in about an hour all right joining us now is former m.p. george galloway and also charles marino he's a former secret service supervisory agent my thanks to both of you gentlemen i started the show today by showing a video where a police officer came to the defense of his fellow african-american police officers while some drunk hooligan was essentially using the n. word against them and threatening all 3 officers the officer no doubt lost his composure but mr moreno i think i. i want to begin with you at what point do we start to separate the difference between abuses cases involving police officers or can we. yes thanks rick yeah no i think we can i mean you can lease officers are are trained very clearly on

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eric garner died six years ago this summer.is death captured national attention as well after he was seen on video repeatedly saying "i can't breathe" after being put in a chokehold by an nypd officer. today his mother told me why it's so essential that she connects with families like hers. >> there are so many mothers. there are mothers you've never even heard of before that we have met as a club that no one wants to be a part of. mothers, when things like this happen, not only mothers. fathers, aunts, whoever was close to the victim, they need to be empowered. they need to be embraced, encouraged. that's what we do. have have some mothers who can't even get out of bed after this traumatic trauma happens. >> george floyd, in his last breaths, he was crying out for his mother. when you heard that, what did you think? >> well, my first thought was that's my son crying out, echoing out from the grave. he's saying mamma, you have to do something about this, they keep killing us, this can't keep happening. then my other thought was