so if you would stand, tamika palmer, let us acknowledge breonna taylor's mother. [ applause ] >> tamikaspoke with us just before air time. >> thank you so much for joining us. can you just tell us what was it like to be at tyre nichols' funeral today? >> emotional. the room was filled with a lot of families, you know, to support tyre nichols' family. so that's the good part in it. but it just was so emotional. >> when you heard that tyre and breonna shared the same birthday, same year, june 5, 1993, that's extraordinary. >> it is. it just brought a lot back to me. so i was very emotional learning that. just to, for me it's, you know, he could have been my kid. he was the same age as my kid. and to have died with the same fate. >> during the service many people were calling for the passage of the george floyd justice in policing act. do you have any hope that any kind of police reform legislation can get actually passed? >> it has to. hope is such a word for it because we have been holding out hope for so long. but i don't know that we can continue the way that we have. is so something h

whose mother tamika palmer is here. and many of you may have heard about this coincidence. that breonna taylor and tyre nichols were born on the same day and the same year, june 5th, 1993. so i want to acknowledge tamika palmer and i know you said it brought back so many memories and pain when you found out it was the same birthday so if you will stand, tamika palmer, let us at least acknowledge breonna taylor's mother. [ applause ] thank you and now reverend al, i guess we're going to hear a brief reflection from the family and this is hard, so -- >> let me as we bring the family, i also want to acknowledge some of our faith leaders and our faith leaders activists that have come all the way. first of all a man who interprets the intelligencia of our time, dr. michael eric dyson. [ applause ] the pastor of new birth baptist church of atlanta, georgia, reverend jamal brian is in the house. i'm sorry, reverend jamal harrison brian. reverend john gray from greenville, south carolina. i must acknowledge two members of the board of national action network outstanding clergymen,

so i want to acknowledge tamika palmer. i know you said it brought back so many memories and pain when you found out it was the same birthday, so if you would stand, tamika palmer, let us at least acknowledge breonna taylor's mother. thank you. and now reverend al, i guess we're going to hear a brief reflection from the family and this is hard. so. >> let me, as we bring the family, i also want to acknowledge some of our faith leaders and our faith leaders, activists that have come all the way. first of all, a man who interprets the intelligence of our time, the socrates of this generation, dr. michael dyson, the pastor of new baptist church of atlanta, georgia, reverend jamal harrison-bryant is in the house. reverend john graves from greenville, south carolina. i must acknowledge two members of the board of national action network, outstanding clergymen, the pastor of mount pisco baptist church in harlem and the head of impact and a member of the national board, stand up. i'm trying to see where he's sitting. okay. there h

the mother of breonna taylor, tamika palmer, is here. and there may be others that i did not have the note for. i want the family to know that they've come to be with you on this day, from all over the country. and we thank from the white house, the president talked to the family, but sent a delegation letd by the former mayor of atlanta who now is running policy and social engagement in the white house, mayor kesha lance bottoms. the head of infrastructure, the infrastructure czar of the country, former mayor of new orleans, stand up, mitch landrieu is here. the fighting congresswoman from houston, texas, fighting for reparations in the congress, sheila jackson lee is here. and my friend and brother, from tp, congressman steve cohen is here. many years ago, there was a controversy in california, and there was one that stood up for justice and i watched them grow as they fought and took a balanced and principled stand. supporting what was right even when it wasn't popular. and they grew from one office to another, every office they ran f

the mother of breonna taylor, tamika palmer, is here. and there may be others that i did not have the note for. i want the family to know that they've come to be with you on this day, from all over the country. and we thank from the white house, the president talked to the family, but sent a delegation letd by the former mayor of atlanta who now is running policy and social engagement in the white house, mayor kesha lance bottoms. the head of infrastructure, the infrastructure czar of the country, former mayor of new orleans, stand up, mitch landrieu is here. the fighting congresswoman from houston, texas, fighting for reparations in the congress, sheila jackson lee is here. and my friend and brother, from tp, congressman steve cohen is here. many years ago, there was a controversy in california, and there was one that stood up for justice and i watched them grow as they fought and took a balanced and principled stand. supporting what was right even when it wasn't popular. and they grew from one office to another, every office they ran f

the mother of breonna taylor, tamika palmer is here.ocial engagement in the white house, mayor keisha lance bottoms. the head of infrastructure, the infrastructure czar of the country, former mayor of new orleans, stand up, mitch landrieu is here. the fighting congresswoman from houston, texas, fighting for reparations in the congress, sheila jackson lee is here. and my friend and brother the congressman right here from tennessee, congressman steve cornyn is here. many years ago there was a controversy in california, and there was one that stood up for justice and i watched them grow as they fought and took a balanced and principled stand supporting what was right, even when it wasn't popular. and they grew from one office to another, every office they ran for predicted you couldn't win. the political polling told them they couldn't win, and they kept beating the polls, and they told her she shouldn't be here today. but the snow backed up and she's here, the vice president of the united states, kamala harris. [ applause ] [ applause ] i

boatham john's sister, eric garner's mom, many people have come to know, tamika palmer, george floyd'sther was there. what did it mean to have that collection of people who have grieved in this exact same way be a part of this, symbolically what did that mean? >> as reverend fisher said, it was a powerful moment. it was too many people, quite frankly, that they had to be there. and i was reminded of april 4th and beyond of 1968, where on the balcony at the lorraine motel we lost the most transformative leader of the 20th century in reverend dr. martin luther king. and our city had to endure that. and we've been living with that legacy for 55 years now. but i have to tell you, because of pastor fisher and so many others, the way this community has rallied and come together, we're in the process of healing. but justice must be attained. and this community has the resolve to make sure that that happens. we have grieved for a long time in this city following the assassination of dr. king. and now here we are today, february the 1st, lifting up the legacy of tyre nichols and his family who

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tamika palmer, her mother, will get the funeral today and pointed this out.hansford, before we go, i know the world is watching the united states right now. you are the first american non-native elected to the permanent forum for people of african descent. can you talk about how your work has been inspired by the internationalist vision of malcolm x and how it applies to what is happening today in the united states? >> for me personally, it is a continuation of that dream where malcolm x, upon his assassination when he created the organization of african-american unity, what it did take black people's case to the world court, which was the united nations, and argued our issues like police violence are not civil rights issues, not just domestic political issues, but human issues because they speak to our need for human dignity and respect for our lives as human beings and under citizenship rights. in 2014 when i was in ferguson and worked with mike brown's family to take the mike brown case to the u.n., i realized it was a vision we have to continue because we