castle freddy gray walter scott to me or rice michael brown eric garner trayvon martin my colleagues any other names you want to. let me leave you. thank you we cannot settle for anything less than transformative structural change and kimberly just to be clear when they have this debate about defunding certain police forces does that just mean that they take a chunk of money they skim it off the top of the budget and give it to all the causes of the community causes or all the actually talking about taking away the entire budget from certain police forces and therefore in effect disbanding police forces. depends on the community but it could be both of those things that it really is control of local city mayors local police chiefs and really the will of the people of the community because this is a country with very strong states' rights and also the local rights what we're hearing from the house speaker nancy pelosi is a proposal for the federal law enforcement it's hoped that by changing there that the change will trickle down but you're absolutely right this is the challenge for t

y creo que debemos del reconocer a la madre de trayvon martin. pÓngase de pie. erick garner. la hermana de bobo. la familia de pamela tour pero en. i wi aquÍ en houston. el padre de michael brown. de ferguson missouri. el padre de (...) todas estas familias vinieron para acompaÑar a esta familia porque ello saben mejor que nadie el dolor resultante de la pÉrdida que han sufrido. tambiÉn quiero darle las gracias a todos aquellos que han ayudado a hacer esto lo mÁs facil posible para la familia, ciertamente le grado miento a aquellos en el Ámbito financiero, y el mundo del entretenimiento w quÉ le dijeron a la familia que querÍan ayudar. para que no tuviera que preocuparse por los costos. smith. y fl fl mÍomayweather, y otros esto de frus la importancia del mundo. el hermano jeimy fox. (aplausos). >>> albi. me estÁn enviando notas. brevemente remata se al libro dlibro... capÍtulo seis, capitulo seis. porque creo que tenemos que entender quÉ estamos haciendo aquÍ. se cuenta ra historia de por qÉe hay que ver la situaciones de modo diferente. porque aquÍ en este cap

but i have a lot of respect for people that continue to say trayvon martin. ve a lot of respect for them. it shows their support and it shows that they have not forgotn't about trayvon and the other people that you don't know about, their names. >> you know, clarence, i want to play something else from today's memorial. and this is a brother of george floyd. here he is. >> that's crazy, man. all of these people came to see my brother and that's amazing to me, that he touched so many people hearts. you know, because he been touching our hearts. everybody want justice. we want justice for george. he's going to get it. he's going to get it. >> clarence, we have seen protests across the nation demanding justice for george floyd. you know, protests that we've never really seen anything like, right, in recent years? i mean, have you ever experienced anything like we're seeing now for the tenth night? live pictures of ft. worth tonight. everyone gathering across this country. >> throughout my -- good evening, erin and sabrina, first of all. but throughout my 59 years

trayvon martin was the start, but he was not murdered by a police officer.ct us, and that are sworn to protect us, and thatis that are sworn to protect us, and that is what makes it so despicable. sworn to protect the american public, but today we are focusing on another incident, doesn't it this time not involve a black man, it involves a 75—year—old elderly man. you see police officers walk past him as blood pours from his ear. what do you think there is so little accountability? i think that this started, i'm going to give you a history lesson. 0ur started, i'm going to give you a history lesson. our nation has a lwa ys history lesson. our nation has always had an army. we never had a police force until after the slaves we re police force until after the slaves were freed. and the police force was organised for the specific purpose of tracking, torturing, dehumanizing black men. so they were hanged and the escrow items were removed, and people carried them around as trophies. and this whole police methods, the police, you must remember now that these are

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,

in 2012 17 year-old trayvon martin walks into a 7.11 in sanford, florida, grabs, a bag of skittles and can of arizona iced tea wearing a dark grey hoodie that would become a symbol to many martin walks home, you counters george zimmerman the neighborhood watch volunteer. the eu has already called 911 to report martin's movements even though that he had done nothing wrong and wrong with them. >>owner should now. he got some of this and minutes later after a fight between the 2 george zimmerman shoots and kills trayvon zimmerman charged with murder, but a jury finds him not his death an acquittal sparked national outrage and a movement is born. >>trayvon was a people's didn't deserve the and a play and i will not let my son die in vain. >>july 2014 43 year-old eric garner a father of 6 is allegedly selling loose cigarettes illegally on staten island in new york. isis is around to make an arrest. >>officer daniel pantaleo's sieved wrapping an arm around garner's neck before pulling him down to the ground as pantaleo forces garner's head into the sidewalk garner is dies shortly afterward 5

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.

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, facebook comments, te

eight years since the killing of her son trayvon martin, she's gone from tragedy to activism to poz ti politics. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. earlier today the vice president of the united states, mike pence, stopped by a diner and videoed that event. there other than a secret service guy in the back and later a way tres, almost nobody is wearing masks as far as i could tell, no one. certainly not the supposed head of the coronavirus task force. do you remember that? and that might seem like a small thing, especially to anyone who has managed to convince themselves they no longer have to worry about the virus. the reality is that the virus is still here. it's still killing people every day. the more we learn, the more we learn close sustained indoor proximity without masks like what they're doing at the diner brings with it a high risk of transmission. the more we learn, the more we learn that masks matter a lot. in many countries that have managed to control the virus, pretty much everyone wears masks. not that we were even to the point where we were trying to prev

i was in middle school when trayvon martin was killed. i remember vividly in a seventh grade classroom putting my hood on against the school dress code in protest of that. this is something that has been a consistent part of my childhood and the childhood of the people around me. and, you know, several of my friends were there with me protesting on monday. i have been unable to protest then since physically, but have i consistently seen my classmates and peers out there as well. i think that there is something incredibly fresh about the pei wei that people my age are able to imagine a world without police brutality because they have been in one for less time. and then in response to your question about the lack of focus, i absolutely think there is a lack of focus. i also am viewing that from a compassionate lens. i understand that a lot of people are feeling a lot of intense emotions. i myself am included in that. but with our anger has to come proper guidance and leadership. as i mentioned before, i am not an organizer. i am simply a bl

. >> the self-proclaimed neighborhood watchman who shot and killed then 17-year-old trayvon martin, on the front lines of those protests was martin's mother sabrina fulton. she joins me now. she's a candidate for the miami dade county board of commissioners. sabrina, i want to start by saying i remember like it was yesterday when you and tracy came with ben crump came and told me the story of your son and you wanted to make it a national issue and in a week we had the big rally and it blew up nationally. you never thought that trayvon would be a worldwide name. you just wanted your son to get justice. when george zimmermann was acquitted, three brilliant young ladies that became a hash tag that became known black lives matter and developed into a movement that they've organized and been loyal around. as you look at where we are now, you came to houston and was at the funeral of george floyd you as one who personified the start of this moment and start of this movement, how do you view it now? >> i think it's still a movement and i think it's absolutely gaining momentum. with each case

was killed were cuboid was actually shot by a police officer trayvon martin was killed by a local neighborhood guy and yet it wasn't ricky a boy that started the movement and she was shot by a cop and totally a racist from this thing so when we bring these things out it's embarrassing it's hurtful and it's an indictment and it de censors black men who with it with out our history for civil rights and everything we have held on to this believe that it's black men who are going to lead us and we're going to take a sense of this promised land when really it's been the black women who have been doing all the work behind the scenes to sustain communities and sustain movements while being sexually assaulted violated denied respect and honor underpaid exploited we're finally at a point we're saying no more we are going to employ him by our experience of going to talk about our sisters and if i have to put priscilla it's late it's i don't lease custody as my screen name so that you see it every time i tweet that's what i'm going to do until you care about her as much as you care about rac

i chose trayvon martin today to honor him. i'm wearing my hoodie, my hood, to show that we are not a threat. i graduated from usc's doctor of physical therapy program recently. my greatest achievement, i'm almost 29 years old, that is my greatest achievement so far. when you die at 17 years old, at 26 years old rihanna taylor, ahmaud arbery, they will never get to accomplish the dream that i have and i think that was taken away from them. we will never know the positive impact that they might have had in this world and so today i want to honor trayvon martin and show him that i can make the impact that he wasn't able to make in his life and i will carry that on in his death. >> reporter: chris, congratulations on your doctorate degree in physical therapy. this has taken on a rather intellectual bent here. i want to ask you about this. it's been recently said usc is going to give free tuition to anybody accepted whose parents make less than $80,000 a year. what is the importance to you in terms of equality in getting access to

we had trayvon martin, young black man, shot in 2012. of that appalling tragedy. and most of the demonstrations in ferguson and around the united states involved black people. what we are seeing now are white people getting involved as well, and i think that is critical to the framing of this debate, that everyone understands that you cannot have one section of society being treated badly and the other section of society not being affected by that. fairness is good for everyone, and i think it's very, very important that a lot of young white people are on the streets now. this is something that you did not see in the civil rights marches of the 1950s and ‘60s, that simply did not happen. and that could be why this might be a turning point. so, clive, can you give us a brief look back at how we've got to this point. what happened with george floyd? racism doesn't come out of nowhere. it is the product of centuries of a sense of the part of the predominantly white population in the united states that they are superior to black people. and

the last 4 decades telling us americans we can't brain invents a curse we can't breathe when trayvon martin incense but we can't breathe and this preacher is here today in houston texas because george small it died saying we can't breathe out want you to welcome to this pulpit today the iconic preaching voice but no i didn't preach it was the anatomy of the reverend dr ellis sharpton the boys are fighting our lead at. we don't find out that because of him guess what what all of us are going to prevent a list then it would seem to come again rather than i am shocked that. the 1st of this family and. the whole family that has suffered this crime. i hear people talk about what happened to george floyd. like there was some. thing less than a crime. this was not just a tragedy. it was a crime. and this family has bo and there's those and i'm 1000 of all of them that i'm given because this is a time that we need to understand that they're going to do everything they can. to delay these trials. and delayed the accountability and try to wear this family down. and men need that are standing and comi

and i think that we should recognize the mother of trayvon martin, will you stand? the mother of eric garner, will you stand? the sister of bompa john, 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'll 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 in the financial and entertainment world, that immediately jumped up and said to the family that they wanted to help. and make sure that they didn't have to worry about expense, tyler perry. and robert smith and champion floyd mayweather. and others that have come, it means a lot because it shows the world the weight of this. brother jamie foxx is with us today. stand up, jamie. [ applause ] >> al b. sure is in the house today. [ applause ] let me get into my -- terrell owens, everyone's sendi

garner, freddie gray, breonna taylor, and george floyd, as well as the vigilante killings of trayvon martin and ahmaud arbery and others. the white police officer who looked at the video as he kept his knee on the neck of george floyd thought he would get away with his actions because he and so many others had not been held accountable before. he thought he could get away with it based on his experience. we must change that. senator booker said we can have our moments of silence, we can have vigils, but that is not enough. it is not nearly enough. this is a moment that demands real action, real change, and real results, starting with changes in police practices and the systemic racism and institutions that shield those who engage in misconduct from accountability. those changes must include establishing truly independent oversight mechanisms to ensure that those police officers who betray the public trust are held accountable. we must ban outright the use of choke holds unless the officer's life is in imminent danger, and we must use federal leverage to incentivize deescalatory practices ov

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died you were about 8 years old so you've been going through these police shootings trayvon martin all chance to really stand . and terrence crozier again and again and again throughout your entire high school and college years and these people are ready for action is not about anymore talking is not about what blue ribbon commissions they were actual legislation and that is what a movement evolved into a political party let's remember when the civil rights people were organizing it marching from the thirty's all the way through the 1950 s. the only ones that movement became a political machine of the story l.b.j. that they were able to push through civil rights and before voting rights of the 5 fair housing public accommodation title 7 title that's where the civil rights legislation that we call the civil rights movements all of the natural evolution 'd of that movement finding out that we have to get out of the streets and get into the air to hold the power of the march we had of the atlantic this morning we marched from the federal courthouse to the capitol and then we went to t

seemingly accomplish nothing we have been disparate is my entire life so like i'm used to the trayvon martin when you sit on my arteries so i'm just tired of it i'm tired of the narrative i'm tired of the hash tag right here there were are still scenes of unity as officers showed their solidarity with the protesters as well so i am sure going to have a right. to help this is a target. but in washington tensions spike outside the white house as the president blamed left extremists and infiltrators for the on breast. radical left criminals and others. all throughout our country and throughout the world. will not be allowed to set communities ablaze we won't let it happen it harms those who have the least. but some experts say there is also evidence of far right extremists stoking the violence the president's response has drawn criticism from both sides of the political aisle with some calling for a measured response to the crisis. and we have dramatic scenes right now at a makeshift memorial at the site where george floyd was was taken by police our very own stefan zimmerman's is standing by f

we cannot breathe when trayvon martin sfered.he this preacher is you todayn houston, texas, because george floyd died saying "we can't breathe." i want to welcome to this pulpit today the iconic preaching voice sharpton.verend, dr. al our voice, our fighter, our leader, our frdom fighter, and because of him, guess what, one day all of us are going to grieve better -- breathe better. the honorable verend al sharpton. ♪ rev. sharpton: first, to this family, the who family that has suffered this crime, i hear ople talk about what happened to george floyd like there was something less than a crime. this was not just a tragedy. it was a crime. and this famy has borne this. because this is a time thawe hi to understand that they are going to do ever they can to delay these trials and delay the accountability and twe to this family down. many that are standing incoming today and grinninin front of cameras wl not be here for the long run. we must commit to this family, all of this family, all five of his children, grandchildren, and all,

accomplish nothing we have been discriminating against my entire life so like i'm used to the trayvon martin when you sit on my arteries so i'm just tired i'm tired of the narrative i'm tired of the hash tag right there we're all still scenes of unity as officers showed their solidarity with the artists who says . she's going to have a right. this is a talk right now. but in washington tensions spike outside the white house as the president blamed left extremists and infiltrators for the unrest. and radical left criminals and others all throughout our country and throughout the world will not be allowed to set communities a place. we won't let it how. it harms the us who have the least. but some experts say there is also evidence of far right extremists stoking the violence the president's response has drawn criticism from both sides of the political aisle with some calling for a measured response to the crisis. 7 days of anger on the streets of america let's bring in stephanie simons who is standing by for us in minneapolis for the very latest and stuff and we actually understand that you h

happen to trayvon martin's engine plant and so many others is because of the incident connection and knowledge we have. united states and most of the world is unjust to black people and against a history of sleep the 1st slave became. $6019.00 but it continues and continues to. this how our lives don't matter to the police they don't matter to the government and the regime we see and the protest at the sea is by product of centuries of holy onto and bearing this injustice. it does seem to be like they don't seem like these protests are resonating around the world right now do you think that we're seeing a a watershed moment for race relations globally. so i would say so i think that modern research and slavery were invented by your kids and here in germany there are not a view from that basis of especially given the border regime and beyond i would say with the history. of it being the site which colonial listen and african clues and again in terms of partition the continent there's still the kind of colonialism that still exists here i would say that the european context it's import

held the previous year where we heard heartbreaking testimony from sabrina fulton, the number of trayvon martin and lucy mcbath, the mother of jordan davis. lucy has been elected to the u.s. house of representatives from florida since. both of these innocent young black men were gunned down by violent white vij antes -- vigilantes. now we again grieve the lives of two black men and a black woman, lives cut far too short in incidents of inexplicable, inexcusable violence, ahmaud arbery out for a jog. breonna taylor at home in her bedroom. and george floyd on a curbside in minneapolis. once again those gut-wrenching words i can't breathe brings tears to our eyes. how many more names of black men, women, and children will we cry out in protest before things change? we need to have an honest american conversation with law enforcement officers about training, inherent bias, use of force, and consequences for wrongdoing. we need to prohibit police misconduct that is discriminatory and deadly. we must recruit and train the next generation of law enforcement to protect and serve everyone in america. an

seemingly accomplish nothing we have been discriminating it's my entire life so like i'm used to the trayvon martin when you sit on my arteries so i'm just tired i'm tired of the narrative i'm tired of the hash tag right there we're all still scenes of unity as officers showed their solidarity with the protesters as well so i am sure going to have a great right. this is a talk about it. but in washington tensions spiked outside the white house as the president blamed lefty extremists and infiltrators for the unrest. the radical left criminals thugs and others all throughout our country and throughout the world will not be allowed to set communities or blades we won't let it happen. it harms those who have the least. but some experts say there is also evidence of far right extremists stoking the violence the president's response has drawn criticism from both sides of the political aisle with some calling for a measured response to the crisis. fred let's talk about the ongoing protests and political implications in the u.s. the tosh islands that is a political scientist professor of international rel

happen to trayvon martin's and to plan so many others is because of the connection and knowledge we have. united states and most of the world is unjust to black people and it's a history of sleep the 1st lady came out and says accuses tonight she continues and continues to. this how our lives don't matter to the police they don't matter to the government and the region and purchased it is 5 product centuries of holy onto bearing this is justice. it does seem to be like it does seem like these protests are resonating around the world right now do you think that we're seeing a a watershed moment for race relations globally. so i would say so i think that modern research and slavery were dead by trick years and here in germany there and i view from that research especially given the regime and beyond that i would say the history of. being the site along you'll listen and other clues and again in terms of partnership the continent there's still the kind of colonialism that still exists here. the european context it's important for us to know that in 2000 love the protests spark and bloodshed

development, i did notice that in the audience were those who have lost relatives themselves, trayvon martin when something like this happens you see the event. you don't see what led up to it. sometimes you don't see what come after it. in this particular instance, we saw what led up to it. we saw with our own eyes this gentleman being handcuffed with his hands behind his back and being drug to an automobile, laid down with his face at the exhaust pipe with a knee on his neck and another knee on his back and another knee across his legs. people keep forgetting there were three knees on him at one time. we heard him cry out for his dead mother, heard him say "i cannot breathe." heard him say "my back hurts. everything hurts." and then no pulse. and for 2 minutes more, that knee stayed on his neck. that, everybody saw. i don't know the young lady, the 17-year-old young lady who filmed all of this, but she needs to be honored for having done that. i've asked my staff to try to find out who she is, where she is. i think we need to treat her the same way we treated that young man who found the t

en las Últimas cuatro dÉcadas ha habido un predicador diciÉndonos, no podemos respirar, cuando trayvon martinr estos juicios y la responsabilidad y tratar de agotar a esta familia. y van a haber sonrisas frente a las cÁmaras. van a pensar que no vamos a estar aquÍ. de pare permanente. tenemos que comprometernos con todas estas familias, con sus cinco hijos, nietos, y demÁs, que hasta que esta gente pague por lo que ha hecho, estaremos con ellos porque estas vida como la de george no significorÁn nada hasta que alguien pague por haber cegado esos vidas. >>> no podemos simplemente actu actuar, como si esta fuera una nueva forma del enseÑar sociologÍa. como si esta fuera simplemente la necesidad de incorporar la justicia social a nuestros programas dominicales. hay un esfuerzo intencional de hacer que la gente pague por ser... si cuatro negros hubieran matado a un blanco si cuatro polo skwas negros le hubieran echan hombre blanco lo que se le hizo a george, no ha materia que enseÑar lecciÓnes o buscar donativos de corporaciones los enviarÁn a la carcel. y hasta que sepamos que la vida negra una

they will know the names of trayvon martin, rhianna taylor, george floyd, they will know the work ofcumented and the gun violence more broadly in america against young people and they will know that when people are out on the streets saying black lives matter, that is because black

crump, the attorney for the families of george floyd and breonna taylor and michael brown and trayvon martin and tamir rice. so when leader mcconnell scheduled a vote he led the senate into a cul-de-sac, a dead end, a bridge to nowhere. his claim that he wanted a bipartisan bill was belied by the fact there was no democratic input into either the bill or the procedure. none. mr. mcconnell, bipartisan means what it says. you work with both parties. you don't put the bill together yourself, declare what the procedure is and then say you have a bipartisan bill and when you don't work in a bipartisan way you will inevitably fail. but all is not lost. there is a way forward. this does not mark the end of the road and all hope can stay high. because now leader mcconnell can do just what we asked him to do. put together a group of democrats and republicans, come up with a bipartisan bill. put it on the floor. allow it for amendments and a bill could pass and go to conference in the senate. we know when leader mcconnell is motivated to pass legislation. he could make it happen. he sets up bipartisan

. >> el 2013 fue hashtag por la muerte de trayvon martin el 2014 por primera vez tomaron las calles deel racismos sistemico como definen . >> hablan que se dedican a reformar el sistema . >> es reducir el presupuesto de los departamentos de policía . >> van dos semanas de la muerte de george floyd que dio paso a las protestas en todo el país pidiendo reformas hoy un grupo de políticos revela un proyecto de ley que busca prohibir tacticas como la que usó el policía contra george floyd tenemos más . >> [música] . >> primero se arrodillaron por 8 minutos 46 segundos después la propuesta que esperan que eviten más muertes así . >> [hablando inglés] . >> con otros demócratas y afroamericanos la presidenta de la cámara baja deja que esto deja angustia nacional que ahora es acción . >> prohíbe practicas que la fuerza letal es última opción y limita protecciones legales a la hora de las demandas . >> se da tras 2 semanas tras presión . >> hay que quitar fondos de la policía y ver quienes tienen esos programas sociales . >> en mineapolis el alcalde fue abucheado por no comprometerse a desmantel

preparer on the scene for the last four decades, america, we can't breathe, we can't breathe when trayvon martinoday the iconic preparing voice, annointed preparing personality of the reverend dr. al sharpton, our voice, our fighter, our leader, our free dpom fighter and because of him, guess what, one day all of us are going to breathe better. let's stand and receive the honorable reverend al sharpton. >> first to the family, the whole family that has suffered this crime, i hear people talk about what happened to george floyd like there was some thing less than a crime. this was not just a tragedy. it was a crime. and this family has borne, because this is a time that we need to understand that they're going to do everything they can to delay these trials and delay the accountability and try to wear this family down. and many that are standing and coming today and skinning and grinning in front of cameras, will not be here for the long run. we must commit to this family, all of these families, all five of his children, grandchildren and all, that until these people pay for what they did, that w

in 2012, 17-year-old trayvon martin walked into a seven 11 in florida, grabs a bag of skittles and af arizona iced tea wearing a dark gray hoodie that would become a symbol to many. he encounters george zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who has already called 911 to report martin's movements even though the teen had done nothing wrong. >> something's wrong with him. he's coming to check me out. he's got something in his hands. >> minutes later after the fight between the two, george zimmerman shoots and kills trayvon martin. a jury finds him not guilty. his death and acquittal spark national outrage and a movement is born. >> trayvon say peoples' person. he didn't deserve to die. i pledge i will not let my son die in vain. >> july 2014, 43-year-old eric garner, father of 6, is allegedly selling loose cigarettes illegally on staten island. officers surround him to make an arrest. officer daniel pont lantaleo is forcing garner's head into the sidewalk, garner is saying -- >> i can't breathe. >> he dies shortly afterward. five years later pantaleo is fired after it is determined

her son killed in 2014 in milwaukee and sybrina fulton, mother of trayvon martin killed in 2012. we always appreciate having your voices on the program, even in these hard times. ms. carr, i want to start with you. so many, many people compared george floyd's death to the death of your son. eric garner. because they both could be heard saying i can't breathe, i can't breathe. both of 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

that means it's different from the trayvon martin killing, it's different from the michael brown killing. it's different from the oscar grant killing. it's different from all the killings that you could name one day after another. it's, frankly, have reacted after the war. if it had been that way, we would not talk about police brutality and happened that never would have had to take a knee, that would not have been several years of his absence from chosen career profession where he was literally barred from doing that. this is different. significant changes that will institutionalize the desire to change. >> speaking of change in the wake of floyd's death, there's calls getting stronger to disband police. i'm wondering for those who say it's just too broken as a system or too racist to ever be fixed, and it's got to go, do you agree with that? >> no, i don't agree. i think literally shifting the focus in so-called defunding police is a mistake. that's a brand process. we should engage with. i've been long enough that you'll see personlly now, i know what you can do with budgets and i kn

in 2012, 17-year-old trayvon martin walks into a 7-e lech in florida. he grabs a can of arizona iced tea, wearing a dark gray hoodie that would become a symbol to many. he encounters george zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who has already called 911 to report mar ton's movements, even though the teen has done nothing wrong. >> something's wrong with him. yeah. he's coming to check me out. he's got something in his hands. >> reporter: minutes later, after a fight between the two, george zimmerman shoots and kills trayvon martin. >> no justice, no peace! >> zimmerman charged with mudder, but a jury finds him not guilty. >> justice! >> now! >> justice! >> now! >> his death and acquittal sparked national outrage and a movement is born. >> trayvon was a people's person. >> yeah. >> he didn't deserve to die. and i pledge i will not let my son die in vain. >> yes! >> july 2014, 43-year-old eric garner, a father of 6, is allegedly selling loose cigarettes illegally on staten island in new york. officers around him to make an arrest. >> i'm minding my b

when trayvon martin died in 2011 and early into 2012, we have seen young people fighting for changes with police in the last decade. many people who were 20 years old or younger the entirety of their childhood. since the time they have been eight years old or nine years old they've dealt with sara bland and tamia rice. this is the final breaking point. the whole sequence is there is a million other straws beneath it. people are tired of commissions. they are tired of speeches and talking. they are tired of thoughts and prayers. they want legislative action to take place. as congressman ford said it's time to build that rain coalition of black, brown, latino, white peoples of working together for positive social change. this may be that cairo's moment where we can make the systemic change to our nation that are needed to form the more perfect union with the promise. >> congressman ford, you were known for reaching across the aisles, a more moderate democrat which meant something very different to the early 2000's but the moderate rain wing of the democratic party is caused and democra

a number of people out there recalled stories of trayvon martin, sandra bland here in houston.hey said we've seen it happen before and nothing has happened afterwards. but this fight must con on. we can't let this die down until change happens. >> trayvon martin's mother sabrina fulton among those who will be here today paying their respects. priscilla thompson, thank you for that report. thousands of folks have turned out to march with george floyd's family and friends, to call for real lasting change over the last few weeks here in houston. joining me now, ashton woods, a longtime community organizer, the founder of black lives matter houston. ashton, first of all, how do you hope that george floyd is remembered here today? >> what i'm hoping for right now after we lay him to rest, because his family deserves this closure so much, is that we're able to hold our elected leaders accountable to make sure any policies, laws or ordinances are either abolished or changed. we have to look beyond reforms. we have to look at the foundations that are cracked and the framing of building

trayvon martin case, not police but similar. it's critically important to dot every "i" and cross every "t," but an uphill battle. >> you are seeing the image on the scene. chris jansing, what is the situation? >> reporter: we had a whole day of very peaceful protests, thousands and thousands of people and they split up about sundown. this is the story of what happened since. this is a dwayne reed that was broken into. i think you have video we can show you. intense scene, there were so many young people in there. the police came very quickly and there was a scuffle, one of the commanding officers got hurt. not the only place. a couple blocks off times square that got vandalized. but everywhere we went after dark we saw this, up and down lower manhattan, midtown. where we are now, just a block from here, a verizon store that said no merchandise, no cash, and they were broken into and fire was set. dozens of protesters asked me to say please tell folks this is not what we're about. we are about fighting systemic racism, we are ab

more importantly when we fight for the unknown george floyds of the world, when we fight for the trayvon martinsf the world, when we fight for the terrence crutchers of the world, when we fight for the michael browns of the world, when we fight for the alton sterlings of the world, when we fight for the jamar clarks of the world, when we fight for the eric garners of the world, when we fight for the sandra blands of the world, when we fight for the ahmaud arberys of the world, when we fight for the breonna taylors of the world, when we fight for the natasha mckennas of the world, when we fight for the stephon clarks of the world, when we fight for the least of these, what we are really doing is helping america live up to its creed. >> reporter: the emotional service was the first of several planned over the next few days in north carolina and houston. while minneapolis mourned, the three fired officers accused of aiding and abetting murder faced a judge for the first time j. kueng's held his back when lane held his legs kueng's attorney said his client had only three shifts under his belt as a f

. >> reporter: roughly the same age as trayvon martin would be today, ever was in high school when eric garner said "i can't believe." >> we're fighting for black people to be treated as human. >> if you see aggressiongast hapns e] day of this prote, you put your whi line. >> reporter: he marched over five miles from lower manhattan up the city's east side this afternoon. the site of so many in the streets jarring. this kind of lack of social distancing might lead into the pandemic. >> you know what's a pandemic? racism. >> reporter: george floyd's family in his town of houston are marching right now. do you feel like you're marching in solidarity with other protesters? >> we're definitely marching in solidarity. it's all peace here. it's all love here. >> reporter: in houston, the place george floyd called home for most of his life, his community still coming to terms with his death. >> what made me cry is george said, man, i'm hurting. i can't breathe.i'm my mamai wa raise him in that house. his mama had passed two years ago. and he was trying to reach out to his mother. >> reporter:

importantly, when we fight for the unknown george floyds of the world, when we fight for the trayvon martinsworld. when we fight for the terrence crutches of the world, when we fight for the michael browns of the, when we fight for the philando castillo of the world, when we fight for the eric gardners of the world, when we fight for the sandra blands of the world, when we fight for the ahmad aubreys of the world, when we fight for the breonna tayler of the world, when we fight for the stepho stephon clarks of th, when we fight for the least of these, what we are really doing is helping america live up to its creed. what we're really doing is helping america be the great beacon of hope and justice for all the world to marvel. but most importantly, brothers and sisters, what we are doing is helping america be america for all americans. ( applause ) what we want tia is, not two justice systems in america, one for black america, and one for white america. what we endeavor to achieve is equal justice for the united states of america and george floyd is the moment that gives us the best opportuni

ihink we sasaw something similar around trayvon martin's death whenen george merman wasas fount guiltywe sell real energy across -- george zimmerman was foundndot guilty.. we s sell real energy when the black lives mamatter movemenents paparked. of course, in this particular moment, it is intensified. i think from m trayvon martin ad even caseses before that, leadig up to today, a all of it comes togetherer and you see that enerergy. a particularly in the last month , month and a half, we know that people have literally been trtraumatized by not one, not t, but three different incidents where -- i know for sure, i personallyly have been traumatad most of ahmaud arbery. people watched a video where it was clear that that young man was hunted and he was hunted by theyifferent cars in which boxed him in and he was shot with a shotgun on the streets just for j jogging. then we see breonna taylor. breonna taylor is a younung 26-yeaear-old woman, in emt worker, so she is a first responderr at a time when pepeoe are alsoo stressed and going through aa lot as it relates to covid-19.. 100,000 p

i can't breathe erick on his mother and trayvon martin's mother and all the mothers and robbie be tone and be i can't breathe but what i will say that the assignment of joe exploit and the purpose i mean there will be no more 8 minutes and 46 seconds of police brutality there will be no more 8 minutes and 46 seconds of injustice and the mistreatment of african-american men at the hands of the laws of this nation and any eleanor else there will be no more 8 minutes and 46 seconds that you will be in pain without getting justice his assignment turned into a purpose and that purpose was around the world that there are people rising up that will never sit down until you get justice and so i say to all of those who are here too that. from senator miles from grant malone who works in this venue all of these pastors what we say is that we will not sit down like rosa parks said until justice comes and so let me make it very clear as i go to my seat what was done for a wicket for those who born that day that we know came to a day where man robes and so i say. to georgia flowing it will be up to

it's not just the police brutality or the death of george floyd, oscar grant, trayvon martin, all that adding up. is it fear that i'm going to go out as a black person, and i can't make a living here in america. >> i think that every time a video comes out that shows a black person being abused, killed by the police, it feels like, okay, this has to stop. so i think that happens. but again, people, as i wrote on twitter, it's hard to start a riot when everyone has a good job, has access to health care, education, and it feels like they are well protected by the police force. it's hard to get them to be with you while they throw a brick in a target window. and black feels feel completely abandoned by the government on a good day. but this is an especially bad day. people have more time and pentup frustrations to get out in the streets. >> given that, what do you think the solution is? what do you think our leaders need to start doing? >> you know, i mean, i heard about trump calling the governors weak, i thought, what is your response as the governor if the president calls you weak, and

the reason why an emotional response is that when they see trayvon martin, mike brown, sandra bland, they don't recognize their own children in them. >> reporter: they don't see themselves. chelsea, what has changed for you? >> my children identify as mostly plaque mostly black, in the community, you know. and i relate to twyla, because my children are at the age where my 5-year-old said that's black and you're white so i'm brown. and someday my 5-year-old will not have a tiny5-year-old face anymore. and we won't have tiny hands. he'll be a grown man. >> a brown man in america. >> yeah. and he'll be somebody people are afraid of. sometimes it breaks my heart. not something i ever thought i wasn't prepared to deal with, and now i see from the perspective of people who have always had to. >> reporter: for cole, crystal's son, though he says hate and bias are part of his world, hope, he adds, is too. how much hope do you have that things will be different by the time you have your children? >> i'm extremely hopeful, and i want to do everything in my power to help out and do anything i c