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One sweltering evening on the streets of Minneapolis...

..yet another black man falls victim to police brutality.

They murdered my brother.

The killing of George Floyd has sparked outrage not only across America...

..but also across the entire world.

It just can't be an American movement,

but it has to be a worldwide movement.

It is the latest chapter in the history of racial injustice

that is as old as the country itself.

We are fighting an institutional, systemic problem

that has been allowed to permeate since we were brought to these shores.

With the nation as divided as it has ever been...

..what will it take for America and the rest of the world

to guarantee that black lives really do matter?

George Floyd was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1973.

He grew up in Texas and moved to Minnesota where he worked as a truck driver and security guard.

A father of five, Mr Floyd's life was not much different

from millions of his fellow Americans.

But the nature of his death could change the course of history.

It's Monday evening in Minneapolis.

Four police officers have responded to a call,

alleging a man has used a counterfeit $20 bill to buy a packet of cigarettes.

George Floyd is arrested, handcuffed,

and now pinned to the ground by one of the officers.

Should've put him in the car by now, bro.

He's not resisting arrest or nothing.

The officer pictured is Derek Chauvin.

He ignores the protests from onlookers

and continues to apply pressure on Mr Floyd's neck.

He is human, bro.

Officer Chauvin is an 18-year veteran of the police department.

In that time, over a dozen complaints have been lodged against him.

GEORGE: My stomach hurts.

My neck hurts. Everything hurts.

George Floyd clearly states 16 times, "I can't breathe."

(GASPS) I can't breathe, officer.

(GASPS) Chauvin is oblivious to his cries.

Get off of his neck!You're on him!

(PEOPLE CALLING OUT) Are you serious?

Are you serious? Are you going to keep your knee on his neck?

Even when the paramedics arrive to assist a man clearly in distress,

Chauvin continues the chokehold.

The fact that you guys aren't checking his pulse and doing compressions if he needs them...

Chauvin has applied pressure to his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds.

And later that evening George is pronounced dead.

Honestly, I haven't watched the full video,

because for the past few years we've been flooded with imagery

and footage of black people being killed

by the hands of law enforcement or white vigilantes.

And my heart, my soul, my spirit, couldn't take any more.

I can't breathe! I can't breathe! Black lives matter!

Black lives matter! Black lives matter!

Say his name!George Floyd! Say his name!George Floyd!

Say his name!

Within 24 hours, the death of another black man in police custody unleashes a fury

that has existed for generations.

Everybody's expressing anger. Everybody's expressing -

It's been going on for way too many years

and it is time for a change because...we are tired.

No justice! No peace! No justice! No peace!

The killing of George Floyd brings both white and black demonstrators onto the streets.

Arrest him and we'll go home! Arrest him and we'll go home!

No justice, no peace!

My Floyd's family is clear exactly what justice they are seeking.

I would like for those officers to be charged with murder.

Because that's exactly what they did.

They murdered my brother.

It is later announced that the four officers have been fired

and the FBI is investigating the killing.

In a drive for equality, they planned non-violent action.

But violence erupted often.

One of the founding principles of the United States is that all men are created equal.

But for generations, many black Americans have pointed out the inescapable fact -

that the nation was founded on inequality

and the exploitation of their ancestors.

I think education is extremely important.

And I think when we understand historical facts,

right, that it makes all the difference in the world.

And what is the harm in understanding that Africa, for example,

is the birthplace of civilisation?

That people weren't savages, but on the contrary,

they were architects, farmers, priests, scholars, etc.

# We shall overcome

# We shall overcome someday

The civil rights movement of the 1960s is an arrow of hope.

When figures such as Dr Martin Luther King

confront American racism head on.

While other figures, such as Malcolm X,

help to inspire an entire generation.

Who are you? You don't know?

Don't tell me negro, that's nothing.

What were you before the white man made you a negro?

Young people were demonstrating, marching, protesting for a quality life.

Right? They were marching, protesting for integration, for quality education.

For health care, for housing.

And my father came along and said,

"We demand our human rights as your brother.

We demand our human rights ordained by God."

Despite bitter opposition,

particularly in the South, the government in Washington accepts the country has to change.

REPORTER: Now they march under a federal court order

and with the protection of federalised National Guard units and regular troops.

The tide seems unstoppable

and the civil rights movement begins to secure greater political, social and economic justice.

But the racists fight back.

And Dr King is shot dead in Memphis, Tennessee.

My reaction to the reverend came - let me put it like this.

He was assassinated at tea time on April 4th, 1968.

I was standing in the mirror in the bathroom at home,

styling my hair when the news came over the radio.

From that day till about last year, I literally could not hear his voice.

That's how traumatic it was for me,

it's still traumatic for me. He was the father of our generation.

He was our father.

But when he was assassinated, I think,

for a lot of us, I wouldn't say we gave up. We didn't give up.

On witness in the murder of a man

who has preached peaceful means to achieve equality,

black America vents its rage against those who refuse to accept justice.

23 years after Dr King's murder,

racist violence by the police is back in the headlines around the world.

In 1991, a home video captures the savage beating of Rodney King

by four police officers in Los Angeles.

Oh, I'm glad I'm not dead, that's all.

When this happened,

like I say, it didn't surprise me. And I think probably

it didn't surprise a lot of people.

We saw it because I think almost every African-American person has a story like that.

Somewhere down the tree, somewhere, it's there.

When you see it...

..that's when it goes inside of you. That's when it gets you.

You know, the LAPD,

the Los Angeles Police Department are particularly notorious.

And anybody who's Hispanic

or African-American, they know about the LAPD.

So this wasn't a surprise in and of itself.

That somebody had the presence of mind to capture it is the surprise.

The following year, the officers are acquitted of excessive use of force.

Soon after the verdict,

fuelled by a mixture of fury and disbelief,

protesters take to the streets.

Within hours, Los Angeles is in flames.

Preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

So help you God.So help me God.

Congratulations, Mr President.

16 years later, with the election of the first black president,

there is widespread hope that America can at last begin to heal.

But despite the historic achievement,

there is still anger at injustice on the streets.

I am Trayvon Martin! I am Trayvon Martin!

I am Trayvon Martin

In 2012 in Florida, 17-year-old black American Trayvon Martin

is shot dead by a member of the neighbourhood watch.

When his killer, George Zimmerman, is acquitted,

there are widespread protests.

Trayvon's death leads to the formation of an international human rights organisation -

Black Lives Matter.

Black Lives Matter started in 2013...

..and the death of Trayvon Martin by the hands of a white vigilante named George Zimmerman.

it just started off with just, you know, a simple post on Facebook.

And it grew into a hashtag and grew into it like a rallying call.

Founded by Opal Tometi, Alicia Garza and Patrisse Cullors...

..BLM demands an affirmation of black folks' humanity

and a recognition of our contribution to this society

and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression.

Support for the movement increases following an incident in New York in July 2014.

I did nothing. You stood here the whole time.

Police officers confront 43-year-old father of six Eric Garner.

Don't touch me. (BLEEP) Don't touch me. (BLEEP)

And place him in a chokehold.

I can't breathe.

I can't breathe.

He is heard saying, "I can't breathe," 11 times.

The medical examiner records his death as a homicide.

The officers surrounding Mr Garner as he chokes to death escape any charges.

We realised that our lives do not matter to so many other people

and is not recognised by the system that's working to dehumanise us and oppressing us.

We're not saying that our lives matter than anybody else's.

We're saying that black lives matter just as much as anybody else's.

And we deserve quality life just like anyone else.

By spring of this year, America is fully in the grip of the coronavirus.

We're now in the critical care area of the emergency department.

Everyone that's in here today is here due to breathing problems...

..almost uniformly.

We all know that we have to reach a certain point and that point is

going to be a horrific point in terms of death.

And the next week and a half, two weeks, are going to be...

..I think they're going to be very difficult.

Politicians are quick to insist that the virus affects everyone equally.

But the harsh reality is that African Americans

are three times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white Americans.

The killing of George Floyd occurs when 42 million Americans are unemployed.

And once again, police brutality and economic injustice...

CHANTING: I can't breathe! I can't breathe!

..combine to cause an explosion of outrage.

Within 48 hours of the killing of George Floyd,

demonstrations are spreading across the United States.

What do we want?Justice! When do we want it?Now!

Some are spontaneous, but many are organised by Black Lives Matter.

I think it's amazing that in this moment where black people

are forced to protest police violence

that's disproportionately killing black people

in the midst of a pandemic

that's also disproportionately killing black people.

We realise that the only way to combat these two pandemics

is not by staying inside our homes,

but actually coming outside our homes and helping one another.

We cannot fight these pandemics by being quiet or being silent

about the issues and how disproportionately affected

black people in America are. We have to be loud.

We have to be bold and then we're gonna have to be courageous.

Going outside may kill us, you know, because of the pandemic.

But going outside as a black person in America has been killing us for over 400 years.

No justice!No peace! No justice!No peace!

No justice!No peace! No justice!No peace!

In Memphis, where Dr Martin Luther King was murdered 52 years ago,

the police lock down the streets.

Action is necessary. Change is necessary.

I couldn't just stand by and not allow myself to speak up.

Black Lives Matter. All of our black lives matter.

In Phoenix, Arizona, the streets echo with the sound of people demanding justice.

No justice!No peace!

And in Ohio, the state where 13 unarmed anti-war protestors

were shot by the National Guard in 1970...

..police use pepper spray to try to disperse the crowd.

In Minneapolis, the violence intensifies

with arson and looting breaking out across the city.

But many at the heart of the protest insist the criminality

has to be seen in a wider context...

Sometimes I give a chuckle when some Americans say that,

you know, we need to stop looting

when America was based off the looting of land,

the looting of black bodies, the looting of wages

and the looting of labour.

America was built off of theft.

..while others insist that it should not be allowed

to overshadow more serious crimes.

I can't focus on that part.

There's so many reasons, whoever the looters are.

I focus on the part of getting justice,

not being distracted.

My father said something like:

It's important as you grow and you learn

that you learn how to think for yourself, see for yourself

and hear for yourself, so that you don't...

so that you can better judge for yourself

and not allow yourself to be

caught up in distractions,

or caught up in things that are divisive -

that the goal is to make sure

that these unlawful killings end.

Late in the evening,

the demonstrators seized control of the police precinct

near to where George Floyd was killed.

It is burnt to the ground.

What's his name? George Floyd!

What's his name? George Floyd!

What's his name? George Floyd!

The police have now lost control of large areas of the city.

What's his name? George Floyd!

What's his name?

And the President of the United States

addresses the nation...via Twitter.

"These THUGS are dishonouring the memory of George Floyd,

and I won't let that happen."

He assures the State Governor

the military are with him all the way.

He concludes, "When the looting starts, the shooting starts."

In a humiliating riposte,

the moderators of Twitter inform Donald Trump

that his message has violated their rules on glorifying violence.

In scenes that echoed a civil unrest of the 1960s,

the Governor of Minnesota calls in the National Guard.

My first and foremost responsibility to the state of Minnesota

is the safety and security of all citizens.

We cannot have the looting and the recklessness that went on.

We cannot have it cos we can't function as a society.

And I refuse to have it take away

the attention of the stain that we need to be working on.

After three days of rioting,

the eyes of the world are now on Minneapolis.

And the events that unfold are unparalleled in American history.

MALE REPORTER: Yep, we've got one person being arrested here.

You've...you've got...

We're... Yeah, we're good.

Put us...put us back where you want us.

We are getting out of your way, so just let us know.

Wherever you want us, we will go. We were just getting out of your way

when you were advancing through the intersection.

This is among the State Patrol unit that was advancing up the street,

seeing and scattering the protesters at that point

for people to clear the area.

And so we walked away.

I'm sorry? You're under arrest.

OK. Do you mind telling me why I'm under arrest, sir?

Why, why am I under arrest, sir?

An Afro-Latino reporter doing his job

is detained live in front of an international audience.

THROUGH LOUDSPEAKER: Go back in the direction from where you came.

That is an American television reporter, Omar Jimenez,

being led away by police officers.

For a country that enshrines freedom of speech in its own Constitution...

MAN: ..closure of the streets.

..it's a sign that America has now plunged into unchartered waters.

Uh, I believe they're about to, um...

We're all about to be arrested. That's our producer.

I think it's horrible and disgusting

that we're living in a country who prides itself on free speech,

prides itself on freedom of the press,

that's arresting, um, mainstream journalists

and also citizen journalists that are documenting it

on their livestreams.

And what we're trying to do is show the world what's really going on.

We're just passing along the message, your message.

Just by arresting us,

you are literally proving our point -

that the officers in the law

are taking a heavy-handed approach towards protests.

You're under arrest. Put your hands behind your back. OK, I'm being arrested now.

I've got to... Can I put the camera down?

Later that day, Derek Chauvin is charged

with third degree murder and the manslaughter of George Floyd.

MAN: It's crazy. You could have at least

lifted him up off the ground, bro.

According to the Minnesota statute,

third degree murder does not require an intent to kill.

WOMAN: Y'all just really just killed that man.

The combined charges carry a maximum sentence of 35 years.

I don't think you can really settle with just the arrest

of just one of the officers.

I feel like it needs to be every officer involved,

even the officer that was witnessing it happen in front of his face.

If you have a cell phone or you take the cell phone

and you set the stopwatch for nine minutes,

and you just sit there and let the time pass,

and think about somebody with their knee on your neck

and you're struggling to breathe

and they won't remove it until you suffocate,

well, that is the last minutes

of George Floyd's life.

And it's just...

..in a word, murder.

There is no way you can justify this.

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

Protests are continuing to spread across America.

In New York, where Eric Garner died after being choked by the police,

confrontations are growing more violent.

MAN: Let her go, man! Let her go!

Now, comparisons are being made

with the civil rights clashes of 1968...

(SHOUTING)

..one of the most divisive years in America's history.

Others who lived through those times

start to recognise there is a difference.

At first I was like, "Oh, no, no, no",

you know, because it was '68 all over again.

And we lost, to an extent.

And then the looters came in and the people were rioting.

Something flipped.

It might have been because of social media,

because people could talk to one another

and get to one another faster,

because my generation couldn't talk to one another.

So it might be that that happened

and people could sort of mesh things together.

People of Asian descent were being berated by this president

because of the coronavirus,

people who had grown up, who were Americans,

they just had Chinese ancestry,

were getting like harangued in the streets.

They suddenly saw something in Black Lives Matter for them.

Indigenous people suddenly saw

something in Black Lives Matter for them.

White kids who were anti-racist,

or for the environment, or wanted change,

they saw something in Black Lives Matter for them.

People in my generation, particularly old stagers,

who'd been out there always marching, marching for this,

they saw something in Black Lives Matter for them.

The difference was

Black Lives Matter has not said "stay out of our fight".

That's the difference.

We said to white people,

"Stay out of it, it isn't anything to do with you."

And it didn't...then.

But for this generation, Black Lives Matter, BLM is saying,

"Yeah, there's a pocket of this that you can pick up."

The diversity of the protesters may have changed,

but the violence on the streets is all too familiar.

In Atlanta, CNN,

a network watched in over 200 countries...

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

..is now a target for the crowd's fury.

One of the city's most influential figures insists

the lawlessness is counterproductive.

In this city,

you can find over 50 restaurants owned by black women.

I didn't say minority and I didn't say women of colour.

So after you burned down your own home, what do you have left

but char and ash?

What I can tell you is that if you sit in your homes tonight,

instead of burning your home to the ground,

you will have time to properly plot, plan,

strategise and organise and mobilise in an effective way.

As the protest spreads,

more and more incidents of the police response

are relayed around the world.

WOMAN: OK, OK, I'm getting out! I'm getting out!

(SCREAMS) Stop!

Stop! Stop!

(SCREAMS) Please stop! I'm trying to get out!

All right, all right! Stop!

I'm getting out!

In Buffalo, New York, a 75-year-old attempts a one-man protest.

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

In New York City, the police strike back against demonstrators.

And in Minneapolis,

rubber bullets and pepper spray are fired at the crowds.

MAN: Ladies and gentlemen,

the President of the United States, Donald J Trump.

In the middle of the civil unrest,

Donald Trump addresses the nation.

Thank you very much.

With the U.S. election less than five months away,

Donald Trump is quick to position himself

as the candidate of zero tolerance.

My fellow Americans,

my first and highest duty as President

is to defend our great country and the American people.

I swore an oath to uphold the laws of our nation,

and that is exactly what I will do.

All Americans were rightly sickened and revolted

by the brutal death of George Floyd.

My administration is fully committed

that for George and his family justice will be served.

He will not have died in vain.

But we cannot allow the righteous cries and peaceful protesters

to be drowned out by an angry mob.

We are ending the riots and lawlessness

that has spread throughout our country.

We will end it now.

Today, I have strongly recommended to every governor

to deploy the National Guard

in sufficient numbers that we dominate the streets.

Mayors and governors must establish

an overwhelming law enforcement presence

until the violence has been quelled.

If a city or state refuses to take the actions

that are necessary to defend

the life and property of their residents,

then I will deploy the United States military

and quickly solve the problem for them.

The speech comes from a president who, a year ago,

described himself as "the least racist person in the world".

It's not a portrait that many of his fellow Americans recognise.

But now, this is interesting, because he's in a mess.

Um, he's getting everything wrong.

Every possible thing you could do, he's doing it wrong.

Because Americans, what Americans want and expect,

even the most cynical,

even the most non-voting,

think that the President of The United States' job

is to unify us.

At a moment like this,

the President... Nixon did it.

Johnson did it. Kennedy did it.

Bush did it. Both Bushes did it.

Reagan did it.

Bill Clinton did it.

Barack Obama did it.

You stand up. You broadcast from the Oval Office,

behind the Resolute desk,

and you say, "my fellow Americans".

Why? Because it wouldn't be real.

Because he's a racist.

He really, really is.

And this is the tell, this murder.

He can't bring himself to be even a modicum of sincerity.

A short distance from the White House,

a crowd has gathered in response to the President's speech.

PROTESTORS: Hands up! Don't shoot!

The police move in with what The New York Times describes

as a burst of violence

unlike any seen in the shadow of the White House in generations.

(EXPLOSION)

The unprovoked action clears the way

for a five-minute presidential photo opportunity

in which he poses with a Bible carried in his daughter's handbag.

(SIRENS CHIRPING)

The protests have now inevitably become a battleground

between the main political parties.

When peaceful protesters

are dispersed in order for a president...

..a president from the doorstep of the people's house, the White House,

using tear gas and flash grenades in order to stage a photo op...

..a photo op,

at one of the most historic churches in the country,

or at least in Washington, D.C.,

we can be forgiven for believing the President

is more interested in power than in principle.

But for many of this new generation of protesters,

traditional politics is part of the problem and not the solution.

What's going on is above Republicans and Democrats.

In 2013,

when we talked about George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin,

that all occurred, um, with a Democratic president,

a black Democratic president,

um, President Obama.

And we didn't see the changes that we needed to see

in order to evade this moment that we're in right now.

So I'm not convinced that just having a Democratic president

or black elected officials is going to change anything.

What's gonna change anything

is us not trying to diversify

or change who is in these positions of power,

but really trying to dismantle these positions of power

so that they don't have control or power over other people's lives.

And these are the things that the Black Lives Matter movement

is talking about and having these conversations about,

to get people to understand

that we don't want people to climb up this ladder,

we want this ladder to be knocked down.

By the beginning of June,

5,000 members of the National Guard

have been deployed across 15 states and Washington, D.C.

And nearly half the country's 50 states are under curfew.

(WAILS)

MAN: The family has called for peace!

The family has called for peace!

The family has called for peace!

Hundreds of mourners gather at the spot

where George Floyd was killed.

MAN: What's his name? CROWD: George Floyd!

What's his name? George Floyd!

What's his name? George Floyd!

Floyd! George!Floyd!

George! Floyd!

George! Floyd!

But just because we're doing it peacefully,

that doesn't mean

we don't want all four of the officers locked up.

CROWD: Yeah! (APPLAUSE)

It has become a monument

not just to one black life,

but to centuries of racial injustice.

Once again, there are pleas for the violence to stop.

I understand you're upset.

I'm damn sure y'all are half as upset as I am.

So if I'm not over here wilding out,

if I'm not over here... blowing up stuff,

if I'm not over here messing up my community...

..then what are you all doing?

What are you all doing?

Y'all doing nothing.

Because that's not gonna bring my brother back AT ALL.

My family is a peaceful family.

My family is God-fearing.

Yeah, we upset...

..but we're not gonna take it.

We're not gonna be repetitious.

Let's do this another way.

Let's stop thinking that our voice don't matter...

That's right.

..and vote.There you go.

Not just vote for the president,

vote for the preliminaries, vote for EVERYBODY.

That's right...

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Qu'est-ce qui se passe, en France? (CHEERING)

Now one man's death in Minneapolis...

(CHANTING)

..picked up and amplified by social media,

sparks the first TRULY global protest movement for racial justice.

WHOSE LIVES MATTER? ALL: BLACK LIVES MATTER!

I saw George Floyd on TV.

It made me feel angry.

No human being should have to suffer that.

He died no better than an animal in the street.

(CHANTING)

No, it's just not acceptable.

One death being bad is not good enough.

Every death is bad.

And we need to make sure that that stops...

..here and now.

Social media has completely changed the landscape of fighting for injustice.

It's given us the power to tell our stories,

where we didn't necessarily have it before.

So often before, we had to rely on mainstream media

to show our stories.

It's not enough to be neutral.

There is no such thing as being neutral

in a fight for injustice.

You are either on the side of the oppressed

or on the side of the oppressor.

In order to be on the side of the oppressed,

you have to stand with us and be loud and bold and courageous.

Otherwise, you are on the side of the oppressor.

You are silencing us,

you're not helping us,

you're not advocating for us.

Britain is slowly coming out of the coronavirus lockdown.

People ignore the advice of the government

and the streets are filled with protestors showing their solidarity.

More education, black awareness...

I want to be able to have that in this country.

But it first starts with us being unified.(CHEERING)

Look at us, we're in 2020 and this is what we're doing.

We're having to walk and to march.

BLACK LIVES MATTER!

ALL: BLACK LIVES MATTER!

Well, racism kills lives every day. Every day.

Before the pandemic, black people were still dying.

So, I will stand here to fight for the people

that were dying today,

that were dying yesterday,

400 years ago...

There's no difference.

In parliament,

the prime minister's response is a recognition

that more needs to be done for racial equality in Britain.

I understand the very strong and legitimate feelings

of people in this country

at the death of George Floyd.

And of course, I agree that black lives matter.

But I must stress that, on the Lammy Report,

and on all these matters,

it is absolutely vital, at the same time,

that we keep our streets safe

and that we back our police.

Forward! Come on!

But like America,

a new generation of black people refuse to accept the assurances of politicians.

Racism is so deeply embedded in the social structure,

it's like a disease,

and it's a genetic illness.

It can't be reformed out.

There's no way to get rid of racism

without getting rid of what we understand to be the political economy.

Like America,

the British supporters of Black Lives Matter

point to slavery as the original sin that has yet to be cleansed.

(CHEERING)

In Bristol,

a crowd descends on a statue of the 18th century slaver

Edward Colston...

(CHEERING)

..and vent their outrage

against the monument of a man whose fortune was founded

on racist exploitation.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

In the United States,

record numbers have taken to the streets.

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

(CHEERING)

(CHEERING)

But now there is an historic change in the response from law enforcement.

We implore you,

PLEASE take a knee in solidarity with us!

If I can take a knee with the community

to garner and broker peace,

then I'll be on my knee every day.

Bro, I like that...

Baton charges and tear gas are put to one side,

as police and protestors share their common humanity.

Thank you for that...Thank you.

Thank you.Thank you...

Thank you.Thank you.

Thank you.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)Thank you...

Thank you.

(GROANS)What do you want?

I can't breathe!

Please, the knee in my neck...

I can't breathe, sir!

The case against those present at George Floyd's killing changes once more.

I can't move! (SCREAMS)

Derek Chauvin is now formally accused of second-degree murder

and faces a possible 40-year prison sentence.

Thomas Lane is charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder,

and aiding and abetting manslaughter.

Tou Thao also faces the same charges...

..as does J. Alexander Kueng.

I strongly believe that these developments are in the interests of justice

for Mr Floyd, his family, our community and our state.

You guys aren't checking his pulse and doing compression...

But for black people,

white-dominated law enforcement has consistently failed to deliver justice...

I have your nametag, bitch!

..and the death of George Floyd

underlines a problem that has remained unresolved for generations.

At the end of the day...

..you knew that you weren't safe in the country you were born in.

You knew, even as a woman,

that you didn't want to call the police...

..because A, they may not show up in your domain,

and B, if they do, something might happen to you.

(INDISTINCT SPEECH ON MEGAPHONE)

And certainly, if you're a man,

even to this day,

uh, little black boys are given what's called 'a talk',

where you're told,

and you're a little guy, seven, eight years old...

"The police pull you over, you don't say I'm gonna get my...

You don't go and get your ID.

You put your hands on the wheel...

..and you look straight ahead,

you don't look anybody in the eye,

and you don't speak."

For Black Lives Matter,

this state of affairs can no longer stand.

And they now call for a revolution in the policing of their neighbourhoods.

I'm completely for defunding the police.

I believe, and I know from history,

that the police are a racist institution,

and they emerged from slave patrols,

and that they existed to repress

and support white nationalist groups like the KKK throughout history.

And that they was never here, necessarily,

to support or protect black people,

but they was here to protect property, private property

and white supremacy.

# We gonna be all right

# We gonna be all right #

So, in order to protect our communities,

we know that the safest and strongest communities don't have more police officers.

The safest and strongest communities have better access to resources.

They have better jobs,

they have better healthcare,

they have better homes, access to better foods.

So, when we look at more police officers,

don't say in order for OUR communities to be more safe we need more cops,

in order for our communities to be more safe,

we need access to better resources.

If you can hear my voice back there, put your fist up!

Thank you!

But this demand for fundamental change is one

that even the most progressive members of the political establishment

find hard to accept.

I am entirely committed

to seeing through massive, transformational

and structural reform

to how the Minneapolis Police Department operates.

If the question is, you know...

If we're reimagining entirely

what the Minneapolis Police Department looks like,

I am entirely in favour of it.

Um, however, as I've mentioned previously,

I'm not for abolition of the police department.

And for a president forced to fill the streets of the nation's capital

with heavily-armed officers,

the proposition is simply non-negotiable.

There won't be defunding,

there won't be dismantling of our police.

And, uh...

There's not gonna be any disbanding of our police.

Our police have been letting us live in peace,

and we want to make sure we don't have any bad actors in there.

Now that the worst of the violence across the country has subsided...

..it is time for America to take stock.

The images of burnt-out communities and destroyed livelihoods

will be used by many to say the country has been here before...

..and nothing will change.

Yeah...

But there is now a growing certainty that the death of George Floyd marks a turning point in history.

And this time,

the truth about racial injustice in America can no longer be buried.

You saw what you saw.

Everything happened in real time.

Here's how it happened...

The act happened, we caught 'em.

We released the footage, they tried to deny it.

His whole nose... (GASPS AND SCREAMS)

Me and MY friends from Dragon Wok,

we looked at the footage,

gave it to The Washington Post.

What you see now is no escape from this.

Everyone saw what they saw in real time.

His nose is bleeding...

There was not a six-to-12-month gap

of a case, litigation, evidence...

What happened before, right? That's always been the question.

What happened before?

Did he deserve it? Did he resist?

Once that second video came...

..IMMEDIATELY is when everything happened.

That's when it happened.

And now that we saw it in real time,

with no filters,

no slicing and dicing of the footage,

everybody saw the truth.

Does it not speak for itself?

You guys have riots, where you're from.

This is no different.

But the difference with this, and why it's the tipping point,

is simply because we saw it in real time.

The road to justice and equality in the USA

has been long and hard,

and the journey is by no means over.

My father said that it would be this generation

that would get sick and tired,

that they would recognise the people in power have misused it.

And that they will no longer sit by idly

and allow these injustices to continue.

I saw many people's protesting signs,

and it said,

"We are not our ancestors."

You know, and then it followed up with

what we will do if you continue to do these kinds of horrible acts.

Those who have trod the path over generations

have witnessed great triumphs and unimaginable tragedy.

And now is a time for a new generation to follow in their footsteps.

I'm not quite sure

if I believe that the Black Lives Matter protests

are different from the protests in the past.

I think that the Black Lives Matter movement

is just a reiteration of the Black Power movement in the past,

that we are still fighting for our rights.

Things may have changed,

we have may learned different things,

and, um...

But the goal is still the same,

that we want freedom for black people

and liberation for black people.

And we've seen that we've been fighting for this thing for over 50 years,

or 60 or 70 years,

and we still haven't gotten the things that we deserve

and the things that we've been asking for,

so things have to change now,

and we have to wrap it up and have stronger demands

to ensure we get the things that we need.

# That when you leave here

# You won't be the same

There was a time when the killing of a 46-year-old black man in police custody

would have passed almost unnoticed.

# You've been to your physician

But today,

the whole world knows how George Floyd's life was taken.

# No change in your condition

As his family gather to mourn his death,

there are demands for America to look into its soul...

# Master's Throne... #

No more hate crimes, please!

Someone said, "Make America Great Again."

But when has America EVER been great?

(APPLAUSE)

..and the promise that his passing will never be forgotten.

# All you gotta do is trust Him

# Trust Him

# All you gotta do is hold on

# Yeah...

# Trust Him

# Oh...

# Trust Him

# I said God will... #

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's gonna miss you, George...

..but your nation is going to always remember your name...

..because your neck was one that represented all of us.

And how you suffered represented our suffer.

You fought a good fight.

You kept the faith.

You finished your course.

Go on and get your rest now.

Go on and see Mama now.

We gonna fight on.

We gonna fight on.

We gonna fight on.

We gonna fight on...

Seventy years ago...

..the great American novelist Ralph Ellison

wrote of his plight as a black man in his own country.

(HORSE WHINNIES)

"I am invisible, understand,

simply because people refuse to see me."

George Floyd is no longer invisible.

He is now a symbol of a past and a present

people refuse to accept any longer.

And above all,

he is a symbol of hope for a better future.

What's his name?! ALL: GEORGE FLOYD!

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