George Floyd’s brother gives powerful statement

“Today, we are able to breathe again.”  These were the words of George Floyd’s brother after Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder...

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00:00I could do nothing but watch, especially in that courtroom, over and over and over again

00:06as my brother was murdered. Today, we are able to breathe again.

00:11It's been a long journey, and it's been less than a year, and the person that comes to

00:33my mind is 1955, and to me, he was the first George Floyd. That was Emmett Till. He was the

00:47first George Floyd, but today, you have the cameras all around the world to see and show

00:57what happened to my brother. It was a motion picture, the world seeing his life being extinguished,

01:05and I could do nothing but watch, especially in that courtroom, over and over and over again as

01:13my brother was murdered. Times, they're getting harder every day. Ten miles away from here, Mr.

01:25Wright, Dante Wright. He should still be here. We ought to always understand that we have to march.

01:37We will have to do this for life. We have to protest because it seems like this is a never-ending cycle.

01:46Reverend Al always told me we got to keep fighting. I'm going to put up a fight every day because I'm not just

01:57fighting for George anymore. I'm fighting for everybody around this world. I get calls, I get DMs, people from

02:07Brazil, from Ghana, from Germany, everybody, London, Italy, they're all saying the same thing. We won't be able to

02:16breathe until you're able to breathe. Today, we are able to breathe again. Ms. Garner, I told you, we'll get justice,

02:30and we still, we're going to fight for you too. We're going to fight for everybody. Thank you all so much for just

02:37giving us this time because we're here and we're not going anywhere. And I want to thank all the protesters, all the

02:46attorneys who stepped up, all the activists who stepped up, and many who think they're not activists, but advocates, thank

02:54you all. Because justice for George means freedom for all.