00:00George Floyd's death changed the world.
00:03We witnessed and we're currently experiencing
00:05the biggest civil rights movement of all time.
00:08I feel like he's telling me he's proud of me.
00:10Because I'm not going to hold back.
00:12I'm going to fight for his name.
00:13I'm going to fight for his legacy.
00:30Everybody was sitting there watching us.
00:39So you couldn't pull no wool, you couldn't hide this from us.
00:45We saw it. Everybody saw it.
00:47George Floyd's death humanized the black man
00:50in not only America, but around the world.
00:53People saw him dying.
00:54People saw the last nine minutes of his life
00:57and it cannot be ignored.
00:59And once America pulled the curtain,
01:01which it chose to stand behind,
01:03we're starting to get tangible things.
01:05We've seen laws passed.
01:07And why laws are so important,
01:08because nothing happens for marginalized people
01:11unless there's legislation and change in place.
01:29George Floyd!
01:30What's his name?
01:31George Floyd!
01:32It thrusted us into the limelight, you know,
01:36but it was meant to be.
01:38Like I said, everything happens for a reason.
01:40Some of us wanted to stay quiet, but we can't.
01:44You know what I mean?
01:44Because now we got to let this voice that we have be heard.
01:52Anyone who truly understands the plight of the black community
01:56understands that poverty is the effect of all things.
02:01Yes, police brutality, it gets the most headlines,
02:03it's the most visible,
02:05and it does put us in immediate danger.
02:07But when we talk about environmental injustice,
02:09when we talk about the healthcare system,
02:11when we talk about places that have the highest murder rates,
02:14having the highest rates of unemployment,
02:17I think that George Floyd's murder
02:19was just the tip of the iceberg
02:21for the true revolution that we need.
02:57That included shutting down highways,
03:03shutting down bridges,
03:04and stomping around the Department of Justice.
03:07So in under a year to have a conviction on all full counts
03:11for the murder of George Floyd,
03:13that was a win as an activist.
03:20Now I've been working on the ground for over a half a decade,
03:23and in the last year,
03:25I've had more pieces of legislation change.
03:28Police reform is here.
03:30Of course, I am an abolitionist.
03:32We need to abolish the police,
03:34but holding them accountable until we get to that point
03:37can save black lives.
03:39We are focusing on the youth,
03:53the youth of today and our culture and our community.
03:56We're focusing on the mental health issues,
04:00focusing on financial literacy,
04:02you know, things that they wouldn't normally pay attention to.
04:05We want to make them aware.
04:07That way they'll be able to cope with the world
04:10and get through as an adult.
04:30I want my coaches to stay woke,
04:32but I want the other coaches that's supporting us to stay woke.
04:38To keep this movement flourishing.
04:43To keep my brother's name ringing in the ears of everyone.
04:51Because you keep my brother's name ringing,
04:53you're going to keep everybody else's name ringing.
04:55Breonna Taylor, Sean Bell.
04:58Oh man, Ahmaud Arbery.
05:01You can go through the whole list.
05:03There's a lot of them.
05:05But as long as we keep their names ringing,
05:09the face of justice will look like what it is now.
05:12Change.
05:12George Floyd is a martyr.
05:15And it's sad that it took a horrendous murder
05:19for America to have this great reckoning and awareness.
05:23But every day I'm grateful to him.
05:25It's an honor to be able to keep his legacy and his memory going.
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