what do all of these names have in common
common
common Freddie gray 25 asked for a medic
Freddie gray 25 asked for a medic
Freddie gray 25 asked for a medic multiple times Michael Brown 18 his last
multiple times Michael Brown 18 his last
multiple times Michael Brown 18 his last words were I don’t have a gun
words were I don’t have a gun
words were I don’t have a gun stop shooting for hours that’s a long
stop shooting for hours that’s a long
stop shooting for hours that’s a long his body was left in the streets of his
his body was left in the streets of his
his body was left in the streets of his own community Trayvon Martin 17 what are
own community Trayvon Martin 17 what are
own community Trayvon Martin 17 what are you following me for Eric Gardner I
you following me for Eric Gardner I
you following me for Eric Gardner I can’t breathe
can’t breathe
can’t breathe Tamir rice 12 he was playing in the toy
Tamir rice 12 he was playing in the toy
Tamir rice 12 he was playing in the toy in the park with a toy gun when officers
in the park with a toy gun when officers
in the park with a toy gun when officers pulled up on the scenes and within two
pulled up on the scenes and within two
pulled up on the scenes and within two seconds his body was filled with holes
seconds his body was filled with holes
seconds his body was filled with holes releasing the screams of unjustice their
releasing the screams of unjustice their
releasing the screams of unjustice their filly and roe Castillo pulled over for a
filly and roe Castillo pulled over for a
filly and roe Castillo pulled over for a broken headlight shot in front of his
broken headlight shot in front of his
broken headlight shot in front of his girlfriend and in front of her
girlfriend and in front of her
girlfriend and in front of her four-year-old child Terrance Crutcher
four-year-old child Terrance Crutcher
four-year-old child Terrance Crutcher his car was broken down his hands were
his car was broken down his hands were
his car was broken down his hands were in the air when he fell to the ground
in the air when he fell to the ground
in the air when he fell to the ground what do all these names have in common
what do all these names have in common
what do all these names have in common they are all black individuals who are
they are all black individuals who are
they are all black individuals who are killed by police and that is just to
killed by police and that is just to
killed by police and that is just to name a few
name a few
name a few you are seven times more likely to be
you are seven times more likely to be
you are seven times more likely to be shot by a cop if you are black than if
shot by a cop if you are black than if
shot by a cop if you are black than if you are white sense Michael Brown’s
you are white sense Michael Brown’s
you are white sense Michael Brown’s death on August 9th 2014 more than 30
death on August 9th 2014 more than 30
death on August 9th 2014 more than 30 unarmed African Americans have been
unarmed African Americans have been
unarmed African Americans have been killed by police that the statistic does
killed by police that the statistic does
killed by police that the statistic does not conclude those harassed beaten and
not conclude those harassed beaten and
not conclude those harassed beaten and profiled by police you are 58 times more
profiled by police you are 58 times more
profiled by police you are 58 times more likely to be killed by a cop than you
likely to be killed by a cop than you
likely to be killed by a cop than you are a terrorist
are a terrorist
are a terrorist yet we feared the foreign threat more
yet we feared the foreign threat more
yet we feared the foreign threat more because no one wants to believe that the
because no one wants to believe that the
because no one wants to believe that the ones who are supposed to serve and
ones who are supposed to serve and
ones who are supposed to serve and protect us are the ones doing all the
protect us are the ones doing all the
protect us are the ones doing all the killings I’ve always wondered what
killings I’ve always wondered what
killings I’ve always wondered what George Zimmerman thought he saw that
George Zimmerman thought he saw that
George Zimmerman thought he saw that night because all it was was a young boy
night because all it was was a young boy
night because all it was was a young boy walking home he does Arizona eistein the
walking home he does Arizona eistein the
walking home he does Arizona eistein the skittles become one with the blood
skittles become one with the blood
skittles become one with the blood seeping out on the ground that has guns
seeping out on the ground that has guns
seeping out on the ground that has guns and sounds of vibrating sound wave
and sounds of vibrating sound wave
and sounds of vibrating sound wave sounds of scream screams of another
sounds of scream screams of another
sounds of scream screams of another black individual killed for a certain
black individual killed for a certain
black individual killed for a certain skin color shots were fired in the dark
skin color shots were fired in the dark
skin color shots were fired in the dark night drowning out the screams of the
night drowning out the screams of the
night drowning out the screams of the black communities turmoil it was silent
black communities turmoil it was silent
black communities turmoil it was silent after the shots but it was the loudest
after the shots but it was the loudest
after the shots but it was the loudest silence that community has ever heard
silence that community has ever heard
silence that community has ever heard did Tamir rice think that when he went
did Tamir rice think that when he went
did Tamir rice think that when he went to the park that day that he wouldn’t be
to the park that day that he wouldn’t be
to the park that day that he wouldn’t be home for his mother to tuck him in that
home for his mother to tuck him in that
home for his mother to tuck him in that night think that he wouldn’t be home to
night think that he wouldn’t be home to
night think that he wouldn’t be home to get another bedtime story to hear one
get another bedtime story to hear one
get another bedtime story to hear one last time his mother say I love you
last time his mother say I love you
last time his mother say I love you because when officers pulled up the
because when officers pulled up the
because when officers pulled up the scene within 1.2 seconds his body was
scene within 1.2 seconds his body was
scene within 1.2 seconds his body was filled with holes and dispatch did not
filled with holes and dispatch did not
filled with holes and dispatch did not inform the officers that he was a
inform the officers that he was a
inform the officers that he was a juvenile that the gun was probably fake
juvenile that the gun was probably fake
juvenile that the gun was probably fake when we were young we all dreamed of
when we were young we all dreamed of
when we were young we all dreamed of growing up we wanted to be firefighters
growing up we wanted to be firefighters
growing up we wanted to be firefighters wanted to be astronauts dancers we
wanted to be astronauts dancers we
wanted to be astronauts dancers we wanted to be the President and some of
wanted to be the President and some of
wanted to be the President and some of us wanted to be cops but some little
us wanted to be cops but some little
us wanted to be cops but some little boys and little girls don’t get a chance
boys and little girls don’t get a chance
boys and little girls don’t get a chance to grow out of their dress-up clothes
to grow out of their dress-up clothes
to grow out of their dress-up clothes now I used to believe in the system
now I used to believe in the system
now I used to believe in the system until people chanted all lives matter
until people chanted all lives matter
until people chanted all lives matter and blue lives matter in protests a
and blue lives matter in protests a
and blue lives matter in protests a black lives matter but we need to
black lives matter but we need to
black lives matter but we need to understand that black lives matter to
understand that black lives matter to
understand that black lives matter to white silence is no longer about being
white silence is no longer about being
white silence is no longer about being just a bystander because why it’s
just a bystander because why it’s
just a bystander because why it’s violence is violence now don’t get me
violence is violence now don’t get me
violence is violence now don’t get me wrong I’m not standing up here saying
wrong I’m not standing up here saying
wrong I’m not standing up here saying that all cops are bad I bet we have met
that all cops are bad I bet we have met
that all cops are bad I bet we have met great cops through projections of the
great cops through projections of the
great cops through projections of the cops that we wanted to grow up so badly
cops that we wanted to grow up so badly
cops that we wanted to grow up so badly to be cops who are frustrated by other
to be cops who are frustrated by other
to be cops who are frustrated by other cops who do bad things because it gives
cops who do bad things because it gives
cops who do bad things because it gives all cops a bad name
all cops a bad name
all cops a bad name it makes a system of cynical cyclical
it makes a system of cynical cyclical
it makes a system of cynical cyclical violence of when you turn on the news
violence of when you turn on the news
violence of when you turn on the news again and again and there’s another
again and again and there’s another
again and again and there’s another killing another killing of an unarmed
killing another killing of an unarmed
killing another killing of an unarmed individual it starts to get blurry it’s
individual it starts to get blurry it’s
individual it starts to get blurry it’s hard to distinguish between the good
hard to distinguish between the good
hard to distinguish between the good cops and the bad cops the cops will be
cops and the bad cops the cops will be
cops and the bad cops the cops will be wanted to be
wanted to be
wanted to be there’s blood that keeps pulling out
there’s blood that keeps pulling out
there’s blood that keeps pulling out into the streets streets where mothers
into the streets streets where mothers
into the streets streets where mothers hold their babies in their arms hoping
hold their babies in their arms hoping
hold their babies in their arms hoping that their child’s face won’t be the
that their child’s face won’t be the
that their child’s face won’t be the next one plastered on the news that
next one plastered on the news that
next one plastered on the news that night adding to the list of never-ending
night adding to the list of never-ending
night adding to the list of never-ending names blood keeps pulling out into the
names blood keeps pulling out into the
names blood keeps pulling out into the streets so many names written in blood
streets so many names written in blood
streets so many names written in blood from the murdered victims that we can no
from the murdered victims that we can no
from the murdered victims that we can no longer ignore we are running too low on
longer ignore we are running too low on
longer ignore we are running too low on blood to add more names to that list and
blood to add more names to that list and
blood to add more names to that list and we cannot spare to lose another drop on
we cannot spare to lose another drop on
we cannot spare to lose another drop on this all-too-common occurrence thank you
this all-too-common occurrence thank you
this all-too-common occurrence thank you you
you
you [Applause]
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