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IS GOING ON, AND NOW YOU SEE THAT THE MAIN ACCUSED, OFFICER CHAUVIN, HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
IS THAT JUSTICE FOR YOU AT THE MOMENT, REVEREND JACKSON?
IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE'VE BEEN BOUND IN FLORIDA, MISSOURI, NEW YORK, NOW WE LOOK AT THE CASE HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
TOO MANY TIMES USED AS TARGET PRACTICE.
WHITE SUPREMACISTS DISGUISED.
WHEN YOU WENT TO MINNEAPOLIS AND YOU MET WITH FAMILY MEMBERS, YOU OBVIOUSLY MET WITH LOCAL LEADERS AS WELL, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM?
WHAT DID THEY SAY TO YOU ABOUT HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN?
I MET WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FIRST AND WITH THE PROSECUTOR, I MET WITH THE GOVERNOR, THE MAYOR OF MINNEAPOLIS.
THE FIRST ISSUE IS TO DECLARE A MURDERER A MURDERER.
YOU ARREST MURDERERS.
SO ANOTHER DELAY TACTIC AND PEOPLE ARE EXPLODING.
WE DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BUILT ON A SOCIETY OF WHITE SUPREMACY.
IN 1954, WE HAD NO RESPECT FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES.
SO WE'RE A SICK CULTURE.
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In the wake of George Floyd’s death, Rev. Jesse Jackson joins Christiane Amanpour tonight to discuss institutional racism, policing and inequality in the U.S. Melvin Carter, the mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, discusses the protests in his community. Artist Eric Fischl explains art’s place in tragedy and trauma. Oskar Eustis discusses theater’s role in democracy and the national grieving process.
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