brutalized? george floyd said i can t breathe 28 times and they didn t believe him in minneapolis. eric gardener in staten island, new york, said i can t breathe 19 times, and they didn t believe him. and now you have bradley cox in new haven, connecticut, tell the police i think my neck is broken and they don t believe him. yet you talked about what happened to freddy grave, it s the first thing i taught about when i learned this story. that was in 2015 transported in the police van. and we know the outcome of that. the officers they were charged, but they were never prosecuted for anything. they didn t face any sort of disciplinary action. what do you want to see happen, ben? well, i think there certainly should be criminal accountability, but also equally important there has to be civil justice because what randy krauks, this 36-year-old young black man who was not a
believe him in minneapolis. eric gardener in staten island, new york, said i can t breathe 19 times, and they didn t believe him. and now you have bradley cox in new haven, connecticut, tell the police i think my neck is broken and they don t believe him. yet you talked about what happened to freddy grave, it s the first thing i thought about when i learned this story. that was in 2015 transported in the police van. and we know the outcome of that. the officers they were charged, but they were never prosecuted for anything. they didn t face any sort of disciplinary action. what do you want to see happen, ben? well, i think there certainly should be criminal accountability, but also equally important there has to be civil justice because what randy cox, this 36-year-old young black man who was not a convicted felon even though the media has strongly reported that, had his whole life ahead of him. he s going to have a struggle every day of his life just to do the things we all take f
last night. in the gathering tonight, others families that understand better than any of us the pain that they endure. and the pain that motivates the parents to keep going. and keep struggling for justice. they did not stop after it was their son. after the headlines. they re not trying to get attention. they re trying to get justice. the mother of eric gardener is here. the mother of the louisville, kentucky. breonna taylor. the father of jacob blake is here. and many many other families. because we can never replace their child. but we can give justice in the name of their child. just these last few months we saw mothers and fathers standing in courtrooms in georgia. and in brooklyn center,
sunday in minneapolis, i said then we can never give them their loved one back, but we can have their loved one go down in history as the one that turned this around. they will always miss george, and they will be able to tell their children that george changed where we are in this country. reverend, the mother of eric gardener, she discussed disappointment with the lack of police reform legislation. take a listen and we ll talk on the other side. it s not over with because they are still killing our children. to you this is a broken promise? it is a broken promise. we need for our legislators to be more accountable, accountable to us and that s not happening. so what about that? you spoke to this in your earlier answer, this question of, you know, when it comes to this bill we heard congresswoman