And organizer of the 1963 march on washington. The democrat was the son of the segregated south and spent most of his life on the front lines. We get more now from peter ducey on the congressmans life and legacy. Reporter onetime congressman and civil rights icon, john lewis, have died. Always known for the fighting spirit, the end of his life right about one of his toughest battles. He announced he was undergoing treatment for stage 4 pancreatic cancer. B the time for patients is gone. For mckee was elected to congress in 1986, representing the fifth district. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just call you have to say something. Reporter for the contribution, he was bestowed with the highest civilian honor. The president ial medal of freedom. He showed great love and the face of violence and brutality. I always remember him as the gentle but strong warrior. Reporter he fought for equality as part of the Civil Rights Movement. He was marching for voting rights. T
Violence President Trump showed us as much in todays rose garden briefing slash 2020 campaign stump speech when after Promising Police reforms by among other things giving Law Enforcement more money. He then randomly started talking about the economy. And what does that mean the stock market went through the roof these good numbers they drove it up to a level that. Were almost at the same level hard to believe were getting very close to the level we were before the pandemic and before all of the things that youve seen happen. Yeah you know because nothing nothing says Police Reform like master pretoria wall street bootlicking i mean when i think of reform in police a wall street meanwhile democratic candidate joe biden well. Actually isnt even heard from joe at this point. You know rapidly rising. Because even remember hes running for president seriously but despite the failures of our corporate approved leadership on all levels its the protesters and the activists on the ground who ar
Know. Nightline starts right now with juju chang. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Protests calling for racial equality spreading across the nation, sparking conversations in our homes. Fathers and sons from black and white families having their own versions of the talk. Conversations on race, policing and prejudice. My coanchor, byron pitts, has the story. Will you take a breath test for me . Yes or no . I dont want to refuse anything. Rayshard brooks, did you see about that . The cops come up. Put your hands behind your back. And when they tried to arrest him, he starts fighting them off. Stop and i thought what i told you about you have an encounteder with the police, like your job is to live through the encounter. Yeah. Reporter for Solomon Jones jr. , Difficult Conversations like this one with his 15yearold son arent optional, theyre essential. But then i thought about how george floyd was cooperative, and he still died. Mmhm. Just like what do we do. Yeah. Reporter we call it
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They will be american citizens. I have met so many of these beautiful children and their families. Now many have been grown up. They came to america as little kids and all they want to be is americans americans. They work hard. I met some of them during the covid crisis in new york, risking their lives to deal with the healthcare crisis we had. Ive seen enlist in the armed forces and go to college and some of our best colleges and law schools and climb that american ladder that has been around for so many years that some people want to rip away. So this is a wonderful, wonderful day for the daca kids, for their families, and for the american dream. Weve always believed in immigration in america. Weve had some dark forces oppose it in recent years, but we believe in it. It is part of our soul. Every one of us cares about immigrants and so many of us are descendants of immigrants. Wow, what a decision. And let me say this, in these very difficult times, the Supreme Court provided a brigh