The most unpatriotic, and sadly not unprecedented. Time and again weve weathered threats to the right to vote in free and fair elections. Each time we founding a way to overcome. The 21st century jim Crow Assault is real. Its unrelenting. And were going to challenge it vigorously. Biden mirrored Lyndon Johnsons voting Rights Speech in 1965 invoking the civil Rights Anthem we shall overcome. In assailing what he called the greatest threat to democracy since the civil war. But biden didnt offer much in The Way of a plan. When President Johnson delivered his speech to a joint session of congress, he was urging passage of the voting Rights Act. A law thats now essentially dead. And today texas democrats continued their fight against republican Voter Suppression efforts in their state after more than 50 elected democrats left texas last night to block the passage of new Voter Suppression laws. The longest serving black woman in the Texas Legislature outlined exactly whats at stake for her c
Led. When i became the lead prosecutor, i asked for time and patience to review the facts, gather evidence, and prosecute for the murder of george floyd to the fullest extent the law allowed. I went to thank the community for giving us that time and allowing us to do our work. That long, hard, painstaking work has culminated today. I would not call today is verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. But it is accountability, the First Step Towards justice. And now, the cause of justice is in your hands. When i see your hands when i say your hands, i mean the people of the United States. George floyd mattered. He was loved by his family and friends. His death shocked the conscience of our community, our country, the whole world. He was loved by his family and friends, but that isnt why he mattered. He mattered because he was a human being. And there is no way we can turn away from that reality. The people who stopped and raised their voices on may 25, 2020, were
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] shortly after the guilty verdict was announced, the Prosecution Team joined Minnesota Attorney general Keith Ellison for a News Conference outside the white house. Outside the courthouse. Attorney general ellison good afternoon, everyone. My name is Keith Ellison, attorney general of minnesota. Since the prosecution of this case began last may, everyone involved has pursued one goal justice. We pursued justice wherever it led. When i became the lead prosecutor, i asked for time and patience to review the facts, gather evidence, and prosecute for the murder of george floyd to the fullest extent the law allowed. I want to thank the community for giving us that time and allowing us to do our work. That long, hard, painstaking work has culminated today. I would not call today is verdict justice, ho
Involved has pursued one goal justice. We pursued justice wherever it led. When i became the lead prosecutor, i asked for time and patience to review the facts, gather evidence, and prosecute for the murder of george floyd to the fullest extent the law allowed. I want to thank the community for giving us that time and allowing us to do our work. That long, hard, painstaking work has culminated today. I would not call today is verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. But it is accountability, the First Step Towards justice. And now, the cause of justice is in your hands. When i say your hands, i mean the people of the United States. George floyd mattered. He was loved by his family and friends. His death shocked the conscience of our community, our country, the whole world. He was loved by his family and friends, but that isnt why he mattered. He mattered because he was a human being. And there is no way we can turn away from that reality. The people who stopp
That everybody who is important in this case is in that courtroom and that hes got everything lined up. John hendren with the latest from outside the courthouse in minneapolis john youre monitoring developments there for us but for the moment thank you lets go to Mary Frances Berry professor of american thought and history at the university of pennsylvania and also the former chair of the u. S. Commission on civil rights she joins me now by skype from new orleans madame thank you so much for joining us here 3 on out you followed the trial 3 weeks of trial youve heard that the fence in the prosecution what is your reaction to the fact that the jury reached a verdict and what was it 11 hours of deliberation or so. Right the history of these things is a trials is that if the jury stays out a lesser amount of time and this is considered a small amount and then the verdict is likely to be guilty we dont know if thats true i mean not guilty if they stay out longer limb their quad will it cou