Our next speaker really needs no introduction and stays on the frontline. Congresswoman ayana pressley. She is an activist, a legislator, survivor and the first woman of color to be elected to congress from the commonwealth of massachusetts. Throughout her career as a public servant, she has fought to ensure those closest to the pain are closest to the power. Prior to her being elected to congress she served on the Boston City Council for eight years and was the first woman of color elected to the council in its 100 year history. Congresswoman ayana pressley. [applause and cheers] good morning, beloveds. Today i am thinking of the ancestors, not just the ones reported in our history books, but the ones omitted from those pages. The justice seekers, the freedom riders, the organizers, community builders, anyone who passed a brown bag lunch, read a freedom song, set up a prayer. Sacrifice and selfdetermination shaped history and brought us to this moment. The truth of the matter is we ar
Time to sit down and talk. Greetings and sell you take. My friends we live in an age of injustice and protest and while any schmoe with a 2. 00 knowledge of Human History and Group Psychology will rightfully acknowledge that without injustice there would be no protest do not do not tell that to the State Government of tennessee who apparently believe that the only way to stop protesting is to make it a felony yes under a new law signed into being by governor believe the 1st amendment speech and assembly is now up. Bellamy of benson the bollen tears state the Associated Press reports that in a direct response to black lives matter protesters who took up camp and part of the states Capitol Building over the summer tennessees new law are now states that those who illegally camp on state property would now face a classic felony punishable by up to 6 years in prison rather than a misdemeanor and as a cherry on top write in time for this years controversial lections an important elections an
Those who illegally camp on state property would now face a class felony punishable by up to 6 years in prison rather than a misdemeanor and as a cherry on top right in time for this years controversial lections an important elections and any protester convicted of this new felony crime would effectively lose their right to vote you see felony convictions in tennessee and in many other states across the country often result in the revoke ation of a persons most basic right here in the United States of america and that is our right to vote to take part in our government in response to this new law the tennessee executive director of the a. C. L. U. Heavy weinberg said quote we are very disappointed in governor lees decision to sign this bill which chills free speech undermines criminal Justice Reform and fails to address the very issue. As of Racial Justice and Police Violence raised by the protesters who are now being targeted. And that my of rens is the real truth we are seeing across
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