Practice English Speaking&Listening with: Attorney Ben Crump To File Civil Rights Lawsuit For George Floyd’s Family
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THE ATTORNEY FOR GEORGE FLOYD'S
FAMILY IS ANNOUNCING A NEW
COURSE OF ACTION.
WE WANT TO GO RIGHT THERE LIVE
TO BEN CRUMP WHO IS SPEAKING OUT
ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY OF
GEORGE FLOYD.
THIS IS JUST UNDERWAY IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
LETS LISTEN IN.
THOSE GREAT ATTORNEYS
AND MYSELF ARE PROUD TO COME AND
CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION THAT
STARTED IN AMERICA IN THE
AFTERMATH OF THE KILLING OF
GEORGE FLOYD OUTSIDE A STORE
HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.
TODAY WE HAVE FILED A
FEDERAL WRONGFUL DEATH CIVIL
RIGHTS LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF
GEORGE FLOYD'S FAMILY AND ALL OF
HIS CHILDREN.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION THAT
CONTINUES BASED ON THIS LAWSUIT
THAT DOCUMENTS WHAT WE HAVE SAID
ALL ALONG AND THAT IS IT WAS NOT
JUST A KNEE OF OFFICER DEREK
CHAUVIN ON GEORGE FLOYD'S NECK
FOR EIGHT MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS
BUT IT WAS THE KNEE OF THE
ENTIRE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT ON THE NECK OF GEORGE
FLOYD THAT KILLED HIM.
THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HAS A
HISTORY OF POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES AND DELIBERATE
INDIFFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO
THE TREATMENT OF ARRESTEES,
ESPECIALLY BLACK MEN.
THAT CRIES OUT FOR TRAINING
AND DISCIPLINE.
NOW THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED
CASE.
WITH THIS LAWSUIT WE SEEK TO SET
A PRECEDENCE TO MAKE IT
FINANCIALLY PROHIBITED THAT THE
POLICE WON'T WRONGFULLY KILL,
MARGINALIZE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY
BLACK PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE.
THIS IS A CRISIS IN BLACK
AMERICA, A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
WHILE ALL OF AMERICA IS DEALING
WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS OF
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, BLACK
AMERICA HAS TO DEAL WITH ANOTHER
PUBLIC HEALTH PANDEMIC OF POLICE
BRUTALITY.
THIS IS THE TIPPING POINT.
THIS IS THE TIPPING POINT FOR
POLICING IN AMERICA.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
RECENTLY THERE WAS A STUDY BY
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC
HEALTH THAT FOUND BLACK MEN WERE
KILLED BY THE POLICE 3.5 TIMES
MORE THAN WHITE MEN.
NOW I KNOW IT HAS BEEN SAID
THAT THE POLICE KILL MORE WHITE
PEOPLE BUT WE HAVE TO PUT THIS
IN CONTEXT.
WE HAVE TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT.
BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA MAKE UP
13% OF THE POPULATION WHILE
WHITE PEOPLE IN AMERICA MAKE UP
73% OF THE POPULATION.
WE HAVE TO KEEP THE STATISTICS
AND CONTEXT -- IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE LOOK AT HOW BLACK PEOPLE
ARE PROFILED BY THE POLICE.
WE LOOK AT THE STATISTICS AS IT
RELATED WHEN THE POLICE KILL
CITIZENS.
ARE THEY ARMED OR UNARMED?
IF YOU ARE GOING TO TELL THE
STORY, TELL THE STORY CORRECTLY
AND PUT IT IN CONTEXT.
BECAUSE --
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IS THE TIME TOO FINALLY DEAL
WITH THIS PANDEMIC ONCE AND FOR
ALL OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND
RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION IN OUR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THIS IS THE TIME.
THIS IS A TEACHABLE MOMENT FOR
AMERICA.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
POLICE OFFICERS TO BRIDGE THAT
DIVIDE OF MISTRUST WITH
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY PLUS
ACCOUNTABILITY EQUALS TRUST.
THIS IS THE TIME FOR ALL THE
WORLD THAT IS WATCHING TO HAVE
THIS LAWSUIT ADDRESS THE CROOKS
OF THE MATTER.
DOES AMERICA BELIEVE THE WORDS
OF THOMAS JEFFERSON?
DO THEY BELIEVE THE PREAMPLE TO
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
DOES AMERICA REALLY BELIEVE IT?
WHEN THEY QUOTE -- DOES
AMERICA REALLY BELIEVE THOMAS
JEFFERSON'S WORDS?
TO THEY BELIEVE IT?
WHEN THEY SAY WE HOLD THESE TO
BE SELF EVIDENT THAT ALL MEN
CREATED EQUALLY?
THAT AMONGST THEM ARE
LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF
HAPPINESS.
DO AMERICA REALLY BELIEVE IT OR
DOES IT JUST SOUND GOOD?
WE KNOW YOU CAN QUOTE IT BUT
AMERICA DO YOU BELIEVE IT?
THAT IS WHAT WE DOCUMENT AND
DISCUSS IN THIS FEDERAL WRONGFUL
DEATH CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT ON
BEHALF OF GEORGE FLOYD AND ALL
OF HIS CHILDREN.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION WE
MUST HAVE IN AMERICA FINALLY.
FINALLY WE MUST DEAL WITH THIS
ISSUE.
GEORGE FLOYD'S TRAGIC DEATH,
HORRIFIC DEATH, HIS TORTURE HAS
FINALLY GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY
TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE HEAD ON
NOT ONLY IN MINNEAPOLIS BUT ALL
THE WAY TO WASHINGTON D.C. AND
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU WILL HEAR FROM ATTORNEY TONY
AND FROM ATTORNEY CHRIS AND THEN
AT THAT TIME WE WILL TAKE SOME
OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COVERING
THIS IMPORTANT MATTER.
NOT ONLY ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY
OF GEORGE FLOYD BUT ON BEHALF OF
SO MANY HASH TAG WE HAVE LONGER
FOR GOTTEN IN AMERICA.
THIS IS OUR TIME.
OKAY YOU JUST HEARD THE
FAMILY ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF
GEORGE FLOYD SPEAKING ABOUT THIS
CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT ISSUED
AGAINST THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.
HE TALKS ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS
INCLUDING A TIPPING POINT FOR
POLICE IN AMERICA.
THAT IS WHAT THIS CIVIL RIGHTS
LAWSUIT REPRESENTS.
HE SAID THIS IS A TEACHABLE
MOMENT FOR PEOPLE ALL ACROSS
AMERICA AND HE SAYS THIS IS KIND
OF ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS BUT ALSO A MESSAGE
TO THE ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT
IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
SAYING THAT THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS AND ITS POLICE HAVE
A HISTORY OF TARGETING BLACK MEN
WE --
MEN.
WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS
STORY.
