And Sheriff Swanson, why don't you think more police haven't done what you have done?

Well, I can tell you that sometimes police see dropping your swords and being vulnerable

is a side of weakness. Our community has been hurt.

There would be swift accountability and there should be and it should be that way for

every single American if this country is to be fair for all people.

You wonder why America is outraged at this point and it has to stop. That's why we're doing

this show today. That's why we're having this conversation.

George Floyd was killed in broad daylight in the streets of Minneapolis.

No policeman came to his aid. In fact, it was a policeman who has been charged with

his murder. Today, we are speaking to black Americans whose voices must be heard.

Enough is enough and I am making my platform available as a catalyst for long overdue change.

George Floyd was treated as subhuman by a police officer who employed procedures known

to be dangerous and sometimes deadly when he pressed his knee into the helpless man's

neck for over eight minutes as the man begged for his life and cried out for his mother.

Standing by were three fellow police officers who ignored the outrage screams of onlookers

and Floyd himself, pleading that he couldn't breathe as he addressed him respectfully as

officer. Floyd's senseless death further ignited a fuse that has long been burning in

our country, leading the nationwide outrage and a demand for racial equality.

Across America, there have been examples of police officers who do understand what

needs to be done. Police officers who have nelt and solidarity with the protesters, dropping

their weapons and standing with the people. It should be our goal right now to make sure

everyone who swears the oath to serve and protect follows that example and embraces that

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