Ep. 693 - I have to say this ONE important thing about George Floyd

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

When an argument is completely based on a lie or a false premise - nothing else you say in defense of it matters. I needed to preface what I am about to say with that.

Of the hundreds of millions of people that demanded justice and accountability for the brutal murder/lynching of George Floyd, I don't think a single person fought for him because he was our hero. I never heard anyone say this. I never heard about anyone saying this.

We fought for George Floyd because he was a human being that was killed, in broad daylight, in one of the single most depraved and inhumane acts in modern American history. We fought for George because he was a victim and because he did not deserve a single thing that happened to him.

I did not care then and do not care now if George Floyd struggled with drugs or alcohol. In fact, it breaks my heart for him even more - because it means he was denied the chance to overcome his struggles in his own time - which I am sure he would have.

Nothing anyone can ever say about George Floyd will EVER make me feel like his life wasn't worth fighting for. NOTHING.

All Black Lives Matter to us.

And I can think of nothing more despicable than trying to tear down the humanity and memory of a man that already died such a horrible death.

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0:20.8	There's something important that I want to say about George Floyd.
0:26.3	It's sad to me that what I'm going to say today even needs to be said it clearly does
0:35.5	because now years after his death, people are still profiting off of slandering this
0:45.4	man.
0:46.6	It's disgusting, it's despicable.
0:50.2	And there's one important thing that I want to say, yes, it's on behalf of me.
0:59.4	Certainly it's on behalf of our organization, the grassroots law project who fought hard
1:04.7	to hold the men who murdered George accountable.
1:08.8	But I think this represents what I'm going to say today represents a lot of people's feelings.
1:15.1	Let me unpack and explain.
1:16.3	I've got a lot to say here about George Floyd and people that are trying to not just tear
1:22.4	him down but tear down anybody that fought for any kind of accountability or justice.
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