What began as a hashtag seven years ago has transformed into a global movement for justice for black people. Sally Sara reports on #BlackLivesMatter, the force galvanising the rage and grief triggered by George Floyd’s death.
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“We are in a state of emergency. Black people are dying in a state of emergency”
Tamika Mallory, activist
Pictures of a white Minneapolis police officer killing unarmed black man George Floyd provoked an immediate and furious response.
Angry protests demanding an end to entrenched racism erupted in scores of cities across America.
Floyd’s last words ‘I can’t breathe’ have become a rallying cry.
White and black, young and old, across 50 states, have protested peacefully against police violence and racism.
There’s been looting and destruction too.
On display for the world to watch has been the violent police response the protestors are fighting against.
Galvanising this mass outpouring of rage and grief is the Black Lives Matter movement, formed seven years ago after the killer of an unarmed, black teenager was acquitted.
We speak with Tamika Mallory, the activist who delivered what’s being called ‘the speech of a generation’ days after Floyd’s death.
“We cannot look at this as an isolated incident. The reason buildings are burning are not just for our brother George Floyd,” she told the Minneapolis crowd.
“They’re burning down because people here in Minnesota are saying to people in New York, to people in California, to people in Memphis, to people across this nation, enough is enough.”
We interview Art Acevedo, the Houston Police Chief who told President Trump to ‘shut his mouth… Because you’re putting men and women in their early 20s at risk.’
Acevedo tells Foreign Correspondent he understands the anger. “It’s about how he died. And he died at the hands of a police officer in circumstances where it should’ve never happened.”
And she catches up with Baltimore photographer Devin Allen five years after the death in custody there of a young black man triggered violent riots.
“You got to release that rage. It has to happen”, say Devin. But that’s just the first step.
“What’s important is when the smoke clears, that’s when the real work actually begins.”
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Dua Saleh – Body Cast Inst. (AGAINST GIANTS)
Start saying WE WANT JUSTICE AND WE WANT PEACE so we can have what we say
There is no single law that discriminates between black and white. Hence there is no systemic racism. Case closed.
Can't respect some of these people. And that's the thing, I'm aware there are and have been problems and injustices in U.S. But then again, I've experienced some of that injustice and have a dead brother as a result of a system broken for decades. I'll gladly get out of the way … as I go out to pick up cans cause the system f'd me over, too. I'll continue to respect people who deserve it and have none for those who don't. And I'll gladly join with anyone who wants to work on making a positive difference and a land where there is true liberty based in inviolable rights and where rule of law applies EQUALLY.
The minor, infrequent and short-lived discomfort and subsequent dismissiveness of the awareness of racism that white people might feel, during their entire lives, pales in comparison to the constant, brutal effects of it on non-white cultures in America. It is this dismissive response that turns those people into perpetrators by not speaking out against it.
White people must lead the charge to successfully eradicate racism in this country.
Little girl chanting what she can’t understand!!! Her parents should be in trial!!!
If all you say is "BlAcK LiVeS MaTtEr"…
You're no better than someone who just says "WhItE LiVeS MatTeRs"!
Unless you stand for "ALL LIVES MATTER"; you're just a racist piece of indoctrinated $hit.
fake news
Jesus Christ here our cries helppppppp
George Floyd I love u
Black Lives Matter<3
1940's A White Cop Named "Itchy Trigger Finger Nash" On his First Day shift as a Cop in Atlanta Killed 12 African American men and he Bragged about it..He was a Democrat and a KKK Member who didn't serve Any Jail time for 12 Killings..
Fast Forward to 2020..So many African Americans and other Minorities are Getting Whacked out by Some Corrupt Cops..And Most times They get off depending on what State thr in…
Black people must stop talking and strategies how to deal with the enemy. You don't go to war and keep talking. Time for ACTION.
The left controls every major institution in America. The Media, Academia, Big Tech, Hollywood, and Most of the Government. So if "racism is systemic and/or institutional" whose fault is that again?
NO PEACE NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE, NO JUSTICE!
As a learned Black man those like Ben Carson fail to realize that the continual Systemic Racism that exist today stems from America's and the West origin of Eugenics beliefs which also gave rise to Hitler's Aryan nation practices.
Black people are beautiful the racists should open they one eye. Turkey 🇹🇷, Morocco 🇲🇦 and Iraq 🇮🇶 love the black skin and says the skin of Bilal was beautiful and He was God fearing Islam is against Racism
“no justice no peace” is just an excuse to rob/loot businesses. Left is all for this. Anyone who says that needs to die. You guys are pathetic! There are better ways to get your voices heard rather than ruin people’s lives forever.
Only the alt-left anarchists are protest-burning down thier cities. Dont try to say every American is a brainless loudmouthed firebug and/ or hooligan…
Where was all the Arab support??? After all, they are people of dark skin color but not one to be seen???
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Send them back to Africa, if they feel so bad here, give them freedom at allready.
America has problems
Yeah ok Australia (Foreign Correspondent) also do a piece on Australia's no justice no peace towards indigenous people. And that latest incident in WA.
Defund the ABC
Seriously, why are we forced to take in this garbage from the US media!
Stuff America, their culture and their insignificant and irrelevant history!
I hope the whole country burns to the ground!
It is not just simply police brutality. It is about systematic police unaccountability and corruption. It is about police believing they are free to engage in social, and political policing with impunity! It is about police pursuing their own personal agendas using their police badges! This is American police culture; it is not just a few bad apples!! It is absolute power, is absolutely corrupting!!!
What a powerful voice the pastor has at 2:11 – what's his name?
Remember KRS One rapping about police brutality over 20 years ago. Today I watched Clint Eastwoods Invictus. A great movie!
Black lives matter PERIOD
A structurally supremacist and racist society that lives above their means by exploiting the rest of the world.
Fortunately criminal empires come and go and America's time at the helm is coming to an end.
The entire world only have reasons to commemorate.
Thank you ABC.
I love watching how stupid mass made criminal (Floyd) instantly to a sacred leader xD
not only african, latino but we are from asia getting that to but we never put on camera. time trump out
Best story yet , good work FC
What stupid reporting!
Lies lies and more lies!
The burning looting is nothing but human garbage Leninist Marxist scum…. BLM are and have always been anti democracy !
Majority of the people think blm is rubbish…… but the mainstream media as we know it is biased and the truth is not in them
Love your coverage of important issues! Thanks !
This is just more Marxist run artificial hysteria trying to destroy society and take over. It is stoked and perpetuated by the Leftist media, as you see here.
Knowing they will lose the next election, the Left is pulling out all the stops to destroy the nation instead of losing again.
Watching this makes me cry 😢
My eyes well up with tears of joy when I see the beautiful unity of people around the world, raising their voices against this tyrannical disease called racism.
Don't give up this momentum.
Don't give up this fight!
31 Police officers have been killed on the job this year in America. Why don't we hear anything about that?
All Lives Matter.
😥
Get a job and get a life people ! The dangers of the welfare …
7 years ago there was the Arab spring, now it's time for American spring where we overthrow the current government divide the nation up into smaller countries
Racists just like me.