"He didn't deserve to die over $20."
In an emotional testimony, George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, implored lawmakers to take action against police brutality and racial profiling.
In an emotional testimony, George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, implored lawmakers to take action against police brutality and racial profiling.
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00:00George wasn't hurting anyone that day.
00:03He didn't deserve to die over $20.
00:06I'm asking you, is that what a black man is worth, $20?
00:13This is 2020.
00:16Enough is enough.
00:18The people marching in the streets are telling you enough is enough.
00:22The world needs the right thing.
00:25The people elected you to speak for them, to make positive change.
00:29George's name means something.
00:31You have the opportunity here today to make your names mean something, too.
00:37If his death ends up changing the world for the better, and I think it will, then he died
00:48as he lived.
00:51It is on you to make sure his death is not in vain.
00:55I didn't get the chance to say goodbye to Perry while he was here.
01:03I was robbed of that.
01:13But I know he's looking down at us now.
01:16Perry, look up at what you did, big brother.
01:22You changed the world.
01:23Thank you for everything, for taking care of us on Earth, for taking care of us now.
01:28I hope you find mama and you can rest in peace with power.
01:32He was mild-mannered.
01:34He didn't fight back.
01:36He listened to all the officers.
01:39The man who took his life, who suffocated him for eight minutes and 46 seconds, he still
01:47called him sir as he begged for his life.
01:50I can't tell you the kind of pain you feel when you watch something like that.
01:55When you watch your big brother, who you looked up to your whole entire life, die, die begging
02:02for his mom, I'm tired.
02:05I'm tired of pain, pain you feel when you watch something like that.
02:10When you watch your big brother, who you looked up to for your whole life, die, die begging
02:15for his mom.
02:19I'm here to ask you to make it stop.
02:22Stop the pain.
02:24Stop us from being tired.
02:26George called for help and he was ignored.
02:29Please listen to the call I'm making to you now, to the calls of our family and the calls
02:35ringing out the streets across the world.
02:38People of all backgrounds, genders, and races have come together to demand change.
02:45Honor them, honor George, and make the necessary changes that make law enforcement the solution
02:53and not the problem.