Finding Justice (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Stand Your Ground - full transcript
Executive produced by Danny Garcia, Dream Hampton, and Dwayne Johnson, Finding Justice travels the country and starts with Clearwater, Florida. Following the story of a shooting that the ...
I mean, I think
the Stand-Your-Ground law
is to protect
scared-ass white folk
who encounter
black people who kick their ass
for that bullshit
they be kicking.
You know what I'm saying?
"I can shoot you now
and say I was scared
for my life,
even though I came over here
**** with you
in the first place."
There is a reality in America
that unarmed black men
are being killed unnecessarily.
Breaking news
update to a deadly shooting --
A father shot in front of --
If racism and manufactured fear
is the gunpowder,
then "Stand Your Ground"
is the match.
Why is it okay
for you to use your fear
as an excuse for murder?
The Florida
Stand-Your-Ground law,
it says, in part,
"A person is justified
in the use of deadly force"...
"If there's
a reasonable belief it's needed
to prevent death
or great bodily harm."
In other words, if you think
someone's gonna hurt you,
if you even thinkit, you can
defend yourself with a gun.
Stand-Your-Ground laws
encourage the sort of vigilante,
wild wild West,
wannabe cop sort of culture.
I carry a gun
because a cop is too heavy.
Stand Your Ground is
subjective in its application.
It's never applied fairly
or equally.
White people
are more likely to get off
whenthey kill a black person.
The NRA profits from a culture
that fears black people.
From my cold, dead hands.
- Say no!
- Say no!
- No Stand Your Ground!
- No Stand Your Ground!
We have to say, "No,
this is not justice."
Not just in Florida,
but across the other states
that have adopted
Stand Your Ground.
This is something
that's gonna take perseverance.
Repealing Stand Your Ground is
as critical as life and death.
He took my son's life.
He killed my husband
in cold blood.
I am so broken.
I had Markeis when
I was a senior in high school.
It was a unexpected pregnancy.
As he was growing up,
he had a lot of dreams
to do a lot of big things.
I think he really wanted to be
a father more than anything.
And once he had those kids,
I mean,
the glow on Markeis' face
was just undescribable.
Markeis was my only son.
You have to sacrifice
certain things for your family,
and that's what I call a man.
Your purpose in life
is to make your kids' life
better than yours was coming up,
so we used to have a lot
of deep conversations
about stuff like that.
And we also used to have
conversations about afterlife.
I always thought that he'll
be the one burying me.
But, um...
in this case,
I was the one burying him.
News alert
out of Pinellas County --
Another
shooting, this one in Clearwater
at a Circle Food store
located on --
We do know
that one man was shot,
and another person here
at the scene was detained.
At this point, we do not know
what happened here.
We know that it happened
at the Circle A Foods...
What happened on July 19th?
Probably about 3:25,
and I was --
just hopped in the car,
I was going down the street,
and my phone rung.
I saw his girlfriend
Britany's name,
and I'm thinking to myself,
"Britany don't usually call me
unless there's something wrong."
So when I picked up the phone,
you know, I just heard her
crying frantically, just crying.
And she told me, she was like,
you know,
"You need to get up here
to the store.
Markeis has been shot."
From the video that I saw?
We had a wannabe cop
come up to a mother
and her kids in the car,
confront the mother
in front of her kids
about parking
in the handicap spot,
knowing that he was armed.
Markeis comes out the store
and did exactly
what I taught him to do --
Stand up for your family.
Protect your family
at all costs.
Michael Drejka hits the floor,
pulls out his gun,
shot him in the chest.
911. What is
the address of the emergency?
The Circle Food store
on Sunset Point.
Someone just got shot
point blank.
Where's the person with the gun?
Looks like we may be getting
multiple calls on this.
Hello? - Hello!
I need help now!
- Okay. Where are you?
- I need help now!
Okay.
Breaking news
update to a deadly shooting --
A father shot
in front of his son.
Shot and killed right
in front of his son.
This all started with a fight
over a parking space.
He had to shoot
to defend himself.
You know, and those are
the facts, and that's the law.
The sheriff, Bob Gualtieri,
he did his press conference
the next day
and basically said that,
you know, it was
a Stand-Your-Ground case.
Markeis McGlockton
wouldn't be dead
unless Markeis McGlockton
slammed this guy to the ground.
You know, and that
was his decision.
Nothing that Bob Gualtieri
does surprises me.
He regularly looks for excuses
to blame black people
for their own deaths.
Before Stand Your Ground,
a case like this
probably would have
a different outcome.
Does this law create
a situation potentially
where people shoot first
and ask questions later?
Well, you can have
that discussion.
If a black guy
shot a white guy like that,
do you know how quickly
that same sheriff
would have arrested him?
The same law
that got Zimmerman off.
At that point in time,
was there the possibility
of imminent serious
bodily injury or death of Drejka
that justified the use
of deadly force?
- I don't think so.
- Should he have pushed the guy?
No, you shouldn't
push the guy anyway.
You should have had
a conversation to begin with.
That doesn't mean
you should be murdered.
Right there. Boom.
Right there is the question,
right?
The question that I ask
as I watch that,
"Is the sheriff's
analysis incorrect,
or is the law at fault?"
This follows a long line
of these alleged
Stand-Your-Ground murderers.
Mr. McGlockton is not here
with his family,
but Mr. Drejka is walking around
the streets of Clearwater,
free as a bird.
There was a lot of organizations
that just started
reaching out to us,
had their own private protests,
just to try to let everybody
know that this isn't right,
especially the fact that
this guy was still
walking around.
He did not have to walk up
and act like
the handicap rent-a-cop.
We all just want to see justice.
This man should be arrested.
He should not be home
laying in his bed.
Dozens came out to Circle
Food Store this afternoon.
No justice!
They're angry about what
happened here Thursday night.
I said,
if we don't get no justice!
- You don't get no peace!
- I said, if we don't get --
Our first
and foremost priority was,
"How do we really uplift
and support
the family's demands
for justice?"
And the most immediate thing
is that they want
to see Michael Drejka arrested
and charged in the death
of, you know, of a father,
of a son,
of a community member
who's important
to a lot of people.
And I'm so happy that all of you
are here today
to take a stand for what's right
and to take a stand
against racism.
- Whoo!
- Yeah!
I feel the movement
against Stand Your Ground
is increasing every time
that we have a killing, per se.
We have more and more people
calling out for changes.
We need to show this family
that we are not going to quit
until this matter is done.
We're going to repeal
Stand Your Ground!
The parents of Trayvon Martin,
civil rights attorneys,
and five Democratic candidates
for governor
demand Gualtieri arrest
Michael Drejka.
Despite
the rallies and the protests,
the sheriff has not wavered
from his position --
My job is is to follow the law,
and I'm gonna follow the law.
Pinellas
County investigators now
turning over all of their
evidence to the state attorney.
The pressure
just kept staying on,
and I don't think
they expected that.
I'm asking Governor Rick Scott
to declare a state of emergency
and suspend this law
through executive order.
- Justice for Markeis!
- Justice for Markeis!
Today's rally was by far
the largest turnout we've seen.
Hundreds gathered here
in the Circle A Food Store
parking lot, protest --
- What do we do?
- Stand up! Fight back!
- Enough is enough!
- Enough is enough!
It was just sort of unrelenting
between when Markeis
was murdered
and when Michael Drejka
was arrested.
Florida prosecutors announced
a manslaughter charge
against Michael Drejka Monday.
Tonight,
Michael Drejka is in jail,
charged with manslaughter,
and is now being held
on $100,000 bail.
He could be arraigned Tuesday
on a manslaughter charge
that carries a maximum sentence
of 30 years in prison.
Why do
black families have to protest?
Why do we have to write letters
to the state attorney?
Why do we have to do all that
just to get an arrest?
We pay taxes
just like everybody else do.
Why do we have to do that?
We shouldn't have to do that.
I'm Lysa Clifton,
and I'm gonna get a not guilty
for Michael Drejka.
The ink's still fresh on this
paper signed by Michael Drejka
retaining defense attorney
Lysa Clifton.
Clifton says she just showed up
to the jail
late this afternoon
to visit Drejka
but ended up representing him.
Clifton does not have experience
with manslaughter cases.
Clifton
admits to having zero experience
in a Stand-Your-Ground case.
She calls herself the lawyer
with the most selfies.
Way to take the perfect selfie
is to get the right filter
on Snapchat.
The majority of her cases
she has handled have been
for DUI
or other traffic infractions.
Call me right now
at 844-Do-U-Blow.
It's sickening that in 2018,
we still have to deal
with the black and white thing.
This was not a race issue.
The Stand Your Ground law
is not a racist
Stand Your Ground law.
I would just like to say
for the record
that I am not a racist.
You can look at my history.
I have black in my blood.
My dad had an afro.
Developing tonight, not one
but three Bay area attorneys
are stepping up
to put together a defense case
for Michael Drejka.
Clifton announced that she was
bringing on two co-counselors.
Clifton says her team plans
to ask for a new bond hearing.
We had an incident
just months before this incident
at that same exact
Circle A convenience store.
The defendant decided
he was going to be,
again, the parking monitor.
He's a danger to himself.
He's a danger to the community.
He wasn't acting in fear.
He was acting in anger.
The store owner says
the shooter in this case
has a history of assaulting
people in his parking lot.
The store owner says he had
to call the cops a month ago
on Drejka, when he got in
a yelling match with Rich Kelly.
Rich Kelly says the man
who confronted him
was upset he parked
in a handicap space.
He said he'll shoot me,
called me
Just stating
that he was gonna kill me.
Yeah, I mean, okay, I get it.
There's something that happens
in this country
when black people are killed
by police
or gun-wielding vigilantes.
There's an unwritten rule
that's so deeply embedded --
Black people must have done
something to deserve it.
And we use that to justify
the grossest kinds of injustice.
This is a person who grew
up in a society that told him
that Markeis McGlockton would
kill him if he had the chance.
What really struck me about this
is how quick this man
pulled out that gun.
It was like this person had
been through a number of drills,
had seen Markeis,
had visualized
killing this person.
It all seemed pre-planned.
In my opinion,
it's important to support
Stand Your Ground
and Michael Drejka
because any given day,
you can be approached
by any crazy on the street
in fear of your life,
and if the law does not exist,
you die.
Oh, here comes McGlockton.
McGlockton shoves him,
has problems keeping
his hands to himself.
The more appropriate, humane
thing to do would be to say,
"Hey, is there a problem
going on here," you know?
"I apologize," you know,
"We parked in a handicap spot,"
and go about his business.
For the hot-headed people,
keep your hands to yourself,
'cause we'll shoot.
Boom.
If you put yourself
in his shoes,
I personally would
rather defend myself
and go out with a fight
than fold like a bitch.
You have credible attorneys
who are beating the drums
that this is all about race,
sending the message
that any verdict
other than guilty
would obviously have
a racial component then, too.
So that's the problem we have.
I just hate when
it becomes an issue of race,
because then people
get distracted from the law.
They get distracted
from the facts.
What were the facts?
What happened?
If you look at the facts
in this case and apply the law,
this should not be
a very complicated case.
He followed the law.
If you don't like the law,
how about pay attention
to who you're voting
into the legislature?
Because in Florida,
there are good people,
and the good people carry guns,
and we will shoot.
They say Florida
is as South as you can get,
so they're still playing out
the dysfunctions
of their ancestors in Florida.
It's like, when does it stop?
When is it gonna end?
It's the wild wild West
out there, man.
That's why that law
needs to be overturned.
You know, the whole
Stand Your Ground thing,
I knew that that was a law
that affected Florida.
When you hear things like that,
you never think
that it's gonna come
knocking at your front door.
Been praying every night, man.
We got a lot of strong people
behind us
and lot of people that's been
praying, as well, so...
I got a good feeling that it's
gonna go in the right direction.
Thanks for coming in.
Wanted to kind of give you
some updates on the case.
But first, did you see
the interview?
Yeah.
Now that you have a chance
to look back,
is there anything
you would change?
I've had plenty of time
to think about it,
but as far as changing
anything as --
- events is what you're --
- Right. Right.
I don't see --
Mm, I really --
No, not off the top of my head.
Okay.
I mean, I just feel
that it was a bunch of crap.
You know, they tried to paint
Michael Drejka out
to be some kind of good guy.
- Right.
- Which he's not.
The most disturbing part
about his whole interview
is when he was asked,
is there anything
that he would differently
or change differently?
He said, "Nope."
Just said, "No."
To me, that's just cold-hearted.
He meant to do exactly
what he did that particular day.
Knowing the other attorneys
on the side,
I know what they're doing.
They were trying
to humanize someone
When you see
this kind of pattern
that keeps happening
and happening, you always hope,
"Well, maybe this one's
really clear.
There's a video, so we don't
really have to worry about it."
No. We're here again.
My position
with the McGlockton family
is I believe that
I've been entrusted with them.
I have to be their advocate.
I have to be their voice.
We understand what
Stand Your Ground does!
- Right.
- It doesn't work for us.
And I'm tired, because I have
mothers come in my office
every week, every week --
Representing these families,
I feel that I'm always working
to prove their humanity,
prove that their lives matter.
I take it into my heart.
But it's not a light task.
Stand Your Ground
is a bunch of B.S.
- Guilty!
- Guilty!
Stand Your Ground,
particularly in Florida
or any other American state,
was never made
for people of color.
- What do we want?!
- Justice!
- When do we want it?
- Now!
The Stand Your Ground law
is for bullies with guns.
I think this law
gives people justification,
knowing that the government
will have your back
if you murder someone of color.
You know, there are people
who will take that
and use it for their advantage.
It's meant
to protect white people
and give law enforcement
and our criminal justice system
another reason to make
people of color invisible
if they are shot.
It gets me boiling,
because that law
is an excuse for murder,
and we don't really
have evidence of,
"You were threatened."
Who says that that's okay?
White people can always say that
they feared for their lives.
In states
with Stand Your Ground laws,
the shooting of a black person
by a white person
is found justifiable
34% of the time.
But the shooting of
a white person by a black person
is deemed justifiable
just 3% of the time.
This is America.
I mean, you know...
What we could do is refuse
to sit back and do nothing.
Grassroots activism
is responsible
for putting Stand Your Ground
on the map.
How many people had ever heard
of Stand Your Ground
before the marches and rallies
and campaign work?
Andrew Gillum is a great example
of moving from
grassroots organizing
into contending for power
and contending for a seat
at the table.
This truly a historic win
tonight for Gillum
as he becomes the first
major-party black nominee
for governor in Florida.
Florida hasn't elected
a Democratic governor
in 24 years.
It pits Andrew
Gillum against Ron DeSantis,
backed by President Trump,
so this could be an epic clash
here in the Sunshine State.
I humbly accept
the Democratic nomination.
Most folks in Florida
were really shocked.
I think a lot of folks
had given up hope
that Florida is a state
that can actually have
representatives that care
about black people.
The Stand Your Ground laws,
which have no place
in civilized society --
Andrew Gillum stands for change.
We've got a lot of work to do --
He wants peace.
He wants to see repeal
of the law that will continue
to kill people.
Andrew Gillum
represents the values
that the Dream Defenders
and movements across the state
and the world
have been fighting for --
radical inclusion,
authentic democracy,
speaks to really what is
inherently human about us.
These are the values
of the movement
and have now seeped
into the Democratic mainstream.
In a time of great uncertainty,
masses of people stand
at a crossroads.
We can't just elect
a transformational candidate.
We have to have people
who are willing to fight
for what they want
and don't just leave it
on the shoulders of some savior.
Andrew Gillum!
Make some noise!
In order for us
to make the type of change
that our society needs,
we need activists and
organizations and institutions,
and we also need
those in elected office
willing to listen,
willing to engage,
willing to represent our values.
While Andrew didn't win,
he gave us the roadmap
for what it means
to have someone in office
that we can work with.
I still plan to be
on the front lines
right alongside
every single one of you
when it comes to standing up
for what it is
that we believe in.
- We'll just meet at the church.
- Okay.
And, you know,
be part of the service.
Okay.
Dream Defenders
has been in collaboration
with organizations
like Black Lives Matter
and with organizations
across the region
almost since the start
of when we were organizing.
Obviously, you know,
we have been brought together
under a very specific
circumstance.
Some of us have seen
one another before.
Some of us have
never seen each other.
And it's always difficult
that we're brought together
by loss,
but I think the beauty is
is that we're trying to build
and birth something new
out of that loss.
When something like this occurs,
we need each other to be able
to really get the critical mass
necessary for a change to happen
and for action to be taken.
If you could just
introduce yourself.
What brought you here?
My name is DeAnna Joseph,
and I'm the mother
of Andrew Joseph III.
He was killed as a 14-year-old
in this Tampa community
in Florida, and...
I'm an activist
based on my son's death,
and as a result of that,
the Circle of Mothers
was created.
I'm Sheila Banks.
I'm here to support
the other families,
because this is a --
We always call it,
"The club that no one
wants to be a part of,"
because it hurts so badly.
And whatever I can do here
this weekend to bring comfort
to the McGlockton family,
I'm here.
Thank you.
My name is Delores Collins.
My son was killed
January 3, 2018.
And...
I am so broken.
My reason here
is to bring justice
to our young black mens
that are getting killed.
And we as a black community,
we have to stick together
and make sure
that something is being done.
We don't want
our children to be forgotten.
We don't want them
to just be a hashtag.
We want to create a memory,
whereas the world will continue
to say their names
and know who they are.
We are here today because
when Markeis was killed,
Black Lives Matter was called
into action by the community,
and so, an organizing
work team was born.
We are back here, now that an
arrest of Michael Michael Drejka
has been made, to put pressure
on Bernie McCabe
to inform the community
about Stand Your Ground
being bad policy.
You are all here to stand
in stead of that family
and all families
who have been thusly affected,
and I thank you for being here.
Stand Your Ground
is not working for us.
So tomorrow is a day of action,
and that's why we're here.
And the time is now.
We are planning to deliver
48,000 petitions
to Bernie McCabe's office,
the state's attorney,
so that they understand
this is bad policy,
and we do not want it.
And for each of those
48,000 persons,
there are millions more people
who agree with us.
Florida was the first state
to enact Stand Your Ground
in 2005.
Thank you to the NRA, I guess.
The NRA's Marion Hammer
was standing next to Jeb Bush
when he signed
Stand Your Ground into law.
I think it will help us continue
to see lower crime rates
and protect people's rights.
Stand Your Ground laws actually
have not improved safety at all.
In states where Stand Your
Ground laws have been passed,
we actually see
homicide rates go up.
White people have
a tight association
between blackness and crime.
It is justification
for the stereotypes that exist,
so it reinforces this idea
that blacks are criminal.
If you want to stop
violent crime,
take every felon with a gun,
drug dealer with a gun,
and criminal gangbanger
with a gun off the street.
The NRA profits from a culture
that fears black people,
because if we have a culture
in which black people
are terrifying,
then there are lots of folks who
need guns to protect themselves.
They're not gonna take
your guns away, folks.
They're not gonna take your guns
away. Not gonna do it.
From my cold, dead hands.
This isn't about
taking someone's gun.
It's about the taking
of people's lives.
We should not
be influenced by NRA.
What should influence us is
the righteousness of the cause.
Lobbying groups like the NRA,
they have this pot of money,
and we have people
that are easily bought.
I want you to know I'm a proud
lifetime member of the NRA.
I'm a card-carrying
member of the NRA.
The NRA, I assure you,
does not give up.
To the NRA, thank you,
thank you, thank you.
God bless the NRA.
It's incumbent
upon each legislator
to answer to a higher power
of right and wrong.
Don't waste a bullet
on a warning shot.
This is not
a political question.
This is a moral issue.
I'm waiting for politicians
that say, "You can't be bought."
The congressman was against
the piece of legislation
because he is wholly owned
by the NRA.
He's not gonna stand up to
the National Rifle Association.
That's why they're running
all these ads against me,
because they want the man
that they bought.
If Stand Your Ground
isn't repealed,
I think we'll continue to see
the sort of vigilante culture
spin out of control.
Breaking news.
Michael Drejka
is a free man tonight.
The man charged
in a controversial
Stand Your Ground shooting
in Clearwater is home.
His family posted the $100,000
needed for his release.
The autopsy of shooting
victim Markeis McGlockton
released Monday shows
the bullet fired by Drejka
entered his left side
and nearly exited
under his right armpit.
That appears to show
that he was turning away
at the time
that the gun was shot.
In my personal opinion,
if he really intended
to kill him,
he could have unloaded
the entire gun.
He shot once.
The community plays
a role in all legislation.
Conviction of Michael Drejka
does not stop a future vigilante
from committing the same act.
The importance
of repealing Stand Your Ground
is as critical
as life and death.
I believe in America
that we stand on the principle
that you have a right
to protest for rights.
And where else
is the public supposed to go
but to the courthouse
or to the capital house
to vent its expression
of injustice?
None of these mothers
have received the justice
that they've sought, right?
And so, we fight and lose
and fight and lose
and fight and lose so that
100 years from now, we can win.
So maybe we're not fighting
for today,
but if we don't
do something today,
there's no chance of us
ever getting to that point.
Right now, the place
to apply pressure
is on Bernie McCabe.
We want to make sure
that Bernie McCabe knows
who he's accountable to,
and that the community
does have a say
in what justice looks like.
I believe that the holy
spirit of these young souls
that were stolen
were there and present.
I believe they are rooting,
and they're so proud
of their parents
for being able to find a way
to bring forth a message
in spite of them not being here
in the physical sense.
Is Bernie McCabe available?
Yeah.
Okay. Thank you.
My supervisor is coming.
Thank you.
The first thing they did was
they sent out a black woman.
We did not meet with McCabe.
Finally, they sent out
one of the attorneys,
and he took the stance
of listening
aptly enough.
Each mother came up
and said that they were
demanding justice
for Markeis McGlockton
in the name of their child,
and put their portion
of those 48,000 signatures
into that box.
They didn't stamp them
in the way they said they would.
I suspect that they'll make
their way to the shredder.
But we're still here,
and we're not going anywhere.
And every day of our lives that
we have the capacity to do so,
we're going to wake up,
and we're going to walk
these halls.
We're going to do whatever needs
to be done to find justice
for our sons, for our daughters,
for our family members.
That's actually
my favorite picture.
That's my favorite picture, too.
I never thought that I would be
in this position,
but raising a black child
in America,
I knew it was a possibility.
Markeis was a family man.
He was close with a lot
of our family members.
He was just so down to earth.
Like, I was a girl version
of him,
and he was a boy version of me.
Like we was so much alike.
It was crazy.
My brother always wanted
to be famous,
but I don't feel like he wanted
to be famous in this way,
you know?
I remember his smile,
'cause he was always smiling.
I always got a part of him
in my heart.
The people
hosting this event say
they want to honor the life
of Markeis McGlockton.
We're told
McGlockton's family --
I want people to know
the type of person
that he really was.
He just had a good spirit,
and I was very proud of him.
Very proud of him.
Hello, everyone.
We are gathered here today
in a space of remembrance,
in a space of unity
to celebrate the life of
our brother Markeis McGlockton.
We thought it was really
important to have a moment
to just reflect on Markeis.
Please don't let this
be the last time
that the family
and the friends see your face.
Please don't let this
be the last time
that y'all talk about Markeis.
The people who we lost
sort of become a story,
and who they are as a person
gets lost oftentimes.
How do we hold
our society accountable
for creating people
like Michael Drejka?
In my opinion, justice really
looks like a transformation.
It looks like us making sure
that no one's first
or final solution
is pulling out a gun
and murdering somebody.
I think it is important
to remember,
just because Markeis was not
killed by a police officer,
that does not mean the systems
of white supremacy
that have laws
such as Stand Your Ground
did not kill him.
So for me, there's no justice,
and there won't be no justice.
Even if you lock this guy up,
Michael Drejka,
for the rest of his life,
he's still living.
If there is a conviction,
I believe
that it will mean something
to black people psychologically
that, "See,
our lives do matter."
So in this time,
we cannot be complacent.
It is time to move forward.
It is time to grasp hold
of this movement
that has been building
behind Markeis.
We have to maintain the strength
to fight, to get up,
to repeal Stand You Ground,
not just in Florida,
but across the other states
that have adopted
Stand Your Ground.
The best way to overturn
Stand Your Ground
is on a multi-front basis --
politically, community,
civil disobedience,
whatever it takes.
Malcolm X said,
"By any means necessary."
It is our duty
to fight for our freedom!
It is our duty
to fight for our freedom!
It is our duty to win!
- It is our duty to win!
- It is our duty to win!
We must love and support
one another!
We must love and support
one another!
We have nothing to lose
but our chains.
We have nothing to lose
but our chains!
We have nothing to lose
but our chains.
We have nothing to lose
but our chains!
We have nothing to lose
but our chains!
We have nothing to lose
but our chains!
Being a person of color
in this country,
you are birthed
into a hostile environment.
There are so many different
crises in this country.
Are you removing black voters
just to win this election?
Baltimore's toxic lead paint --
Abuse targeting black students.
Cash bail's like slavery.
I'm tired of begging
for my humanity!
Our lives matter, too!
We have to get up and fight.
We become remarkable
when we fight for justice.
I'm in action mode right now.
- No justice, no peace!
- No justice, no peace!
the Stand-Your-Ground law
is to protect
scared-ass white folk
who encounter
black people who kick their ass
for that bullshit
they be kicking.
You know what I'm saying?
"I can shoot you now
and say I was scared
for my life,
even though I came over here
**** with you
in the first place."
There is a reality in America
that unarmed black men
are being killed unnecessarily.
Breaking news
update to a deadly shooting --
A father shot in front of --
If racism and manufactured fear
is the gunpowder,
then "Stand Your Ground"
is the match.
Why is it okay
for you to use your fear
as an excuse for murder?
The Florida
Stand-Your-Ground law,
it says, in part,
"A person is justified
in the use of deadly force"...
"If there's
a reasonable belief it's needed
to prevent death
or great bodily harm."
In other words, if you think
someone's gonna hurt you,
if you even thinkit, you can
defend yourself with a gun.
Stand-Your-Ground laws
encourage the sort of vigilante,
wild wild West,
wannabe cop sort of culture.
I carry a gun
because a cop is too heavy.
Stand Your Ground is
subjective in its application.
It's never applied fairly
or equally.
White people
are more likely to get off
whenthey kill a black person.
The NRA profits from a culture
that fears black people.
From my cold, dead hands.
- Say no!
- Say no!
- No Stand Your Ground!
- No Stand Your Ground!
We have to say, "No,
this is not justice."
Not just in Florida,
but across the other states
that have adopted
Stand Your Ground.
This is something
that's gonna take perseverance.
Repealing Stand Your Ground is
as critical as life and death.
He took my son's life.
He killed my husband
in cold blood.
I am so broken.
I had Markeis when
I was a senior in high school.
It was a unexpected pregnancy.
As he was growing up,
he had a lot of dreams
to do a lot of big things.
I think he really wanted to be
a father more than anything.
And once he had those kids,
I mean,
the glow on Markeis' face
was just undescribable.
Markeis was my only son.
You have to sacrifice
certain things for your family,
and that's what I call a man.
Your purpose in life
is to make your kids' life
better than yours was coming up,
so we used to have a lot
of deep conversations
about stuff like that.
And we also used to have
conversations about afterlife.
I always thought that he'll
be the one burying me.
But, um...
in this case,
I was the one burying him.
News alert
out of Pinellas County --
Another
shooting, this one in Clearwater
at a Circle Food store
located on --
We do know
that one man was shot,
and another person here
at the scene was detained.
At this point, we do not know
what happened here.
We know that it happened
at the Circle A Foods...
What happened on July 19th?
Probably about 3:25,
and I was --
just hopped in the car,
I was going down the street,
and my phone rung.
I saw his girlfriend
Britany's name,
and I'm thinking to myself,
"Britany don't usually call me
unless there's something wrong."
So when I picked up the phone,
you know, I just heard her
crying frantically, just crying.
And she told me, she was like,
you know,
"You need to get up here
to the store.
Markeis has been shot."
From the video that I saw?
We had a wannabe cop
come up to a mother
and her kids in the car,
confront the mother
in front of her kids
about parking
in the handicap spot,
knowing that he was armed.
Markeis comes out the store
and did exactly
what I taught him to do --
Stand up for your family.
Protect your family
at all costs.
Michael Drejka hits the floor,
pulls out his gun,
shot him in the chest.
911. What is
the address of the emergency?
The Circle Food store
on Sunset Point.
Someone just got shot
point blank.
Where's the person with the gun?
Looks like we may be getting
multiple calls on this.
Hello? - Hello!
I need help now!
- Okay. Where are you?
- I need help now!
Okay.
Breaking news
update to a deadly shooting --
A father shot
in front of his son.
Shot and killed right
in front of his son.
This all started with a fight
over a parking space.
He had to shoot
to defend himself.
You know, and those are
the facts, and that's the law.
The sheriff, Bob Gualtieri,
he did his press conference
the next day
and basically said that,
you know, it was
a Stand-Your-Ground case.
Markeis McGlockton
wouldn't be dead
unless Markeis McGlockton
slammed this guy to the ground.
You know, and that
was his decision.
Nothing that Bob Gualtieri
does surprises me.
He regularly looks for excuses
to blame black people
for their own deaths.
Before Stand Your Ground,
a case like this
probably would have
a different outcome.
Does this law create
a situation potentially
where people shoot first
and ask questions later?
Well, you can have
that discussion.
If a black guy
shot a white guy like that,
do you know how quickly
that same sheriff
would have arrested him?
The same law
that got Zimmerman off.
At that point in time,
was there the possibility
of imminent serious
bodily injury or death of Drejka
that justified the use
of deadly force?
- I don't think so.
- Should he have pushed the guy?
No, you shouldn't
push the guy anyway.
You should have had
a conversation to begin with.
That doesn't mean
you should be murdered.
Right there. Boom.
Right there is the question,
right?
The question that I ask
as I watch that,
"Is the sheriff's
analysis incorrect,
or is the law at fault?"
This follows a long line
of these alleged
Stand-Your-Ground murderers.
Mr. McGlockton is not here
with his family,
but Mr. Drejka is walking around
the streets of Clearwater,
free as a bird.
There was a lot of organizations
that just started
reaching out to us,
had their own private protests,
just to try to let everybody
know that this isn't right,
especially the fact that
this guy was still
walking around.
He did not have to walk up
and act like
the handicap rent-a-cop.
We all just want to see justice.
This man should be arrested.
He should not be home
laying in his bed.
Dozens came out to Circle
Food Store this afternoon.
No justice!
They're angry about what
happened here Thursday night.
I said,
if we don't get no justice!
- You don't get no peace!
- I said, if we don't get --
Our first
and foremost priority was,
"How do we really uplift
and support
the family's demands
for justice?"
And the most immediate thing
is that they want
to see Michael Drejka arrested
and charged in the death
of, you know, of a father,
of a son,
of a community member
who's important
to a lot of people.
And I'm so happy that all of you
are here today
to take a stand for what's right
and to take a stand
against racism.
- Whoo!
- Yeah!
I feel the movement
against Stand Your Ground
is increasing every time
that we have a killing, per se.
We have more and more people
calling out for changes.
We need to show this family
that we are not going to quit
until this matter is done.
We're going to repeal
Stand Your Ground!
The parents of Trayvon Martin,
civil rights attorneys,
and five Democratic candidates
for governor
demand Gualtieri arrest
Michael Drejka.
Despite
the rallies and the protests,
the sheriff has not wavered
from his position --
My job is is to follow the law,
and I'm gonna follow the law.
Pinellas
County investigators now
turning over all of their
evidence to the state attorney.
The pressure
just kept staying on,
and I don't think
they expected that.
I'm asking Governor Rick Scott
to declare a state of emergency
and suspend this law
through executive order.
- Justice for Markeis!
- Justice for Markeis!
Today's rally was by far
the largest turnout we've seen.
Hundreds gathered here
in the Circle A Food Store
parking lot, protest --
- What do we do?
- Stand up! Fight back!
- Enough is enough!
- Enough is enough!
It was just sort of unrelenting
between when Markeis
was murdered
and when Michael Drejka
was arrested.
Florida prosecutors announced
a manslaughter charge
against Michael Drejka Monday.
Tonight,
Michael Drejka is in jail,
charged with manslaughter,
and is now being held
on $100,000 bail.
He could be arraigned Tuesday
on a manslaughter charge
that carries a maximum sentence
of 30 years in prison.
Why do
black families have to protest?
Why do we have to write letters
to the state attorney?
Why do we have to do all that
just to get an arrest?
We pay taxes
just like everybody else do.
Why do we have to do that?
We shouldn't have to do that.
I'm Lysa Clifton,
and I'm gonna get a not guilty
for Michael Drejka.
The ink's still fresh on this
paper signed by Michael Drejka
retaining defense attorney
Lysa Clifton.
Clifton says she just showed up
to the jail
late this afternoon
to visit Drejka
but ended up representing him.
Clifton does not have experience
with manslaughter cases.
Clifton
admits to having zero experience
in a Stand-Your-Ground case.
She calls herself the lawyer
with the most selfies.
Way to take the perfect selfie
is to get the right filter
on Snapchat.
The majority of her cases
she has handled have been
for DUI
or other traffic infractions.
Call me right now
at 844-Do-U-Blow.
It's sickening that in 2018,
we still have to deal
with the black and white thing.
This was not a race issue.
The Stand Your Ground law
is not a racist
Stand Your Ground law.
I would just like to say
for the record
that I am not a racist.
You can look at my history.
I have black in my blood.
My dad had an afro.
Developing tonight, not one
but three Bay area attorneys
are stepping up
to put together a defense case
for Michael Drejka.
Clifton announced that she was
bringing on two co-counselors.
Clifton says her team plans
to ask for a new bond hearing.
We had an incident
just months before this incident
at that same exact
Circle A convenience store.
The defendant decided
he was going to be,
again, the parking monitor.
He's a danger to himself.
He's a danger to the community.
He wasn't acting in fear.
He was acting in anger.
The store owner says
the shooter in this case
has a history of assaulting
people in his parking lot.
The store owner says he had
to call the cops a month ago
on Drejka, when he got in
a yelling match with Rich Kelly.
Rich Kelly says the man
who confronted him
was upset he parked
in a handicap space.
He said he'll shoot me,
called me
Just stating
that he was gonna kill me.
Yeah, I mean, okay, I get it.
There's something that happens
in this country
when black people are killed
by police
or gun-wielding vigilantes.
There's an unwritten rule
that's so deeply embedded --
Black people must have done
something to deserve it.
And we use that to justify
the grossest kinds of injustice.
This is a person who grew
up in a society that told him
that Markeis McGlockton would
kill him if he had the chance.
What really struck me about this
is how quick this man
pulled out that gun.
It was like this person had
been through a number of drills,
had seen Markeis,
had visualized
killing this person.
It all seemed pre-planned.
In my opinion,
it's important to support
Stand Your Ground
and Michael Drejka
because any given day,
you can be approached
by any crazy on the street
in fear of your life,
and if the law does not exist,
you die.
Oh, here comes McGlockton.
McGlockton shoves him,
has problems keeping
his hands to himself.
The more appropriate, humane
thing to do would be to say,
"Hey, is there a problem
going on here," you know?
"I apologize," you know,
"We parked in a handicap spot,"
and go about his business.
For the hot-headed people,
keep your hands to yourself,
'cause we'll shoot.
Boom.
If you put yourself
in his shoes,
I personally would
rather defend myself
and go out with a fight
than fold like a bitch.
You have credible attorneys
who are beating the drums
that this is all about race,
sending the message
that any verdict
other than guilty
would obviously have
a racial component then, too.
So that's the problem we have.
I just hate when
it becomes an issue of race,
because then people
get distracted from the law.
They get distracted
from the facts.
What were the facts?
What happened?
If you look at the facts
in this case and apply the law,
this should not be
a very complicated case.
He followed the law.
If you don't like the law,
how about pay attention
to who you're voting
into the legislature?
Because in Florida,
there are good people,
and the good people carry guns,
and we will shoot.
They say Florida
is as South as you can get,
so they're still playing out
the dysfunctions
of their ancestors in Florida.
It's like, when does it stop?
When is it gonna end?
It's the wild wild West
out there, man.
That's why that law
needs to be overturned.
You know, the whole
Stand Your Ground thing,
I knew that that was a law
that affected Florida.
When you hear things like that,
you never think
that it's gonna come
knocking at your front door.
Been praying every night, man.
We got a lot of strong people
behind us
and lot of people that's been
praying, as well, so...
I got a good feeling that it's
gonna go in the right direction.
Thanks for coming in.
Wanted to kind of give you
some updates on the case.
But first, did you see
the interview?
Yeah.
Now that you have a chance
to look back,
is there anything
you would change?
I've had plenty of time
to think about it,
but as far as changing
anything as --
- events is what you're --
- Right. Right.
I don't see --
Mm, I really --
No, not off the top of my head.
Okay.
I mean, I just feel
that it was a bunch of crap.
You know, they tried to paint
Michael Drejka out
to be some kind of good guy.
- Right.
- Which he's not.
The most disturbing part
about his whole interview
is when he was asked,
is there anything
that he would differently
or change differently?
He said, "Nope."
Just said, "No."
To me, that's just cold-hearted.
He meant to do exactly
what he did that particular day.
Knowing the other attorneys
on the side,
I know what they're doing.
They were trying
to humanize someone
When you see
this kind of pattern
that keeps happening
and happening, you always hope,
"Well, maybe this one's
really clear.
There's a video, so we don't
really have to worry about it."
No. We're here again.
My position
with the McGlockton family
is I believe that
I've been entrusted with them.
I have to be their advocate.
I have to be their voice.
We understand what
Stand Your Ground does!
- Right.
- It doesn't work for us.
And I'm tired, because I have
mothers come in my office
every week, every week --
Representing these families,
I feel that I'm always working
to prove their humanity,
prove that their lives matter.
I take it into my heart.
But it's not a light task.
Stand Your Ground
is a bunch of B.S.
- Guilty!
- Guilty!
Stand Your Ground,
particularly in Florida
or any other American state,
was never made
for people of color.
- What do we want?!
- Justice!
- When do we want it?
- Now!
The Stand Your Ground law
is for bullies with guns.
I think this law
gives people justification,
knowing that the government
will have your back
if you murder someone of color.
You know, there are people
who will take that
and use it for their advantage.
It's meant
to protect white people
and give law enforcement
and our criminal justice system
another reason to make
people of color invisible
if they are shot.
It gets me boiling,
because that law
is an excuse for murder,
and we don't really
have evidence of,
"You were threatened."
Who says that that's okay?
White people can always say that
they feared for their lives.
In states
with Stand Your Ground laws,
the shooting of a black person
by a white person
is found justifiable
34% of the time.
But the shooting of
a white person by a black person
is deemed justifiable
just 3% of the time.
This is America.
I mean, you know...
What we could do is refuse
to sit back and do nothing.
Grassroots activism
is responsible
for putting Stand Your Ground
on the map.
How many people had ever heard
of Stand Your Ground
before the marches and rallies
and campaign work?
Andrew Gillum is a great example
of moving from
grassroots organizing
into contending for power
and contending for a seat
at the table.
This truly a historic win
tonight for Gillum
as he becomes the first
major-party black nominee
for governor in Florida.
Florida hasn't elected
a Democratic governor
in 24 years.
It pits Andrew
Gillum against Ron DeSantis,
backed by President Trump,
so this could be an epic clash
here in the Sunshine State.
I humbly accept
the Democratic nomination.
Most folks in Florida
were really shocked.
I think a lot of folks
had given up hope
that Florida is a state
that can actually have
representatives that care
about black people.
The Stand Your Ground laws,
which have no place
in civilized society --
Andrew Gillum stands for change.
We've got a lot of work to do --
He wants peace.
He wants to see repeal
of the law that will continue
to kill people.
Andrew Gillum
represents the values
that the Dream Defenders
and movements across the state
and the world
have been fighting for --
radical inclusion,
authentic democracy,
speaks to really what is
inherently human about us.
These are the values
of the movement
and have now seeped
into the Democratic mainstream.
In a time of great uncertainty,
masses of people stand
at a crossroads.
We can't just elect
a transformational candidate.
We have to have people
who are willing to fight
for what they want
and don't just leave it
on the shoulders of some savior.
Andrew Gillum!
Make some noise!
In order for us
to make the type of change
that our society needs,
we need activists and
organizations and institutions,
and we also need
those in elected office
willing to listen,
willing to engage,
willing to represent our values.
While Andrew didn't win,
he gave us the roadmap
for what it means
to have someone in office
that we can work with.
I still plan to be
on the front lines
right alongside
every single one of you
when it comes to standing up
for what it is
that we believe in.
- We'll just meet at the church.
- Okay.
And, you know,
be part of the service.
Okay.
Dream Defenders
has been in collaboration
with organizations
like Black Lives Matter
and with organizations
across the region
almost since the start
of when we were organizing.
Obviously, you know,
we have been brought together
under a very specific
circumstance.
Some of us have seen
one another before.
Some of us have
never seen each other.
And it's always difficult
that we're brought together
by loss,
but I think the beauty is
is that we're trying to build
and birth something new
out of that loss.
When something like this occurs,
we need each other to be able
to really get the critical mass
necessary for a change to happen
and for action to be taken.
If you could just
introduce yourself.
What brought you here?
My name is DeAnna Joseph,
and I'm the mother
of Andrew Joseph III.
He was killed as a 14-year-old
in this Tampa community
in Florida, and...
I'm an activist
based on my son's death,
and as a result of that,
the Circle of Mothers
was created.
I'm Sheila Banks.
I'm here to support
the other families,
because this is a --
We always call it,
"The club that no one
wants to be a part of,"
because it hurts so badly.
And whatever I can do here
this weekend to bring comfort
to the McGlockton family,
I'm here.
Thank you.
My name is Delores Collins.
My son was killed
January 3, 2018.
And...
I am so broken.
My reason here
is to bring justice
to our young black mens
that are getting killed.
And we as a black community,
we have to stick together
and make sure
that something is being done.
We don't want
our children to be forgotten.
We don't want them
to just be a hashtag.
We want to create a memory,
whereas the world will continue
to say their names
and know who they are.
We are here today because
when Markeis was killed,
Black Lives Matter was called
into action by the community,
and so, an organizing
work team was born.
We are back here, now that an
arrest of Michael Michael Drejka
has been made, to put pressure
on Bernie McCabe
to inform the community
about Stand Your Ground
being bad policy.
You are all here to stand
in stead of that family
and all families
who have been thusly affected,
and I thank you for being here.
Stand Your Ground
is not working for us.
So tomorrow is a day of action,
and that's why we're here.
And the time is now.
We are planning to deliver
48,000 petitions
to Bernie McCabe's office,
the state's attorney,
so that they understand
this is bad policy,
and we do not want it.
And for each of those
48,000 persons,
there are millions more people
who agree with us.
Florida was the first state
to enact Stand Your Ground
in 2005.
Thank you to the NRA, I guess.
The NRA's Marion Hammer
was standing next to Jeb Bush
when he signed
Stand Your Ground into law.
I think it will help us continue
to see lower crime rates
and protect people's rights.
Stand Your Ground laws actually
have not improved safety at all.
In states where Stand Your
Ground laws have been passed,
we actually see
homicide rates go up.
White people have
a tight association
between blackness and crime.
It is justification
for the stereotypes that exist,
so it reinforces this idea
that blacks are criminal.
If you want to stop
violent crime,
take every felon with a gun,
drug dealer with a gun,
and criminal gangbanger
with a gun off the street.
The NRA profits from a culture
that fears black people,
because if we have a culture
in which black people
are terrifying,
then there are lots of folks who
need guns to protect themselves.
They're not gonna take
your guns away, folks.
They're not gonna take your guns
away. Not gonna do it.
From my cold, dead hands.
This isn't about
taking someone's gun.
It's about the taking
of people's lives.
We should not
be influenced by NRA.
What should influence us is
the righteousness of the cause.
Lobbying groups like the NRA,
they have this pot of money,
and we have people
that are easily bought.
I want you to know I'm a proud
lifetime member of the NRA.
I'm a card-carrying
member of the NRA.
The NRA, I assure you,
does not give up.
To the NRA, thank you,
thank you, thank you.
God bless the NRA.
It's incumbent
upon each legislator
to answer to a higher power
of right and wrong.
Don't waste a bullet
on a warning shot.
This is not
a political question.
This is a moral issue.
I'm waiting for politicians
that say, "You can't be bought."
The congressman was against
the piece of legislation
because he is wholly owned
by the NRA.
He's not gonna stand up to
the National Rifle Association.
That's why they're running
all these ads against me,
because they want the man
that they bought.
If Stand Your Ground
isn't repealed,
I think we'll continue to see
the sort of vigilante culture
spin out of control.
Breaking news.
Michael Drejka
is a free man tonight.
The man charged
in a controversial
Stand Your Ground shooting
in Clearwater is home.
His family posted the $100,000
needed for his release.
The autopsy of shooting
victim Markeis McGlockton
released Monday shows
the bullet fired by Drejka
entered his left side
and nearly exited
under his right armpit.
That appears to show
that he was turning away
at the time
that the gun was shot.
In my personal opinion,
if he really intended
to kill him,
he could have unloaded
the entire gun.
He shot once.
The community plays
a role in all legislation.
Conviction of Michael Drejka
does not stop a future vigilante
from committing the same act.
The importance
of repealing Stand Your Ground
is as critical
as life and death.
I believe in America
that we stand on the principle
that you have a right
to protest for rights.
And where else
is the public supposed to go
but to the courthouse
or to the capital house
to vent its expression
of injustice?
None of these mothers
have received the justice
that they've sought, right?
And so, we fight and lose
and fight and lose
and fight and lose so that
100 years from now, we can win.
So maybe we're not fighting
for today,
but if we don't
do something today,
there's no chance of us
ever getting to that point.
Right now, the place
to apply pressure
is on Bernie McCabe.
We want to make sure
that Bernie McCabe knows
who he's accountable to,
and that the community
does have a say
in what justice looks like.
I believe that the holy
spirit of these young souls
that were stolen
were there and present.
I believe they are rooting,
and they're so proud
of their parents
for being able to find a way
to bring forth a message
in spite of them not being here
in the physical sense.
Is Bernie McCabe available?
Yeah.
Okay. Thank you.
My supervisor is coming.
Thank you.
The first thing they did was
they sent out a black woman.
We did not meet with McCabe.
Finally, they sent out
one of the attorneys,
and he took the stance
of listening
aptly enough.
Each mother came up
and said that they were
demanding justice
for Markeis McGlockton
in the name of their child,
and put their portion
of those 48,000 signatures
into that box.
They didn't stamp them
in the way they said they would.
I suspect that they'll make
their way to the shredder.
But we're still here,
and we're not going anywhere.
And every day of our lives that
we have the capacity to do so,
we're going to wake up,
and we're going to walk
these halls.
We're going to do whatever needs
to be done to find justice
for our sons, for our daughters,
for our family members.
That's actually
my favorite picture.
That's my favorite picture, too.
I never thought that I would be
in this position,
but raising a black child
in America,
I knew it was a possibility.
Markeis was a family man.
He was close with a lot
of our family members.
He was just so down to earth.
Like, I was a girl version
of him,
and he was a boy version of me.
Like we was so much alike.
It was crazy.
My brother always wanted
to be famous,
but I don't feel like he wanted
to be famous in this way,
you know?
I remember his smile,
'cause he was always smiling.
I always got a part of him
in my heart.
The people
hosting this event say
they want to honor the life
of Markeis McGlockton.
We're told
McGlockton's family --
I want people to know
the type of person
that he really was.
He just had a good spirit,
and I was very proud of him.
Very proud of him.
Hello, everyone.
We are gathered here today
in a space of remembrance,
in a space of unity
to celebrate the life of
our brother Markeis McGlockton.
We thought it was really
important to have a moment
to just reflect on Markeis.
Please don't let this
be the last time
that the family
and the friends see your face.
Please don't let this
be the last time
that y'all talk about Markeis.
The people who we lost
sort of become a story,
and who they are as a person
gets lost oftentimes.
How do we hold
our society accountable
for creating people
like Michael Drejka?
In my opinion, justice really
looks like a transformation.
It looks like us making sure
that no one's first
or final solution
is pulling out a gun
and murdering somebody.
I think it is important
to remember,
just because Markeis was not
killed by a police officer,
that does not mean the systems
of white supremacy
that have laws
such as Stand Your Ground
did not kill him.
So for me, there's no justice,
and there won't be no justice.
Even if you lock this guy up,
Michael Drejka,
for the rest of his life,
he's still living.
If there is a conviction,
I believe
that it will mean something
to black people psychologically
that, "See,
our lives do matter."
So in this time,
we cannot be complacent.
It is time to move forward.
It is time to grasp hold
of this movement
that has been building
behind Markeis.
We have to maintain the strength
to fight, to get up,
to repeal Stand You Ground,
not just in Florida,
but across the other states
that have adopted
Stand Your Ground.
The best way to overturn
Stand Your Ground
is on a multi-front basis --
politically, community,
civil disobedience,
whatever it takes.
Malcolm X said,
"By any means necessary."
It is our duty
to fight for our freedom!
It is our duty
to fight for our freedom!
It is our duty to win!
- It is our duty to win!
- It is our duty to win!
We must love and support
one another!
We must love and support
one another!
We have nothing to lose
but our chains.
We have nothing to lose
but our chains!
We have nothing to lose
but our chains.
We have nothing to lose
but our chains!
We have nothing to lose
but our chains!
We have nothing to lose
but our chains!
Being a person of color
in this country,
you are birthed
into a hostile environment.
There are so many different
crises in this country.
Are you removing black voters
just to win this election?
Baltimore's toxic lead paint --
Abuse targeting black students.
Cash bail's like slavery.
I'm tired of begging
for my humanity!
Our lives matter, too!
We have to get up and fight.
We become remarkable
when we fight for justice.
I'm in action mode right now.
- No justice, no peace!
- No justice, no peace!