'I'm asking you, is that what a black man is worth? Twenty dollars?' Philonise Floyd, George Floyd's brother, delivers a powerful opening statement before the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing on police brutality.
Chairman Jerold Nadler and members of the committee, thank you for the invitation to be here today to talk about my big brother, George. The world knows him as George, but I called him Perry.
Yesterday, we laid him to rest. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I'm the big brother now. So it's my job to comfort our brothers and sisters, Perry's kids, and everyone who loved him. And that's a lot of people.And me being the big brother now is why I'm here today. To do what Perry always would have done – to take care of the family and others.
I was reminded of that when I watched the video of his murder. He called all the officers"sir." He was mild-mannered; he didn't fight back. He listened to all the officers. The man who took his life, who suffocated him for eight minutes and 46 seconds, he still called them"sir" as he begged for his life.
I can't tell you the kind of pain you feel when you watch something like that. When you watch your big brother, who you've looked up to your whole entire life, die, die begging for his mom. I'm tired. I'm tired of pain. Pain you feel when you watch something like that. When you watch your big brother, who you looked up for your whole life, die begging for his mom.A Decade Of Watching Black People Die
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