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00:00The world knows him as George, but I call him Perry.
00:05Yesterday we laid him to rest.
00:08It was the hardest thing I ever had to do.
00:12I'm the big brother now.
00:15So it's my job to comfort my brothers and my sisters.
00:19And me being the big brother now is why I'm here today.
00:24To do what Perry always would have done.
00:29To take care of the family and others.
00:32I couldn't take care of George that day he was killed,
00:35but maybe by speaking with you today,
00:39I can make sure that his death would not be in vain.
00:44To make sure that he is more than another face on a T-shirt,
00:49more than another name on a list that won't stop growing.
00:54He called all the officers, sir.
00:58He was mild-mannered. He didn't fight back.
01:02He listened to all the officers.
01:05The man who took his life, who suffocated him for eight minutes and 46 seconds,
01:12he still called them, sir, as he begged for his life.
01:17I can't tell you the kind of pain you feel when you watch something like that.
01:23When you watch your big brother who you looked up to your whole entire life die,
01:28die begging for his mom.
01:31I'm tired. I'm tired of pain.
01:34Pain you feel when you watch something like that.
01:37When you watch your big brother who you looked up to for your whole life die,
01:41die begging for his mom.
01:46I'm here to ask you to make it stop.
01:49Stop the pain.
01:51Stop us from being tired.
01:53People of all backgrounds, genders and races have come together to demand change.
02:00Honor them. Honor George.
02:03And make the necessary changes that make law enforcement the solution and not the problem.
02:11Hold them accountable when they do something wrong.
02:16Teach them what it means to treat people with empathy and respect.
02:21Teach them what necessary force is.
02:24Teach them that deadly force should be used rarely and only when life is at risk.
02:30George wasn't hurting anyone that day.
02:33He didn't deserve to die over $20.
02:36I'm asking you, is that what a black man is worth?
02:42$20? This is 2020.
02:46Enough is enough.
02:48The people marching in the streets are telling you enough is enough.
02:52By the leaders that in our country the world needs the right thing.
02:57The people elected you to speak for them, to make positive change.
03:01George's name means something.
03:03You have the opportunity here today to make your names mean something too.
03:09If his death ends up changing the world for the better, and I think it will, then he died as he lived.
03:22It is on you to make sure his death is not in vain.
03:28But I know he's looking down at us now.
03:32Perry, look up at what you did.
03:36Big brother, you changed the world.
03:39Thank you for everything.
03:41For taking care of us when we were on Earth, for taking care of us now.
03:44I hope you find mama and you can rest in peace with power.
03:48Thank you.