they don t ever want this to be what they re doing instead of raising their sons or daughters, but in a lot of ways, many moms have followed in her foot steps, and you know all of them. your thoughts? yeah, i do know just about all of them, including the george floyd family. i did his eulogy and led a lot of the marches, but i also got to know mamie, the mother of emmett till. i was only 1 year old when it happened, but through her continued involvement, she came to national action network several times, one time to comfort the family of james bird jr. who was dragged to death in jasper, texas, and i can say that she totally trusted and believed that keith would one day get this out. i remember doing things with keith at the u.n., keith was like her son, in many ways, i guess he was almost like what
emmett would have been. i m proud of him and whoopi for getting it out. i was able in the years i got to know mamie and worked with her cousins and all the foundation to know how important this was to her. the one thing i remember, nicolle, and i shared this with keith is when i was a teenager and joined the civil rights movement in the north, rosa parks said when she sat in front of the bus, a year after emmett till, and they told her to get up, she said she thought about getting up, but she couldn t get up. she thought about emmett till. that s how significant mamie till mobley, it was the direct reason rosa parks didn t get off that bus, and it took all of these years, but thank god for a person like keith and mamie, the story is out, so people understand. it didn t start with george floyd. it continues with george floyd. it started when a courageous woman opened that casket.
casket open. the time when she says, leave us alone, and she s talking about her and her son in the coroner s office, and she spends that time with her. she describes, you know, touching every part of him. and then she goes out and brings the cameras in because she wants people to believe what they see with their own eyes. how much do you feel that message is needed today, keith? well, i think we re seeing it today. you know, in particular, the george floyd case, the young lady who had her cell phone and decided to make this courageous decision to film what she saw, that was an extension of the work of mother mobley, and we see this time and time again. we have been seeing this unfortunately recently. it is not naturally for us to see death in realtime, but think about this, if this young lady did not take out her phone to film what was going on with
but in a lot of of ways, many moms have followed in their footsteps, and you know all of them. your thoughts? yeah, i do know just about all of them, including the george floyd family. but i also got to know mamie, the mother of emmett till. i was only one year old when it happened. but through her continued involvement, she came to the national action network several times, one time to comfort the family of james byrd jr., who was dragged to death in jasper, texas. i can say that she totally trusted and believed that keith would one day get this out. i remember doing things with keith. keith was like her son. in many ways i guess he was almost like what emmett would have been. so, i m so proud of him as well
more notorious or consequential than that of george floyd. floyd s death, which sparked a huge national debate about defunding police, it set off street demonstrations and made the phrase black lives matter a household term. it s another case that happened before george floyd in the small town of greensboro, maryland, with similarities and connections to the george floyd case that were actually going to examine in depth today. first reported by dateline by lester holt and supervisor producer dan, the death of anton black in police custody touches on so many fault lines we have been debating about, race, mental health, escalation versus de-escalation, police accountability and the role of the medical examiner just to name a few. in this morning s special edition of meet the press we