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Persuasive because its a public hearing and they needrs to hear the public outdry cry from people that are victims. s miss carr, the mother of eric garner, i will in my testimony submit statements from other mothers goingom back to 99 all the way to michael brown and inn ferguson and with all of the excessive force cases that weve seen, many of them video taped, likeid the choking death of mis carrs son eric garner, no new legislation, sorn were saying the legislators today there must be aor leg...

The wife of eric garner, esau garner and her children, emerald, eric jr. the mother of tamir rice, a 12-year-old young boy shot down in cleveland, ohio, his mother, samarra is here. ms. rices sister, robin and daughter is here. were standing with them. the family of john crawford, also shot with a toy gun in ohio. mother, teresa, is here. father, john crawford, is here. family is here.

You thought it would be kept quiet. you thought youd sweep it under the rug. you thought there would be no limelight. but were going to keep the light on michael brown, on eric garner, on tamir rice, on all of these victims because the only way you make roaches run is youve got to cut the light on. so i dont have, i dont have the words that others may have. i dont have the polish that civil rights leaders before me had. i dont have the understanding of law that some of my brothers and sisters ha...

Law, jason johnson from hiram college and the author of "rise of the warrior cop." >> one of the things were happiest about is that the kind of heartbreak weve experienced after ferguson and after eric garner in two cases where a grand jury refused to indict that it hasnt precipitated with the news cycle. we hope it sends a message of urgency. >> in terms of police shootings, you recently wrote that officials with the justice department keep no comprehensive database nor record of police shootin...

When it got to trayvon martins mother, the crowd roared. and then the young man shot 41 times in new york, his mother. theyre here in support of all these families and young unarmed black men killed by police every year. its kind of a crescendo as these families stand on stage. impressive sight. >> right now in the headlines, tamir rice, eric garner, michael brown certainly. but when the reverend al brings back these former victims, that makes a very powerful statement. were looking at people on...

Loved ones who have been killed by police. thats an energy thats already kind of building, not so much anger but this kind of -- this swell of energy is pretty surprising. just moments ago, we had the parents of tamir rice, the 12-year-old shot and killed by police in cleveland recently. she spoke and said that police, please dont shoot, our children want to grow up. esau garner, the widow of eric garner, killed by a chokehold by a police officer in new york, she says shes marching not only for ...

Were at war rather than that they were peace officers who were there truly to protect and serve. hopefully were seeing the birth of a change not just of law but of spirit. >> and you hear the talk of the retraining of the police. how do training policies affect what we see out on the street? how do they change those beat cops that may be out there? and in the case of eric garner, apply way too much pressure on this man when hes already down for the count? >> well, i think theres bad training whi...

Now, the grand jury decisions, both in moerferguson, missouri, in new york around the death of eric garner that have led so many people to feel, wait a minute, is our justice system working? not only the question of police interaction but more broadly the question of whether or not our justice system is working. i think particularly in the new york case because we could see the video, just the sense of, wait a minute, what is it that these grand juries are seeing that were not seeing? so i guess...

Let me say, there are those that want to act as though what we say are unreasonable. what is unreasonable about asking for a court case? whats unreasonable about asking for due process? what is unreasonable about asking for the constitution to work for everybody? what is unreasonable about saying that michael brown and tamir rice and eric garner had rights, too. what a lot of people dont understand is that just like policemen have the right to get unions and others to defend them, victims have t...

Some of you got a long ride home. but we understand together, let me bring to the platform first the mother and father and family of michael brown jr., ferguson, missouri, michael brown sr. come on, attorney gray. where is my partner? the mother of michael brown jr., lesley mcspadden. the mother of eric garner, ms. gwen carr.