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First of all you wouldnt be where you are and keith and i wouldnt be where we are but for his dream and his legacy. >> true. >> every time we see people coming together, whether black lives matter, whether the young people in their protests of gun violence and the plethora of guns on the streets, whether colin kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem. thats king in different forms. but people coming together to stand up the country a more perfect union. in kings last speech he talked ...

The world know we cant stand for this any more. >> critics said whats the point? we know hes going to be in office the next four years. theres been a lot of protesters of color out here. why was it so important for you to come out here today? >> im a person that really believes in getting out and letting my voice be hed. i want to be out with the grass root to let him hear my voice. when things come down, i could say i did my part. i wish people of color would come out and let their voice be hea...

Just to watch a show. well be actively engaged in our redemption. >> quickly, phillip, what is your reaction to the details coming out of detroit with remeisha mcbrides death? >> it sounds strikingly similar to a number of case. you have jonathan farrow in north carolina who was in an accident, looking for help, and as was shot by police. it sounds strikingly familiar. its a story im sick of hearing. in our communities, we hear it every day. the loss of a life, whether black, brown, or white is ...

Remeisha mcbrides death? >> it sounds strikingly similar to a number of case. you have jonathan farrow in north carolina who was in an accident, looking for help, and as was shot by police. it sounds strikingly familiar. its a story im sick of hearing. in our communities, we hear it every day. the loss of a life, whether black, brown, or white is a sad day in america and we dont have any laws that should allow for the killer of that person to walk free. >> phillip agnew from dream defenders, tha...

>> it sounds strikingly similar to a number of case. you have jonathan farrow in north carolina who was in an accident, looking for help, and as was shot by police. it sounds strikingly familiar. its a story im sick of hearing. in our communities, we hear it every day. the loss of a life, whether black, brown, or white is a sad day in america and we dont have any laws that should allow for the killer of that person to walk free. >> phillip agnew from dream defenders, thank you so much. >> thank ...

>> i was thinking i kept thinking how hilarious it would be if there were black teenagers saying it is a racist country while living in the white house with your dad as president, it is a pretty great time. >> but barack obama is forced into commenting on these isolated incidences like this. i am not sure this is something we should expect him -- >> no, no, no, no, no. he is the president. he chose to comment on trayvon martin, said if i have a son, it would look like trayvon. he is the one that...

>> i was thinking i kept thinking how hilarious it would be if there were black teenagers saying it is a racist country while living in the white house with your dad as president, it is a pretty great time. >> but barack obama is forced into commenting on these isolated incidences like this. i am not sure this is something we should expect him -- >> no, no, no, no, no. he is the president. he chose to comment on trayvon martin, said if i have a son, it would look like trayvon. he is the one that...

Bruner. one a republican and one a diagram. what they are going to say, i believe this should not be a partisan issue. this is an issue where all americans, whether black, white, or whatever, should have the right to vote. its not an issue in my state of vermont. we have huge voting turnout but with you do know its an issue in a lot of states where, suddenly, voting places a change at the last minute and even elections have been canceled. that is not america and everybody should have right to vo...

Disenfranchise voters, like mrs. applewhite, 93 years old, she marched with king for the right to vote. and now because she cant get a birth certificate, she is going to be unable to vote this year. >> is there anything that people can do to try to turn this around for themselves in if they cant get a drivers license or something with this photo i.d., is there anything that can allow them to vote in november? >> we are going to be working with people but -- to try to do that to try to get the un...

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