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Represent over 100 people each, they spelled out, thoughts and prayers on the national law. on thoughts and prayers, because that is all congress has been able to offer the victims of gun violence in america. march for our lives cofounder david hogg, now a student at harvard college, said this today. >> it is unacceptable to me. when we started, we did not have a majority in the house. the senate, or the white house. despite changing all of those things in four years, which had not happened in a decade. still, not a single law has passed, because of the filibuster. the thing that bothers me de...

Next year's midterms? >> what we saw today and i'm in austin where there were thousands of people marching, rallying together and one of the most diverse rallies i have ever seen in this state and it was interesting because there was almost all the conversation, the speakers talked about the fact that we have to register to vote and people have to get out and elect new members of the state legislature and new governor. it was clear that what happened in texas is extreme, unconstitutional cruel abortion ban did not happen because the people rose up and demanded it but the governor and other rep...

All i wanted was to cross the ocean and come to new york and find out why my child would be gunned down like that. amadou was my first born. i had him when i was just 16 years old. he was very shy but he was gentle. anger and disbelief from the community where amadou diallo lived. holding their wallets aloft, they asked how the four officers could possibly have mistaken mr diallo's wallet for a gun. when i arrived in new york i said, you have to take me where my son lived and died. i remember seeing the bullet wounds on the wall. i remember picking up my son's clothes, bringing it to my face j...

When i came to new york and i saw the outcry and the response of all people of all origin, all religion, all colours. people marching, protesting. i was comforted by that support. it was thousands and thousands of people. that energy was so powerful. i was sitting in the courtroom every day when the verdict was given, acquitting all the four officers. i was devastated and i felt betrayed because how can an innocent young man like amadou be killed and be blamed for his own death? because that was the argument in the end. unfortunately, after amadou, so many people fell victim to the same police...

He was very shy but he was gentle. anger and disbelief from the community where amadou diallo lived. holding their wallets aloft, they asked how the four officers could possibly have mistaken mr diallo's wallet for a gun. when i arrived in new york i said, you have to take me where my son lived and died. i remember seeing the bullet wounds on the wall. i remember picking up my son's clothes, bringing it to my face just to smell it. when i came to new york and i saw the outcry and the response of all people of all origin, all religion, all colours, people marching, protesting. i was comforted b...