A rally organized by Black Lives Matter Mississippi is set for Saturday outside the governor's mansion.
ORGANIZERS PLANNED FORHUNDREDS...THEY SAW THOUSANDS...A DAY OF PEACE, AND PROTESTBROUGHTRIGHT TO THE STEPS OF THEGOVERNOR'SMANSION... NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!THAT POWERFUL CHANT, ALONG WITHBLACK LIVESMATTER FILLED THE STREETS OFDOWNTOWN JACKSON..MARCHING PAST THE CAPITOL...NATSAND INTO HISTORY...YOUTH ORGANIZERS WITH BLACKLIVESMATTER MISSISSIPPI SPENT THELAST 5 DAYSPLANNING THIS EVENT...THEY SAY THIS DAY IS ABOUTPEACEFULLYPROTESTING THE MANY DECADES OFINJUSTICEBLACK MISSISSIPPIANS HAVE BEENSUBJECTED TO...THE SPEECHES WERE IMPASSIONED..."AS THE BLACK SON OF A YOUNG,SINGLE BLACK MOTHER.
IWATCHED MY MOMMA WORK HERSELF TODEATH, DAY IN, DAYOUT...AND WONDER WHAT I COULD DOAS AN ADULT TO REPAY THAT DEBT."AND THOSE WHO WERE IN THE CROWDWEREMOVED..WE JUST EXPERIENCED EVERYBODYCOMINGTOGETHER FOR ONE THING FOR BLACKLIVESMATTER, AND FOR EQUALITY FOREVERYBODY"I FELT THE MARCH WAS REALLYGOODAND REALLY NEEDED.
UM, A LOT OFPEOPLE CAME OUT TO EXPRESS HOWTHEY FEEL ABOUT THOSEOPPRESSED IN THE STATE OFMISSISSIPPI""I BROUGHT WHITESILENCE IS VIOLENCE, BECAUSETHERE'S NO WAY TO ENDTHE SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THISCOUNTRY, UNTIL THE WHITELEADERS WHO BENEFIT FROM WHITEPRIVILEGE STEP UP ANDLEARN THAT THEIR POWER IS NOT ASIMPORTANT AS LIVES."AT ONE POINT, THE CROWD EERILYSILENT...AS THEY STOPPED TO MARKOUT 8MINUTES AT 46 SECONDS... THESAME LENGTH OF TIME AMINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER'SKNEE WAS ON HIS NECK...NATSI CAN'T BREATHE..."OUR HUMANITY IS NOT UP FORDISCUSSION...IT'S NOT UP FORDEBATE.
AND WE WILL NO LONGERBEG ANYBODY TO MAKE SURE WE CANLIVE A FRUITFUL ANDEQUAL LIFE.
APPLAUSE OUT." COMING UP AT 10:30, WE'LL TELLYOU ABOUTSOME OF THE AGENDA BLACK LIVESMATTERPLAN TO FIGHT FOR IN THE COMINGMONTHS...FOR NOW, LIVE IN DOWNTOWNJACKSON...TROY JOHNSON, 16 WAPTNEWS BIG CROWDS IN DOWNTOWNJACKSON...MEMBERS OF THE CROWD HOLDING ANASSORTMENT OF SIGNS RANGING FROM"NO FREEDOM.
NO JUSTICE" TO"BLACK LIVES MATTER"THE MARCH FROM THE GOVERNOR'SMANSIONTO THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDINGAND BACK WASA JOURNEY FOR PEOPLE WHO SAIDTHEY WANTEDIT TO BE A PEACEFUL EVENT... ANDTHEYWANTED TO BE HEARD.
IT'S SO MUCH FEAR AND ANGERGOINGON AND I JUST WANT TO BE HERE TOSUPPORT.
I HATE THAT ICOULDN'T BE MORE VOCAL EARLIERONSPEAKING ON THIS SUBJECT, BUTIT'SIMPORTANT TO GET OUT HERE ANDADVOCATE FOR THIS.I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OFMESSAGES COMING OUT.
I'M HEREBECAUSE I'M WHITE, AND IFPEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME DON'TSPEAK UP, PEOPLE THAT DON'T LOOKLIKE ME WILL NEVER HAVE ACHANCE.THE PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TOTODAY TOLDME THEY HOPE THAT THIS DOES NOTEND IN HERE AND THAT THIS IS THEBEGINNING OF PEOPLETHINKING ABOUT HOW EVENTS IMPACTEVERYONE NOT JUST ONE SEGMENT OFSOCIETY.
JACKSON'S MAYOR WAS AMONG THEMARCHERSTODAY.CHOKWE ANTAR LUMUMBA TALKEDABOUTHIS FAMILY'S HISTORY IN CIVILRIGHTS MOVEMENT BUT TODAY GAVETHE CREDIT FOR THE CALLFOR JUSTICE TO THE YOUNGACTIVISTS INMISSISSIPPI.
"I'M PROUD OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.ITWAS THE YOUNG PEOPLE THATORGANIZED THIS EVENT.
THEYDESERVE ALL OF THE CREDIT FORTHAT.
AS WE LOOK AT EVERY MODERNMOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE ANDCHANGE, THEY ARE TYPICALLY LEDBY YOUNG PEOPLE."AND WHILE NO ADDITIONAL PROTESTSARE PLANNED...ORGANIZERS HAVE NOT RULED OUTMORE DEMONSTRATIONS AROUND THESTATE.
SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING SOMETHINGTOSAY TODAY ...SO MANY RAWEMOTIONSUNVEILED BY THOSE MARCHING FORJUSTICE...16 WAPT PHOTOJOURNALIST CHRISFIELD HAS THEIR STORY...IN THEIROWNWORDS.
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