Name: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Working with Killer Mike to Propel Movement
Uploaded: 2020-07-03T08:00:00.000Z
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hard on all the violent protests and the looting that's

But you do acknowledge that they're just angry

and they don't know how to channel that anger?

And Atlanta is the home of the civil rights movement.

So we're used to protests and to gatherings

But what we saw happening in our city on Friday

I understand the anger and the frustration.

And I pulled the "Appeal for Human Rights."

It was a document that was drafted by some students

And it was a very succinct document that was put together

outlined exactly what their grievances were

and the resolution that they were seeking.

And I think that is a conversation that we

so we'll know what the point of satisfaction

But I think a lot of-- and especially a lot

of the young people-- are saying the peaceful protests didn't

work because we're still in a situation like this.

and I've spoken with Tyler Perry about this

Even today when I call the "Appeal for Human Rights"

that the student is drafted in the 1960s,

And what I said to him is, we've got to lead this conversation

Our young people don't have any direction.

Peaceful protests in this country got results.

We got through the Civil Rights Movement.

And we have been moving forward in this country

going to make everything suddenly go away and change,

it's got to be a framework for us to know exactly what it

We know that we want black men and women not

But the reality is, if we don't change our policies,

the systematic issues that have gotten us to this point today,

then we're going to be in this state of chaos

And I think that is such an important point.

had to say to my kids, be careful when you go out there.

And when you are a black child in this country--

and I've explained this to my 13-year-old twins--

this is something you go through every day.

You wake up every morning and know you are black.

And you know that you are going out there.

And you are going to be in a level of potential danger

that my two sons will never have to understand.

And I was even thinking back to after Ferguson,

having a conversation with my son, and him saying to me, mom,

you have no idea how hard it is to be a black boy in America.

And what struck me today as I was thinking about Ferguson

because he's seen it on television day in and day out.

And the reality is, it doesn't matter how many conversations I

have of my kids and my sons, if you aren't having them

with your kids, then we all got to have this conversation.

But I do think there has been a monumental shift

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