He calls a young child named Nova to the stage. Asks everyone to stand up The audience claps a beat while she sings "the Elmo song." It is about the cutest thing I've ever seen
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"Go forth and live, because we cannot die in this hour...even if we grow tired, we must continue to move forward" He reminds white people how badly the movement needs them to use their privilege to advance the cause of justice
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He closes with a prayer asking God to watch over the movement, to sustain it and show the right path. For those involved to stand strong. For unity The crowd applauds
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The organizers present George Floyd's cousin with the balloons from the memorial He releases them. As they float into the heavens, the crowd chants George Floyd's namepic.twitter.com/Y2T8846ST9
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The party will continue at the Red House, but this extremely cold reporter is going home to have hot toddies and either video games or reading, depending on how virtuous I feel Rest in Power, George Floyd
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Epilogue: some editorializing Events like these correctly focus on the beauty and worth of the life lost. By all accounts George Floyd was a wonderful person: a father, a pillar of his community, beloved by friends and family alike We should commemorate these things, always
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Unfortunately, a side effect of this correct form of grief is that it opens the door for the most irrelevant and disgusting argument possible in a situation like this: whether or not George Floyd was a good person It Doesn't Fucking Matter
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It doesn't matter if George Floyd had a drug problem. Addicts don't deserve to be murdered, some of my best friends struggle with addiction It doesn't matter if George Floyd made mistakes in his past. Who the fuck hasn't No one deserves to die like that. NO ONE
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If you come into my fucking mentions talking shit about George Floyd first of all fuck you you're blocked and secondly I sure hope you aren't a Christian because Jesus would not approve If you're a believer: God loves ALL His children. ALL souls are made in His image
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Nothing will bring back lives lost, there can be nothing like real justice. The scars of the past never truly heal All we can do is strive for a future where this is an ugly historical memory instead of a grinding, continuous horror Let's fight as hard as we can to get there
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