Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile)

It's surely hard to find words for this moment. The tragedy of it, the thing that galvanized a nation. But George Floyd wasn't a catalyst or an event or a name in a history book, but a man. He had children and family and a future

The next speaker has trouble starting. "It's heavy out here" they say, and the crowd cheers encouragement This space is too big for words. What else can we do but try? The activist speaks: they say that we can be his voice and his legacy

The crowd chants: "No justice, no peace!" "Get your knee off my neck!"

As the audio continues to glitch out, the rapper reminds us that the Red House still needs people for the ongoing anti-eviction afford down there

Jordan talks about working at Beaverton Carfax when the George Floyd news hit. He was the only black guy working there and he describes listening to his white coworkers talking about how it wasn't a big deal. One of them had the audacity to wonder what the cop was going through