Exonerated 5 Dr. Yusef Salaam Justice & Peace March Henry County, Ga — Transcript

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1. 0:00worried about the Central Park five well
2. 0:02guess what he's one of the ones that was
3. 0:04a part of that story and part of that
4. 0:05and he's here with us in Henry County I
5. 0:08wasn't I want him to come and just greet
6. 0:11us and give his perspective
7. 0:12come on yo let's make him feel welcome
8. 0:14today I first like to see may the peace
9. 0:24of blessings of the owner of all peace
10. 0:27and blessings be upon all of it
11. 0:31even Dubonnet once had a shirt on and
12. 0:34said I am my ancestors wildest Rangers
13. 0:37and I believe our ancestors are here
14. 0:40today with us clapping cheering us on
15. 0:42and lifting us up because of this effort
16. 0:44that we are able to participate in at
17. 0:50this time see we weren't going by
18. 0:54mistake but we were born on purpose God
19. 0:58chose us to be on the right side because
20. 1:02we were born in struggle yes I know we
21. 1:05have far too well because I was run over
22. 1:07by the spiked wheels of justice at 15
23. 1:09years old I'd never forget my appellate
24. 1:13attorney a white man you all may know
25. 1:16his name his name was Bill Kunstler or
26. 1:19William Kunstler he came to the jail
27. 1:22that I was in once while we were losing
28. 1:24appeal after appeal after appeal and he
29. 1:28said you know you sir this case the
30. 1:32Central Park jogger case is such a case
31. 1:37now this isn't a predominantly Christian
32. 1:39country he said this he said this case
33. 1:42is such a case that Jesus Christ himself
34. 1:46couldn't have won that's how bad they
35. 1:49wanted us and so we'll be looking at all
36. 1:53of the end justices that are going on in
37. 1:55our time we have to reconnect it to all
38. 1:58of the end justices that have going on
39. 1:59throughout time not just when we were
40. 2:03brought over here as chattel slaves
41. 2:05because it's not that John Henry Clark
42. 2:07said we can't if you begin a people's
43. 2:09history with slavery everything else
44. 2:12looks like progress we were more than
45. 2:15that
46. 2:16we were better than that and now this is
47. 2:19the time when we can restore our to
48. 2:22freedom justice and equality so listen
49. 2:26um I'm a member of the community we
50. 2:28moved down here in 2016 and I'm happy to
51. 2:34stand with you
52. 2:37and I want to say that my prayer is that
53. 2:43the Creator allow us to be a light in
54. 2:48this world the Creator allow us to speak
55. 2:52that which is light in this world to
56. 2:56look at that which is light in this
57. 2:58world to listen to that which will give
58. 3:00light to this world to reach for that
59. 3:03which is light in this world and most
60. 3:06certainly as we begin the march to walk
61. 3:10in a way that brings light to this world
62. 3:12so thank you Pastor bishop for having me
63. 3:15thank you all for showing up with