Thousands run in solidarity with Ahmaud Arbery

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"As black men, we have to know that as we leave our house, it's not our last time."  Ahmaud Arbery was killed on February 23 while jogging. On his birthday, supporters ran 2.23 miles to honor him and demand justice.

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00:00Today is May 8th, and today would have been his 26th birthday.

00:03So, we were able to leave our house, run our miles, nobody looked at us crazy,

00:09nobody stopped us, and was able to get my black man home safely.

00:14Unfortunately, we can't say that about mine.

00:17And I can't imagine, cuz many know that I'm a runner.

00:22I couldn't imagine one day getting up to run and

00:25knowing that that is the last time that I will ever see my family.

00:31So much needs to be done, so much more that we need to do.

00:36And as a community, and as black men, we have to know that when we

00:41leave out our house, that it's not our last time.

00:46Today, we run with Ahmaud, and

00:50we send our prayers and blessings to his family.

00:56We want justice for Ahmaud, we want justice for

01:00our black men, for our black boys, we want justice for America.

01:07Definitely look him up, Ahmaud Arbery,

01:11definitely a heavy heart, hearing about his story.

01:17And just doing this in honor of him this morning,

01:22but hopefully, prayerfully, justice will be found for him.

01:30Justice will be found for him.

01:32We're walking for Ahmaud, it's so sad.

01:36It's devastating, it's difficult to even watch, man.

01:40It was two months ago, but it was-

01:42Near Brunswick or something?

01:44Yes, near Brunswick, Georgia, basically a father and

01:48a son were videoing Ahmaud Arbery, and

01:51they were talking about how he was going to be a father.

01:54Near Brunswick, Georgia, basically a father and

01:58a son were videotaped hunting him down like a dog and killing him with a shotgun.

02:03Today would have been his 26th birthday, so

02:06the country is rallying to walk 2.23 miles in honor of him.

02:10So- That's what we're doing.

02:11That's what we're doing today.

02:11So I just finished my run slash walk for my man.

02:18It was 2.23 miles in support of justice for Ahmaud Arbery.

02:26Now, granted, last night we heard the news that those two men,

02:30the father and son that murdered him, were actually charged with,

02:35were arrested for this thing.

02:37So in one sense, it's like, this is, that's awesome.

02:42But in another sense, it's kind of disappointing, right?

02:45Because it took a lot for us to get to this spot.

02:47So my mom told me when I was a kid, and I learned this early,

02:51that if you are not a part of the solution,

02:55then there's a good chance that you're a part of the problem.

02:57And so in one sense, I'm disappointed because it took all of this energy,

03:02all of this effort just to get justice, which is something that we should have already.

03:06Many of us are like, hey, this is not gonna change.

03:09But man, I have to know that there's more, I have to have hope.

03:14And what that means for me is, I would say for our black brothers and sisters,

03:17that means that you're probably gonna have to hug each other a little bit tighter, right?

03:21Like now I'm going to have to have some different conversations with my daughters.

03:25I'm gonna have to love on them just a little bit more.

03:28Because the reality is that this is so real for us.

03:33Injustice is still happening, racism is still happening.

03:36And so what I need to do, it's my responsibility as I'm raising this next generation

03:40to give them a picture of what it looks like to love people,

03:45but what it looks like to also fight for justice.

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