George Floyd's brother makes emotional plea to lawmakers

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"He didn't deserve to die over $20."  In an emotional testimony, George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, implored lawmakers to take action against police brutality and racial profiling.

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00:00George wasn't hurting anyone that day.

00:03He didn't deserve to die over $20.

00:06I'm asking you, is that what a black man is worth, $20?

00:13This is 2020.

00:16Enough is enough.

00:18The people marching in the streets are telling you enough is enough.

00:22The world needs the right thing.

00:25The people elected you to speak for them, to make positive change.

00:29George's name means something.

00:31You have the opportunity here today to make your names mean something, too.

00:37If his death ends up changing the world for the better, and I think it will, then he died

00:48as he lived.

00:51It is on you to make sure his death is not in vain.

00:55I didn't get the chance to say goodbye to Perry while he was here.

01:03I was robbed of that.

01:13But I know he's looking down at us now.

01:16Perry, look up at what you did, big brother.

01:22You changed the world.

01:23Thank you for everything, for taking care of us on Earth, for taking care of us now.

01:28I hope you find mama and you can rest in peace with power.

01:32He was mild-mannered.

01:34He didn't fight back.

01:36He listened to all the officers.

01:39The man who took his life, who suffocated him for eight minutes and 46 seconds, he still

01:47called him sir as he begged for his life.

01:50I can't tell you the kind of pain you feel when you watch something like that.

01:55When you watch your big brother, who you looked up to your whole entire life, die, die begging

02:02for his mom, I'm tired.

02:05I'm tired of pain, pain you feel when you watch something like that.

02:10When you watch your big brother, who you looked up to for your whole life, die, die begging

02:15for his mom.

02:19I'm here to ask you to make it stop.

02:22Stop the pain.

02:24Stop us from being tired.

02:26George called for help and he was ignored.

02:29Please listen to the call I'm making to you now, to the calls of our family and the calls

02:35ringing out the streets across the world.

02:38People of all backgrounds, genders, and races have come together to demand change.

02:45Honor them, honor George, and make the necessary changes that make law enforcement the solution

02:53and not the problem.

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