Amanpour and Company

ALL WE'VE BEEN SAYING ABOUT YOUR FATHER'S ASSASSINATION AND WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED HAD THAT NOT HAPPENED AND TAKEN PLACE. DO YOU FEEL THIS IS A MOMENT AS ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON SAID THAT IN FACT THE PROMISE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND EQUALITY AND JUSTICE CAN ACTUALLY START TO BE HEARD? IN THIS MOMENT BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO GEORGE FLOYD AND THE REACTION TO IT. >> WHAT I WOULD SAY OF COURSE IS IF WE DO NOT HEAR AND HEED TO A CALL NOW, THEN OUR NATION IS ON THE BRINK OF DESTRUCTION. MY FATHER USED TO SAY WE MUST LEARN NONVIOLENCE OR WE WILL FACE NONEXISTENCE. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE HAVE TO TREAT OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT, 50-PLUS YEARS AGO MY FATHER STOOD WITH SANITATION WORKERS, THEY HAD A SIGN THAT SAID I AM A MAN. THOSE MEN WERE SAYING TREAT US WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. YES, WE'RE SANITATION WORKERS BUT NEED TO BE PAID. 52-PLUS YEARS LATER, BLACKS AND WHITES AND CHILDREN AND LATINO AND HISPANICS AND EVERYONE STANDING UP SAYING BLACK LIVES MATTER. WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO BE SAYING THAT? WE'RE HUMAN BEINGS AND SOCIETY HAS NOT RECOGNIZED THAT. I BELIEVE THOUGH THIS INCIDENT MAY PERHAPS BE A TIPPING POINT AND TURNING POINT FOR OUR NATION TO REALLY ENGAGE IN SOME SERIOUS ACTION, INSTITUTIONALLY. DAD WANTED TO SEE THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY, AND MY MOTHER, I SHOULD SAY, RACISM, AND HE SAID MILTARYISM, BUT TODAY IT'S VIOLENCE. WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THESE THINGS. TAKES A FEW GOOD WOMEN AND MEN COMING TOGETHER AND CREATING A STRATEGIC PLAN AND EFFORT. IN THIS CONTEXT, MAY BE DIFFERENT POLICIES. SO YES, I BELIEVE THIS MIGHT BE AS THE CONGRESSWOMAN STATED, THAT OPPORTUNITY. IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY. IT'S TRAGIC, OVER AND OVER AGAIN WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING THROUGH THIS. BUT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. >> YES. >> AND IT'S CLEAR THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE.>>