Queen Sugar

Seems like yesterday I was chasing this boy out of my room,

and now he's getting married today.

My word for today is jubilant.

And I get to use it for real right now.

Go!

Hey, girl! You were... I was supposed to call it.

I love you.

I love you too.

Surprise!

I never thought this day would come.

May your hearts always be filled with joy and love.

And may that joy and love always help you find your way.

- Come on, baby. - Watch your head.

- Okay. - You ready?

- Yeah. - Yeah?

- Yeah. Am I heavy? - Heavy?

- Yeah. - What, all 100 pounds of you?

Aren't you

- whoa! - Ralph! That was not... That is not funny!

- I got you. - That's not funny.

My gosh.

Hundred pounds isn't easy to carry.

I can carry you.

- Yeah? - I got you.

- Okay. - Ain't no thing. I just...

You better not drop me.

- You better not drop me. - Come on.

No, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

- After you. - Thank you.

That's the smile I wanna see all weekend.

- You will. - Better make sure of it.

"Just married"!

Come on.

- Four days on the gulf. - The coast, the water.

Plus you all weekend.

I can't wait.

The attempted arrest was caught on camera, and we need to warn you here

that it's very difficult to watch.

The video of last night's confrontation shows

a white police officer with his knee

pinning down the neck of the suspect.

And you can clearly hear the man saying,

"I can't breathe" several times

before an ambulance arrives.

That video is

get out of the car!

Now!

The attempted arrest was caught on camera and we need to warn you here

that it's very difficult to watch.

The video of last night's confrontation

shows a white police officer with his knee...

My god.

That boy has got some big energy.

You got blue all set up for school?

He is.

Have you seen the funny papers?

I save them for blue.

I didn't know you like 'em too.

Yes. Just trying to keep my spirits up.

Trying hard.

Pay for groceries with a counterfeit $20 bill.

And this is a non-violent offence

penny for your thoughts?

How about $20 for 'em?

That's the going rate for black life, right?

- Twenty dollars? - Mr. Floyd.

The whole situation don't make no sense.

Racism ain't never made sense.

If a man comes into my diner,

and tries to pass a fake 20,

I can think of at least ten things

that I would do before I call the police.

So you give it back to him and say, "I can't accept it."

Number one. Number two,

I'd serve the man.

If you're passing fake money, you might need to survive!

And we don't even know if it's really what happened.

- Just... They lie. - They do!

Lies face-down in handcuffs.

Floyd is heard repeatedly saying

that he can't breathe.

At one point, he, he even calls out to his mother.

He continues to call out

until he can no longer speak.

To our ancestors,

to those taken too soon from us,

I thank you for this opportunity

to honor your life.

And the sacrifice

that was forced from you.

I honor

trayvon martin,

Michael brown junior,

Sandra bland,

Eric garner,

Natasha Mckenna,

tamir rice,

philando Castile,

Alton sterling,

Bettie Jones,

India kager,

Freddie Carlos gray junior,

Jordan Davis,

Dominique fells,

riah Milton,

Walter Lamar Scott,

Antwon rose ii,

atatiana koquice Jefferson,

Michelle cusseaux,

Elijah mcclain,

Daniel prude,

ahmaud arbery,

breonna Taylor,

George Floyd.

Even as Floyd lay on the ground

with the officer's knee pressed on the back of his neck,

- Floyd... - My god.

He's not resisting. He's not, he's not...

It doesn't matter.

Not to them.

And asking chauvin to take his knee off his neck,

as bystanders, including the grocery clerk

who initially called 911

talk to me.

I'm fine. I just, um

- I gotta study. - Please don't do that to yourself.

- Do what? - Push it down.

It doesn't work. I've tried it.

You know we won't stand for this.

It's murder. It's uis it? Table.

Everything happened on some dirt path on the side of the road.

This didn't happen in the middle of the night.

They didn't take him for a drive to a dark alley

so they could put a gun in his mouth.

Okay? This was broad daylight.

There were people across the street

begging him to stop, but he didn't.

I know.

I know the murder of black people is very acceptable.

The fact that it is is the whole point.

I'm here for you, baby.

Thank you.

You all right?

Could be better.

There's an opportunity right now and I want to do my small part to make sure

his murder.

I don't know... Means something.

I don't want his name to trend for a couple of days and then disappear.

Lynching photography in America"?

A little light reading.

A little white reading.

Sorry.

That wasn't meant for you.

It's fine.

It's not a time to hold your tongue.

What's most interesting to me isn't the lynchings themselves.

It's the people who watched.

The white crowds that gathered

to make murder a wear-your-Sunday's-best public event.

There were three cops who stood there and let another cop kill a man.

I know cops are trained to protect each other.

Even before they protect civilians.

But how do they stand there and just...

Let it happen?

It's hideous.

What's that face?

I'm just looking at you.

All of you.

Hi.

What's your name?

I'm Darla the wife.

I've replaced Darla the girlfriend.

And Darla the fiancee.

It's a pleasure to meet you, Darla the wife.

And you are?

Ma'am.

I'm trying to be everything you need.

Everything you deserve.

Hey.

Hey.

Do you feel ashamed

about what happened to George Floyd?

- Ashamed? - Yes.

Ashamed.

Wh horrible things happen and a black person

is responsible, we feel shame.

I can't tell you how many times I thought,

"please don't let the shooter be black,"

"or the terrorist be black or the abuser be black,"

while I'm watching the news or reading an article.

Do you all feel that?

Am I speaking for all white people?

Just speak for yourself.

When you saw what happened to George Floyd,

did you feel shame?

It's not a trick question. I'm just curious.

It's for my article.

I felt disgust,

watching a human life being taken.

But, no, I wasn't embarrassed by it personally