Hands Up; Don't Shoot

Floor Speech

Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, November 30, we had a
seminal moment occur in the history of our country. When those football
players came out and held their hands up, they were speaking to the
masses; and they were using these words, ``Hands up; don't shoot,'' in
this symbolism.
I believe so strongly in what they have done that I will have flags
flown over the Capitol of the United States of America in honor of each
of those players, and I will pay for the flags with my personal U.S.
dollars.
I also want to mention something that happened this morning on the
Morning Joe show. The question was posed: ``What is wrong with these
people? Don't they know that this is a lie?'' meaning what happened in
Ferguson in terms of the hands up; don't shoot.
I want to tell you what is wrong with these people. These people
refuse to accept an invidious whitewash. I will say more about this
tomorrow when I will have 5 minutes around 10 a.m. or sometime shortly
thereafter, because I want the American people to know that there are
some people who are willing to take a stand.

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