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Cummings Promises Justice For Freddie Gray In Fiery Comments At Funeral
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“I’ve often said that our children are the living messages we send to the future we will never see, but now, our children are sending us to a future they will never see,” Cummings said during an emotional and fiery speech at Freddie Gray’s funeral.
“There is something wrong with that picture,” he said with a slight tremor in his voice.
“I’m in the twilight years, but I am telling you we will not rest we will not rest until we address this and see that justice is done,” he said, addressing Gray’s mother.
“Look at ‘em, mother. We will not rest. So it is our watch, it’s our watch. We will not fail you.”
Cummings asked all of the lawmakers in the church to stand up to show Gray’s mother that they would seek justice for her son.
The longtime Baltimore lawmaker also noted the presence of a number of media organizations at the crowded funeral.
“As I thought about the cameras,” Cummings said, “I wondered: Did anybody recognize Freddie when he was alive?”
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