[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 145 (Tuesday, December 2, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H8229-H8230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HANDS UP; DON'T SHOOT

  (Mr. AL GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  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.

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  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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