The Duchess of Sussex speaks out following death of George Floyd, in a video recorded for her former high school's graduating class.
is using her voice to speak out about police brutality and racism following the death of George Floyd.
"Graduating class of 2020, for the past couple of weeks, I've been planning on saying a few words to you for your graduation and as we all have seen over the past few weeks, what is happening in our country and in our state and in our hometown of L.A. has been absolutely devastating," she began. "And I wasn't sure what I could say to you. I wanted to say the right thing.
"George Floyd's life mattered, and Breonna Taylor's life mattered, and Philando Castile's life mattered, and Tamir Rice's life mattered, and so did so many other people whose names we know and whose names we don't know," continued the former actress. "Stephon Clark. His life mattered."
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