EXCERPT:
DURBIN: “I understand now, having been to these rallies on Black Lives Matter, how — how determined and desperate people are across the United States to see us change when it comes to racism in law enforcement. They are desperate primarily in our younger populations. It’s interesting, even the largest rallies are being led by high school students who are bringing together hundreds and in some cases thousands of people to peacefully demonstrate on behalf of justice in law enforcement. The message is pretty clear: They do not want to grow up and they don’t want to raise their families in the shadow of racism. We have fought this issue in America for over 400 years. That’s how long slavery. It's been since slavery came to our shores. And the racism that followed from it was part of it is still very much alive in America and seen in video after video. And these younger people are telling us once and for all, change it, grownups. You’re supposed to be in charge. You’re supposed to have the authority. So what we say on the Democratic side is we cannot waste this historic moment, this singular opportunity. Let’s not do something that is a token, half-hearted approach.”