Powell paused a good five seconds …

Powell paused a good five seconds before he could begin to explain what he was feeling. “I’m pretty tired and sick to my stomach to sit up here and talk about this again and continue this long fight that we’ve been fighting since Day One, you know?” he said. “Slavery, being brought over to America and having to fight for our rights and our freedoms to live a life that is promised to everybody. We constantly have to fight and see our lives being valued so little. I feel for Jacob Blake and their family and their community and everybody who had to witness that and go through that and see that. “It’s frustrating. It’s very frustrating. I’m tired of sitting up here and talking about Black Lives Matter and doing this, that and the other and trying to affect change and constantly seeing people in law enforcement — some people, I’m not going to put that burden on everybody — but there are some officers in law enforcement that need to be held accountable for their actions.