When Jay “W.” arrived at 38th Street and S. Chicago Avenue on Wednesday where hundreds of people were gathered in honor of George Floyd, he was “armed” with tea tree oil, lavender, and patchouli aromatherapeutic oils.

After it was announced that former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin’s charges, the officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck for over eight minutes and caused his death, would be raised to second-degree murder.

Floyd’s life was an irrevocable price to pay for change, but Matthews watched as hundreds upon hundreds of people honored that debt.

Jay, Wells and Matthews attributed the upgraded charges against the officers not only to the continued presence and vigil of the people of Minneapolis, but to protests that had carried across the nation.

“Black and Brown communities in Minneapolis know that Mike Freeman won’t hold White cops accountable when they kill Black and Brown people and White cops know that frankly.