“They immediately began to smear him,” attorney Lee Merritt, who represents Jean’s family, told The Associated Press.

“How can that be just in this country?” O’Rourke asked the congregation in the video posted by Cruz. “How can we continue to lose the lives of unarmed black men in the United States of America at the hands of white police officers? That is not justice. That is not us. That can and must change. Are you with me on this?”

The crowd can be seen cheering for the nominee.