Orlando Jones Takes Different Bucket Challenge
CABRERA: Welcome back. Actor Orlando Jones found a very powerful way to make a statement about gun violence. With a twist on the popular ice bucket challenge that has had so much attention as it raises money for ALS research. Watch this.</s>ORLANDO JONES, ACTOR: Hi, I'm Orlando Jones, and I'm joining lots of other people in bringing attention to this very serious disease by accepting this challenge.</s>CABRERA: Those are bullet shell casings. Jones says he is still going to donate the money to ALS research. But he also says he wants to draw attention to victims of gun violence. And as a member of the NRA, Jones made it clear, he is not pointing fingers. He just wants to, in his words, "love without limits and reverse the hate." I spoke with him this weekend.</s>JONES: The truth of the matter is, there is an incredible number of issues going on here. And the question on the floor is, what can we all do about it. It's not as if we haven't seen this before. It certainly looks a lot like the '60s. We heard a lot of this when Rodney King happened and the famous statement, "Can we all get along." So none of this are new things we're dealing with. But the question for me was, where was I when it was happening to people who did not look like me, why did I not stand up then, and I wanted to call myself out on that.</s>CABRERA: And in some ways, I guess, this is your way to protest what's happening. You make the point that, you know, you're coming not from an anti police or anti gun stance. You mentioned you're a member of the NRA, honorary member of the police department in Louisiana. How important do you think that part is to your message?</s>JONES: I think any time you're attempting to have a conversation to try and affect change, you have to find a common ground. And we can't do that by pointing the finger at others. Truthfully, black-on-black crime is the number one killer of black people as white-on-white crime is the number one killer of white people. So to point the finger at those organizations and point them at a color that says they are all bad or they do not have members that are, in fact, people of color who are just as outraged as we are, I don't think is a -- it's not a reasonable conversation. It's a ridiculous point. So for me it was to say, if we're going to solve this problem, it's something we all do together. And "us versus them". And to me, "us versus them" is a really a simple group. There is us, the people who want to spread love and leave this world better for our children than they found it, and there's them, the people who are OK with the status quo. And really don't see any reason to affect any change.</s>CABRERA: Well, speaking of spreading the love, the St. Louis Rams are certainly scoring points with kids in Ferguson, as they help the high school teams practice last week. With Ferguson's school shut down, players found themselves locked out and out of luck with the football season days away. So the Rams said, hey, you can practice on our field. And two schools actually took them up on their offer. The rams then went above and beyond, topping that offer with 75 tickets to each school for a preseason game. The schools in Ferguson, by the way, did open today. But Ram's coach, Jeff Fisher, says his facility is still open to those teams when they need a place to practice. Up next, just a day before burying their son, Michael Brown's mother met Trayvon Martin's mother for the very first time. And they talked about grieving together. We'll bring you what they said in these emotional moments, next.