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WWE Superstar Titus O’Neil sent his thoughts and condolences to the family of George Floyd after he was wrongly killed by the police.
“I’m literally sitting in my car looking at pictures of me and my sons and just came to tears. As a black father this shit is frustrating, hurtful, Scary etc, I’ve been able to teach my kids a lot about life but I’m not equipped to teach or tell my kids or other black and brown kids on how to deal with Type of shit OVER AND OVER AGAIN
I doubt very seriously that my Friends, Coworkers, business partners etc that don’t look like me have EVER had to think about half the stuff I do as a Black Parent trying to Raise two Black Men in this country. I doubt they’ve ever had to Have “The Talk” with their children, I doubt they’ll ever Have to tell their children how beautiful and Amazing they are as much as I tell mine, I doubt they’ll have to wonder if their kids will be okay with driving their cars outside of getting into an accident , I doubt they have to go shopping for Body cameras to install in their kids vehicles, I have a lot of doubts, Concerns, Anger, Frustration and Questions….WHAT I DON’T have is ANSWERS and That’s where many Black and Brown people are at today and have been for years.
I can’t explain to them that the outrage people have for hurting Dogs and Animals is deafening, yet the outrage for Killing Black Men and women with A Law enforcement Uniform on seems to be addressed as business as usual. I don’t feel like a SuperHero, I don’t have any answers and I do feel hopeless in this situation. #ImNotOkWithThis”
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George Floyd passed away on May 25th after a Minneapolis police officer pushed his knee into George’s neck, which was recorded and posted to Facebook. “Please, please, please, I can’t breathe. Please, man,” George can be heard pleaing to the Police Officer. The officer continues to push his knee into George’s neck whilst being handcuffed to the ground.
“My stomach hurt, my neck hurt, everything hurts,” he screams. He then asks for some water however the officer refuses. Whilst this is going on, witnesses were heard shouting at the Police Officers, saying that there is no reason for the officer to continue to hurt George and that he should be given medical help.
Officer Chauvin continues to harm George, applying more and more pressure to his neck. After around five minutes Georges eyes shut and he appears unresponsive. George was then reportedly taken to hospital where he unfortunately passed away.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fray then held a press conference after the incident was caught by mainstream media, where he announced that the officers were fired and that an undergoing investigation was taking place to find out more on the situation. “The technique that was used is not permitted, is not a technique that our officers get trained in,” Frey said. “There is no reason to apply that kind of pressure with a knee to someone’s neck.”
“Being black in America,” Frey said, should not be “a death sentence.”
On Tuesday, the day after George’s death, hundreds of protestors fled to the streets of Minneapolis. Some carrying signs with ‘I cant breathe’ written on them, whilst chanting together under face masks. Later on Police Officers tried to remove the crowds outside of the station after a front window was smashed.