Barack Obama said Americans needed to create a “new normal” to address structural racism. “This shouldn’t be ‘normal’ in 2020 America,” the former president said of Floyd’s death. “It can’t be ‘normal.’”
Minnesota governor Tim Walz pledged “swift” justice for Floyd. Walz said the four police officers who were fired over Floyd’s death must be held accountable, but he argued the state needed to “restore order” before addressing the issues that led to Floyd’s death.
Minnesota governor Tim Walz pledged “swift” justice for Floyd. Walz said the four police officers who were fired over Floyd’s death must be held accountable, but he argued the state needed to “restore order” before addressing the issues that led to Floyd’s death.
Leading civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Lee Merritt have called on the US Congress and the United Nations to become involved in addressing the killings of black Americans.
“We need a national response. Civil rights attorneys around the country say we can no longer do this on a case by case basis,” Merritt said. “We know there are, on average, 1,000 police officer involved shootings a year. We live in the most incarcerated nation on planet Earth,” he said, adding there was a weariness of getting mere “trickles of justice”.Merritt said.
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