generic Minneapolis mayor responds after night of protests and violence in wake of George Floyd's death
At a press conference on Thursday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said protests and unrest after the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man seen on video pinned to the ground by the neck while being arrested by a white police officer, were the result of “built-up anger and sadness” in the black community over the past 400 years.
Video Transcript
JACOB FREY: What we've seen over the last two days in the emotion ridden conflict over last night is the result of so much built up anger and sadness. Anger and sadness that has been ingrained in our black community. Not just because of five minutes of horror, but 400 years.
If you're feeling that sadness and that anger, it's not only understandable. It's right. It's a reflection of the truth that our black community has lived. While not from lived experience, that sadness must also be understood by our non-black communities. To ignore it, to toss it out would be to ignore the values we all claim to have that are all the more important during a time of crisis.
