06/02/2020

Former President Bush Condemns Actions Leading to George Floyd's Death

He said it's a failure African Americans are 'harassed and threatened in their own country'

On Tuesday, former President George W. Bush spoke out against systemic racism and America's "tragic failures" in a statement regarding the death of George Floyd and the subsequent nationwide protests. 

"Laura and I are anguished by the brutal suffocation of George Floyd and disturbed by the injustice and fear that suffocate our country. Yet we have resisted the urge to speak out, because this is not the time for us to lecture. It is time for us to listen. It is time for America to examine our tragic failures – and as we do, we will also see some of our redeeming strengths," Bush said in the statement. 

Floyd, a black man, died last week after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for roughly eight minutes. The disturbing incident, caught on video, sparked outrage across the country. There have been protests over Floyd's death, and police brutality more generally, in virtually every major city over the course of the past week. 

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