George Floyd's Brother Pleads For Peace: 'Don't Tear Up Your Town'

Brittany M. Hughes | June 1, 2020
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The brother of George Floyd, the man whose death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer last week sparked a slew of violent and destructive riots across the nation, is pleading for peace as cities throughout America burn.

“I’m outraged too. Sometimes I get angry and I wanna bust some heads too. I wanna just go crazy. But my brother wasn’t about that. My brother was about peace,” Philonise Floyd said on video.

“I just had to come down here to speak to people and let people know that, just channel your anger elsewhere. Don’t tear up your town. All of this is not necessary, because if his own family and blood is not doing it, then why are you? If his own family and blood is trying to channel it and be positive about it and go another route to seek justice, then why are you out here tearing up your community?”

 


While the massive protests across the nation have drawn many peaceful protesters who’ve taken to the streets to demand justice for Floyd, thousands have gone the route of violence, looting stores and torching and vandalizing businesses at random – many of them mom-and-pop shops owned by black families and immigrants.

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