Former President George W. Bush is speaking out against the “brutal suffocation of George Floyd,” who was killed after a police officer pushed against his neck for nearly nine minutes. In the statement, Bush called on the country to “examine our tragic failures” as well as look for our “redeeming strengths.”
“It remains a shocking failure that many African Americans, especially young African American men, are harassed and threatened in their own country. It is a strength when protesters, protected by responsible law enforcement, march for a better future,” said Bush. “This tragedy — in a long series of similar tragedies — raises a long overdue question: How do we end systemic racism in our society? The only way to see ourselves in a true light is to listen to the voices of so many who are hurting and grieving. Those who set out to silence those voices do not understand the meaning of America — or how it becomes a better place”
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