As riots continue to rage across the country, leaders in the African-American community are stepping up to condemn the violence and ask for peace.
The most impactful statement came from Terrence Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, whose death following a police-related incident in Minneapolis sparked the protests and riots, said his brother was a “gentle giant” and wouldn’t stand for this.
“I’m outraged, too. Sometimes I get angry, I want to bust some heads, too,” Terrence told ABC News <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/george-floyd-brother-urges-peace-says-message-getting-lost-in-rioting-my-brother-was-about-peace">over the weekend</a>. “I wanna get — just go crazy. But I’m here to just — My brother wasn’t about that. My brother was about peace. You’ll hear a lot of people say, he was a gentle giant.”
“You’ll see him coming over and say, ‘wow he’s a big dude,’ but then when you talk to him and he’s all about positivity, motivation. I just can’t believe he’s gone,” Terrence continued.
Rapper Lil Wayne was perhaps the most prominent voice to speak out against the violence, saying during an Instagram Live segment with fellow rapper Fat Joe that people shouldn’t blame the “entire [police] force” or an “entire race” when something like this happens.
“I think when we see these situations, I think we also have to understand that we have to get very specific,” Wayne <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lil-wayne-on-floyd-death-stop-blaming-entire-police-force-entire-race-there-are-a-bunch-of-facts-we-think-we-know-that-we-dont-know">said</a>. “We have to get so specific and what I mean by that, we have to stop viewing it from such a broad view, meaning we have to stop placing the blame on the whole force and the whole everybody of a certain race or everybody with a badge.&#8221;
“I mean, what you gon’ do after that?” he added. “Did you actually help the person? Did you actually help the family? Did you actually go out and do something?”
In Atlanta, Georgia, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms gave <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/go-home-atlanta-mayor-gives-fiery-speech-admonishing-disgraceful-rioters">an impassioned plea</a> for rioters to “go home.”
“It’s enough,” she said during a press conference last Friday. “We are all angry. This hurts. This hurts everybody in this room. But what are you changing by tearing up a city? You’ve lost all credibility now. This is not how we change America. This is not how we change the world.”
“You are disgracing our city, you are disgracing the life of George Floyd and every other person who has been killed in this country,” she added. “We are better than this. We are better than this as a city. We are better than this as a country. Go home! Go home!”
Rapper Killer Mike also stepped into the fray <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karmas-a-mother-rapper-killer-mike-unloads-on-cnn-for-feeding-fear-and-anger-every-day">to condemn CNN</a> for its role in fomenting the riots.
“I love CNN, I love Cartoon Network,” the rapper said. “But, I’d like to say to CNN right now, karma’s a mother, stop feeding fear and anger every day. Stop making people feel so fearful. Give them hope.”
“I’m glad they only took down a sign and defaced a building, and they’re not killing human beings like that policeman did,” he continued. “I’m glad they only destroyed some brick and mortar and they didn’t rip a father from a son. They didn’t rip a son from a mother, like the policeman did.”
In Cincinnati, Ohio, city councilman Jeff Pastor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-black-cincinnati-city-councilman-lashes-out-at-those-encouraging-kids-to-attack-cops-this-is-wrong">pleaded with his community</a> to stop encouraging kids to attack cops.
“These cops, black cops, white cops, or whatever, they did not do anything. And I’m not here to take one side or the other, but what I’m suggesting to the people of Cincinnati is that, what type of success are you going to have with attacking these people that have nothing to do with this?” Pastor asked.
“And what I’m saying is, is that you got people down here that are literally encouraging kids to attack cops. You are encouraging the kids to attack cops and they’re using Emmett Till, they’re using Martin Luther King to justify why these 14- or 15-year-old kids should be out here. These are former students of mine, you see what I’m saying?” he continued.
“If any African-American is encouraging these 14- and 15-year-old kids to be out here, they are wrong. That’s wrong. These cops didn’t do anything to George Floyd. This is wrong. I don’t give a f*** how you see it. It’s wrong,” Pastor concluded, before apologizing for swearing.
On Monday, President Donald Trump said he would deploy the National Guard to stop the riots.
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Rapper Killer Mike unloaded on CNN during a press conference on Friday night where he was speaking to the community in Atlanta in an attempt to calm riots that were going on, saying that CNN needs to &#8220;stop feeding fear and anger every day.&#8221;
Killer Mike&#8217;s comments come as a fourth night of riots hits some of the larger cities in the U.S., which started earlier this week in response to the death of George Floyd.
“I love CNN, I love Cartoon Network,” Killer Mike said. “But, I’d like to say to CNN right now, karma’s a mother, stop feeding fear and anger every day. Stop making people feel so fearful. Give them hope.”
“I’m glad they only took down a sign and defaced a building, and they’re not killing human beings like that policeman did,” Killer Mike continued. “I’m glad they only destroyed some brick and mortar and they didn’t rip a father from a son. They didn’t rip a son from a mother, like the policeman did.”
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&#8220;After it burns, will we be left with char or will we rise like the phoenix out of the ashes like Atlanta has always done?&#8221; Killer Mike continued. &#8220;Will we use this as a moment to say that we will not do what other cities have done and, in fact, we will get better than we&#8217;ve been?&#8221;
Killer Mike&#8217;s comments come after rioters attacked CNN&#8217;s headquarters in Atlanta late on Friday which caused a significant amount of damage to the building.
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms slammed the rioters during a press conference on Friday night, saying that they were disgracing the city.
When I saw the murder of George Floyd, I hurt like a mother would hurt. And yesterday, when I heard there were rumors about violent protests in Atlanta, I did what a mother would do, I called my son and I said &#8216;Where are you?&#8217; I said, &#8216;I cannot protect you and black boys shouldn&#8217;t be out today&#8217;,&#8221; Bottoms said. &#8220;So you not going to out concern me and out care about where we are in America.&#8221;
&#8220;So what I see happening in the streets of Atlanta is not Atlanta. This is not a protest. This is not in the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. This is chaos. A protest has purpose,&#8221; Bottoms continued.
&#8220;If you want change America, go and register to vote. Show up at the polls on June 9. Do it in November. That is the change we need in this country. You are disgracing our city. You are disgracing the life of George Floyd and every other person who has been killed in this country,&#8221; Bottoms concluded. &#8220;We are better than this. We are better than this as a city. We are better than this as a country. Go home.&#8221;
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‘KARMA’S A MOTHER’: Rapper Killer Mike Unloads On CNN For ‘Feeding Fear And Anger Every Day’

On Tuesday, Rapper Killer Mike, campaigning for Bernie Sanders in Atlanta, Georgia, <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/02/17/see-the-sexist-comment-that-has-landed-sanders-supporter-rapper-killer-mike-in-hot-water/">got himself in hot water</a> with cold-hearted feminists when he pointed out that simply being a woman did not qualify a candidate for the presidency. Killer Mike quoted a teacher named Jane Elliot. &#8220;Jane said, &#8216;Michael, a uterus doesn&#8217;t qualify you to be president of the United States. You have to have policy that&#8217;s reflective of social justice,&#8217;&#8221; he offered.
Uh-oh. Andrew Woodhouse, the head of pro-Clinton super PAC Correct the Record, <a href="https://twitter.com/woodhouseb/status/699789678233321472">tweeted his thoughts</a>, telling the rapper that his comments were &#8220;sexist bull****.&#8221;
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To be fair :Looks like <a href="https://twitter.com/KillerMike">@KillerMike</a> was quoting a woman when he made his uterus remark. Wish he&#8217;d realized that was creepy. But&#8230;
&#8212; Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) <a href="https://twitter.com/joanwalsh/status/699805120335319040">February 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Problem is he was repeating a sentiment that asserts that being female is the only credential she is running on. <a href="https://t.co/6KwO9RqGdE">https://t.co/6KwO9RqGdE</a>
&#8212; Brad Woodhouse (@woodhouseb) <a href="https://twitter.com/woodhouseb/status/699805475483701248">February 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Killer Mike wasn&#8217;t backing down:
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So Women are being told to not vote Hillary is sex betrayal &amp; Becuz another progressive woman says something disagreeing I&#8217;m sexist. Lmfao
&#8212; Killer Mike (@KillerMike) <a href="https://twitter.com/KillerMike/status/699787239522488324">February 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
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I wud gladly see Any one who can lead this country on behalf of the worker lead. Cynthia McKinney, Elizabeth Warren, Connie Rice. I&#8217;m ready
&#8212; Killer Mike (@KillerMike) <a href="https://twitter.com/KillerMike/status/699787696781324288">February 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Okay. so he mentioned Condi Rice, lefties. Calm down. 
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But i don&#8217;t and never will Hate or think less of woman. Sen. Nina Turner is my Next Great Political Champ but I&#8217;m sorry No HRC for me.
&#8212; Killer Mike (@KillerMike) <a href="https://twitter.com/KillerMike/status/699787947869130753">February 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Now Hillary&#8217;s in real trouble. Accused of social justice indifference? Why, to lefties, that&#8217;s worse than being investigated by the FBI.
H/T <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/02/17/see-the-sexist-comment-that-has-landed-sanders-supporter-rapper-killer-mike-in-hot-water/">The Blaze</a>

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