George Floyd’s Niece: ‘When Has America Ever Been Great?’

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George Floyd's niece questions whether America has ever been great

Brooke Williams, the niece of George Floyd, asked “when has America ever been great?” during a speech at her uncle’s funeral on Tuesday afternoon.

“As long as I’m breathing, justice will be served for Perry,” Williams began. “That officer showed no remorse while watching my uncle’s soul leave his body. He begged and pleaded many times just for you to get up, but you just pushed harder. Why must the system be corrupt and broken?”

“Someone said, ‘Make America Great Again,’ but when has America ever been great?” she then asked, alluding to President Trump’s campaign slogan.

Breitbart.com reports: President Donald Trump has called Floyd’s death “very sad and tragic” and vowed “justice will be served” in his case.

Floyd, 46, died on Memorial Day during an arrest by Minneapolis police officers responding to a report of a man passing a counterfeit bill at a store. Video captured a white officer kneeling on the neck of the unarmed black man for nearly 9 minutes before he died, setting off protests around the world.

Memorial services were held for Floyd in Minneapolis, New York, and North Carolina last week. On Monday, thousands of mourners lined up for a public visitation at the Fountains of Praise Church in Houston.

Tuesday’s funeral, which began at 11 a.m. CDT, is private but is being broadcast and live-streamed.

4 Comments

  1. Well, since you asked you could point to the hundreds of thousands of white people who died in the effort to set your American ancestors free from slavery, in addition to freeing slaves to become soldiers of freedom.
    If that is not great, then there has never been greatness anywhere on the planet, ever.

  2. Floyd’s kids didn’t know him, so it is doubtful if his neice did either. He wasn’t a father-of-the-year candidate.

  3. Years ago, a GErman friend told me the story of her life in GErmany during WW 2. She was bombed out and homeless with a small infant and went from farmhouse to farmhouse seeking shelter and food. She lived on rotten potatoes, no radios were allowed to be owned. But someone else who was homeless and staying at a farm had a radio. At night all would gather around and listen for news, which was scarce. One night they heard the Americans had landed at Nomandy beaches – she said “that’s when we knew everything would be alright. We knew since the Americans were here, they would win and we would be free again.” That’s how we used to be thought of until the deep state destroyed our goodness, America was known as the good guys. Then there was the moon landing in 1969 which DID happen (Buzz Aldrin called our house one day to talk to my dad, he talked about going to the moon and what he saw there). I was in England then and everyone there was so impressed by us Americans “leave it to you americans to land on the moon, you are amazing!”. THAT is the America I grew up in and have loved all my life.

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