WASHINGTON — Reacting to the death of George Floyd and the protests in Minneapolis, former President Obama said Friday that the racism being experienced by African Americans and other minorities shouldn’t be considered “normal†in 2020 America.
In his post, Obama shared conversations he had with friends recently “about the footage of George Floyd dying face down on the street under the knee of a police officer in Minnesota.†One friend whom Obama identified as a middle-aged African American businessman told the former president that he cried and broke down when he saw the video of Floyd’s death