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George Floyd pleaded for young people to end gun violence in resurfaced video
- Published_at:2020-05-28
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:The Independent
- tags: George Floyd gun violence gun crime police brutality Minneapolis Minneapolis police officers
- description: Before George Floyd’s life was brought to a premature end this week, the 46-year-old Minnesotan issued a plea for the younger generations involved in gun violence and crime: drop the weapons, and “come on home”. A resurfaced video of Mr Floyd has gone viral in the days after his death, one of the latest police-involved killings of an unarmed black man in America that was recorded in real-time and shared around the world. His message, featured in the undated video, focused on the apparent rise in gun violence he had witnessed over the years: “You youngsters just going around busting guns in crowds, kids getting killed.” Read the full story: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/george-floyd-riots-video-minneapolis-gun-violence-end-crime-younger-generation-a9537521.html Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIndependentOnline Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Independent Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.independent Check out The Independent's website: https://www.independent.co.uk/
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