Former President George W. Bush issued his first public statement Tuesday on the death of George Floyd, saying he and former first lady Laura Bush are «anguished.» He urged Americans to see the reality of the nation's need by seeing it through the «eyes of the threatened, oppressed, and disenfranchised.»The former president said he waited to speak up because he wanted to listen.
Floyd's death on May 25 in Minneapolis has led to days of nationwide protests and violence in some areas. «It remains a shocking failure that many African Americans, especially young African American men, are harassed and threatened in their own country.
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