Tiffany Haddish appeared on the June 9 episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers and explained why it was important for her to attend George Floyd‘s memorial service in Minneapolis.
The comedic actress, 40, told the host that she understands how Floyd’s family feels because she witnessed people “be slaughtered by the police” as a teenager.
Floyd, an unarmed black man, died after being restrained by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who held his knee down on his neck for nearly nine minutes on May 25. “I have watched people be murdered in front of me as a 13-year-old, 14-year-old girl,” Tiffany recalled during a virtual appearance on the late night talk show. “And there was nothing I can do except, ‘No!
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