Former President Jerry John Rawlings has condemned the racist killing of George Floyd, a black American in Minnesota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Mr. Rawlings, the act is unacceptable and must be condemned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf some of these atrocities, especially from some white police officers against black citizens, cannot shock the American populace to see evidence of their own decline, what can?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow can a police officer be the source of such cruel, violent death with knee choking down a black man\u2019s neck till he is motionless? And why do these cruelties end up in farcical trials that see the evil culprits escape justice and capital punishment?!,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
George Floyd\u2019s racist death<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A black man, George Floyd, has been by a police officer in Minnesota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A viral video of the incident shows the police officer pinning down George, believed to be in his 40s, to the pavement with his knee on the man\u2019s neck for several minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite resistance and several pleas from Floyd, requesting release of his neck, his pleas were not heeded by the police who asked him to \u201crelax\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Floyd eventually died from suffocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the cause of the act of the police is not known, the act has received a lot of backlash from persons all over the world, especially black Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The incident has triggered protests by black Americans in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n