CNN anchor Don Lemon blames Trump for George Floyd's death: 'No one wants to hear from the birther-in-chief'
CNN anchor Don Lemon believes that President Donald Trump had "contributed" to the environment that led to the death of George Floyd that occurred earlier this week. A white police officer was seen kneeling over the neck of Floyd for over eight minutes even after Floyd repeatedly said that he was unable to breathe in a viral video. US Attorney Erica McDonald addressed reporters on the investigation into the incident of police brutality.
She also said that her team has been sharing updates with Trump. Lemon, meanwhile, had a lot to say about the administration as the investigation continues. Lemon shared, "Nobody wants to hear from the White House or the attorney general right now. No one wants to hear from the man who wanted the death penalty to come back for the Central Park Five," according to a Fox News report.
"No one wants to hear from the man who says that the former president was not born in this country. No one wants to hear from the man who said there are 'very fine people on both sides'. Do you understand what I am saying?" Lemon added. "No one wants to hear from the person that they perceive as contributing to situations like this in this society — not directly, but allowing people like that to think they can get away from this. No one wants to hear from the birther-in-chief, from the 'sons of b****es'-calling person who says that athletes are kneeling for this very reason," Lemon said.
He also demanded urgency to the brutality that African American people face which is the same sentiment that is being expressed via the protests against Floyd's death in Minneapolis. As outrage sparked and tensions heightened over the death of 46-year-old George Floyd, protesters stormed into a police precinct and set it on fire. While fire alarms were heard going off in the background, protesters could be heard saying, "What's his name? George Floyd!" as fireworks shot up into the air, according to a NY Post report.
"Why don’t you have the same urgency that you have for all these people who are out there — most of them protesting but there are some out there who are actually ravaging and pillaging or at least burning down stores. I don’t know if it’s by accident or what or who are going in and raiding stores and what have you. OK, fine, that should not happen," Lemon pointed out.
"But how about the urgency for telling people to 'calm down and we need peace', that same urgency when it comes to people who are being abused by the system, who are being abused by police officers, who are experiencing racism in this country and people are denying it. Where is that urgency?" he asked. "I said what I said about this president and the environment that he has contributed to in this country. And that is the God's honest truth. That's how black people feel. The person who said from klansmen and racists and Nazis and anti-Semites that there were 'very fine people on both sides', no one wants to hear that," he concluded.
Police officer Derek Chauvin had knelt on Floyd's neck for a sickening eight minutes. "Please," the man can be heard pleading. "Please, please I can't breathe." The shocking video clip was taken on Monday, May 25. Floyd eventually lost consciousness as the officer refused to move and continued to drive his knee into Floyd's neck. Floyd later lost his life.