Talks about George Floyd

A woman who said she is a regular at the restaurant wrote on Facebook:

If you have ever been to Conga or just had the honor of meeting the gentle giant we call Floyd please stand with us. Everyone who knows him knew he loved his hugs from his regulars when working as a security guard and would be mad if you didn’t stop to greet him because he honestly loved seeing everyone and watching everyone have fun. I remember him taking care of me when drunk to make sure no one would try to get too close without my approval and on the days I didn’t bring extra change for coat check he would keep my stuff in his closet and made sure I got it back. He made a mistake, had a bad day maybe but did not deserve to die at the hands of mpls police at that.

Christina Unique Dawson wrote a tribute to Floyd on Facebook, “They really killed my baby!! 😭😭I don’t even know what to do y’all!! This is not real! And all I can think is if I would have seen that video!! He would have just been another black dead body in the hospital!!”

Another twitter link 

From Paul Blume about Floyd Testimony

https://twitter.com/PaulBlume_FOX9/status/1265352092425863170

Another frequent patron wrote on Twitter, “RIP Big Floyd. Thanks for treating us like royalty at Conga. This happens to too many people we know in our cities. No 1deserves that. No 1. Man I wish I wouldn’t have seen that video. to find out it was the security guard who made us feel safe at Conga just sucks.”

https://heavy.com/news/2020/05/george-floyd-minneapolis-minnesota-video/

Another wrote, “He was the most polite and respected bouncer.”

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a statement on Tuesday, “Being black in America should not be a death sentence. For five minutes, we watched as a white officer pressed his knee into the neck of a black man. For five minutes. When you hear someone calling for help, you are supposed to help. This officer failed in the most basic human sense.”

Frey added, “What happened on Chicago and 38th last night is awful. It was traumatic. It serves as a reminder of how far we have to go. Whatever the investigation reveals, it does not change the simple truth, he should still be with us this morning.”

Governor Tim Walz said on Twitter, “The lack of humanity in this disturbing video is sickening. We will get answers and seek justice.”

Minneapolis activist Nekima Levy-Armstrong told the Star Tribune, “It just reminds me of Eric Garner once again: a black man being accosted by police and pleading for his life saying he couldn’t breathe. I’m fully convinced that if police wouldn’t have been called to the scene, then he would still be alive.”

Arradondo said he and other department leaders would be meeting with stakeholders and provide as much information as possible. “There is clearly going to be a time for healing, but in order for that to even begin, we have to recognize the impact that this has had on our city,” the police chief said.

Levy-Armstrong told the newspaper, “Whatever the man may have done should not have ended in a death sentence. What started as an alleged economic incident once again turned deadly for a black man.”