MUM'S AGONY
Grieving mother of George Floyd’s daughter, 6, fights back tears as she says he’ll ‘never walk her down the aisle’
GEORGE Floyd's heartbroken ex broke down in tears as she revealed agony that their six-year-old child will never be walked down the aisle by her father.
"He was a good man," said Roxie Washington, in a news conference in Minneapolis on Tuesday. "I'm here for my baby and I'm here for George because I want justice."
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She added: "At the end of the day, they [police] get to go home and be with their families. Gianna does not have a father. He will never see her grow up, graduate.
Floyd's daughter Gianna was standing by her mother, who choked back tears as she demanded justice for the 46-year-old, who died during an arrest last week.
"I don't have a lot to say, I can't get the words together right now. I want everyone to know that this is what those officers took from me," she said, referencing their daughter.
"If there's a problem and she needs her dad, she does not have that anymore."
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Floyd's friend, former NBA player Stephen Jackson, also spoke.
"It really don't make no sense. We all seen it plain as day," he said, referring to the officer's delayed arrest - and the fact that the other three cops present at Floyd's arrest remain free.
"Y'all in here with cameras to record what's in here so you can have it for later," he told the media. "So you can have proof of what happened today. Right?
"When you post that footage on your news station, you expect people to believe what you're posting and what you videoed is real, right?
"Why is it not that simple when someone is getting videoed and getting murdered? Why is it not that simple?"
"Why do we have to see her pain? Why do we have to see a daughter getting raised without her father?"
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Tens of thousands of people have been protesting the death of Floyd across the US.
He died on May 25 after being arrested for trying to use a fake $20 bill to buy cigarettes.
While in police custody, Chauvin held his knee on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes — while Floyd repeatedly said he couldn't breathe.
He soon died, and his death was determined on Monday to be a homicide following a second, independent autopsy.
President Donald Trump on Monday called himself the “president of law and order” and threatened military action against US citizens if local authorities didn’t use more force on protesters.
On Tuesday, Trump threatened to send in thousands of US troops to combat the rioting with five people being killed so far.
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He also said New York "has been lost to looters and other forms of lowlife and scum" after stores across the city were broken into and destroyed.
The president also urged the city to call in the National Guard after Macy's was ransacked and Fifth Avenue shops were looted.
Meanwhile, a retired St. Louis cop was fatally shot by looters outside a pawn shop - and the horrific incident was reportedly streamed live on Facebook.
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