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The attorney for George Floyd’s family, Ben Crump, said the “pandemic of racism” was responsible for Floyd’s death last week at the hands of police.

“It was not the coronavirus pandemic that killed George Floyd,” Crump said Thursday at Floyd’s memorial, held at a sanctuary at North Central University in Minneapolis. “I want to make it clear, on the record. It was that other pandemic that we’re far too familiar with in America — the pandemic of racism and discrimination — that killed George Floyd.” 

“What we saw on that video was torture … was inhumane ... was evil,” he added, referencing the viral video that showed Floyd, who was Black, pinned face-down by a white Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on Floyd’s neck as he pleaded, “I can’t breathe.” Floyd’s death spurred massive protests around the nation and the world against systemic racism and police brutality. 

“Protest against evil. Join the young people in the streets,” Crump demanded, calling for a “more just system of policing” and a “more just treatment of people of color