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Virginia Lt. Gov. Fairfax Says McAuliffe ‘Treated Me Like George Floyd’ and Emmett Till in Calling for Resignation Over Sexual Assault Allegations Mediaite 1 hr ago
George Floyd and
The question that the candidates on stage were asked concerned the trial of Officer
Derek Chauvin and discussions of policing across the country and in Virginia specifically.
Fairfax started his answer by saying, “The murder of George Floyd was horrific, but it recalls a history in Virginia and in our nation where African-Americans and particularly African-American men are presumed to be guilty, are treated inhumanely, are given no due process, and had their lives impacted, and in some cases taken away, in an instant.”
Justin Fairfax made a few interesting statements during a Democratic gubernatorial debate. During the event, Fairfax was asked how he would improve policing following the death of
George Floyd last May. Fairfax decided to respond by including himself and
Emmett Till in the answer. The gubernatorial candidate said that his fellow candidates had denied him the same legal process that Floyd and Till died from. He then went on to reference how one of his fellow candidates, former Governor
Terry McAuliffe, treated him after he was accused of sexual assault twice in 2019.
“Everyone here on the stage called for my immediate resignation, including Terry McAuliffe, three minutes after a press release came out. He treated me like George Floyd. He treated me like Emmett Till. No due process, immediately assumed my guilt, he said.
George Floyd and
The question that the candidates on stage were asked concerned the trial of Officer
Derek Chauvin and discussions of policing across the country and in Virginia specifically.
Fairfax started his answer by saying, “The murder of George Floyd was horrific, but it recalls a history in Virginia and in our nation where African-Americans and particularly African-American men are presumed to be guilty, are treated inhumanely, are given no due process, and had their lives impacted, and in some cases taken away, in an instant.”
One of the other candidates on stage was former Virginia Governor
Terry McAuliffe, who back in 2019 called for Fairfax to resign amid allegations of sexual assault.