Former President Jerry John Rawlings has expressed disappointment in
America and its citizens for what he describes as atrocities against
black citizens in the United States.
He has described as shameful a recent incident where a white police
officer was filmed kneeling on the neck of a black, George Floyd,
despite the latter pleading he could not breathe.
George, 46, died shortly after, provoking protests by blacks in Minneapolis.
In a tweet Friday, May 29, the former Ghana president expressed
discontentment with the way America looks on while such atrocities are
carried out over the years.
He intimated such acts do not put America in a good light.
“America’s moral and political image has seriously declined since the
collapse of the bipolar world. Parts of the world have suffered
tremendously as a result of America’s love of war and and needless
confrontations
“If some of these atrocities, especially from some white police officers
against black citizens, cannot shock the American populace to see
evidence of their own decline, what can? How can a police officer be the
source of such cruel, violent death,” he tweeted.
While questioning why there has often not been justices for blacks
victimized under such “cruelties”, the retired army officer further
called on every American citizen to watch the viral video.
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