Barack Obama.
Former US President Barack Obama has told youths in America to ‘make people in power uncomfortable’.
Obama in a video posted by NBC News expressed disappointment over the murder of George Floyd by Minnesota policeman and called for Police reforms.
Watch Barack Obama’s video on Floyd’s murder here.
The death of Floyd has sparked protests across the United States of America and other countries outside America.
Protesters have been occupying roads and burning down houses since protest seeking justice for Floyd George begun last weekend.
Photo of George Floyd with the police officer’s knee on his neck before his death.
Obama told blacks living in America that their lives matter.
“I want to speak directly to the young men and women of color in this country…I want you to know that you matter. I want you to know that your lives matter. That your dreams matter.”
Thousands of Americans have been outraged over the killing of Floyd whose neck was pinned down to the ground by a policeman until he went into exhaustion and died.
A Latino Houston Police Chief outraged by Floyd’s death was filmed on Monday, June 1 joining protestors in a campaign to save the city from violence.
The Police Chief in a video said the protesters were right to seek justice.