{"id":293115,"date":"2020-06-01T08:20:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T14:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1157680"},"modified":"2020-06-01T08:20:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T14:20:49","slug":"george-floyds-brother-condemns-destructive-unity-while-calling-for-positive-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/george-floyds-brother-condemns-destructive-unity-while-calling-for-positive-change\/","title":{"rendered":"George Floyd&#8217;s Brother Condemns &#8220;Destructive Unity&#8221; While Calling For &#8220;Positive&#8221; Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2020429\/rs_600x600-200529132204-600-george-floyd-gj-5-29-20.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"41.506124721604\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"24.415367483296\">\n<p><strong>George Floyd<\/strong>&#8216;s brother <strong>Terrence Floyd<\/strong> is speaking out following the death of his sibling.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been just days since George was killed at the hands of the Minnesota Police department, sparking a call for justice. On Monday morning, Terrence joined <em>Good Morning America<\/em>&#8216;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/robin_roberts\">Robin Roberts<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;via video after traveling from New York to Minnesota to visit the site where his brother died.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been just devastating, I feel like I&#8217;m still a little numb about it,&#8221; Terrence shared in the <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/ABCNews\/relax-george-floyds-brother-condemns-violent-protesters\/story?id=70987476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC News<\/a> interview. &#8220;But I got people in my corner just being there for me, so going there tomorrow, I just want to feel my brother&#8217;s spirit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Terrence went on to say that his brother was a &#8220;gentle giant&#8221; who was about &#8220;peace&#8221; and &#8220;unity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you spoke to him, he always wanted to motivate you, no matter what you was going through,&#8221; Terrence shared, adding that his brother always saw the &#8220;brighter side&#8221; of things.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"5\">\n<p>Terrence, who called his brother a &#8220;peaceful motivator,&#8221; also talked about the turn some protests have taken and if his family is concerned that will take away from the call for justice.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"socialcontent-twitter-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-type=\"async\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"47.647471910112\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.6292134831461\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">\u201cI just want to feel my brother\u2019s spirit \u2026 to connect with him again.\u201d Terrence Floyd reacts to the protests that have erupted across the country after his brother\u2019s death as he plans to make a visit to the site where his brother died in Minneapolis. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/we0hSARItv\">https:\/\/t.co\/we0hSARItv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f5a0HfABR3\">pic.twitter.com\/f5a0HfABR3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Good Morning America (@GMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GMA\/status\/1267426415823200256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"62\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"14\">\n<p>&#8220;I do feel like it&#8217;s overshadowing what&#8217;s going on because, like I said, he was about peace he was about unity&#8230;the things that&#8217;s transpiring now, they may call it unity but it&#8217;s destructive unity,&#8221; Terrence said. &#8220;It&#8217;s not what he was about. That&#8217;s not what my brother was about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s OK to be angry, but channel your anger to do something positive or make a change another way because we&#8217;ve been down this road already,&#8221;&nbsp;Terrence&nbsp;continued.&nbsp;&#8220;The anger&#8230;damaging your hometown is not the way he&#8217;d want.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33.983402489627\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"11.327800829876\">\n<p>Amid this call for change, E! News&nbsp;stands in&nbsp;solidarity with the black community against systemic racism and oppression experienced every day in America<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;E! stands in solidarity with the black community against systemic racism and oppression experienced every day in America,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1157639\/e-stands-in-solidarity-with-the-black-community-to-be-silent-is-to-be-complicit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">network said in a statement<\/a> on May 31. &#8220;We owe it to our black staff, talent, production partners and viewers to demand change and accountability. To be silent is to be complicit. #BlackLivesMatter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1157680\/george-floyd-s-brother-condemns-destructive-unity-while-calling-for-positive-change?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Floyd&#8216;s brother Terrence Floyd is speaking out following the death of his sibling. It&#8217;s been just days since George was killed at the hands of the Minnesota Police department, sparking a call for justice. 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