Former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings has given a damning assessment of United States President, Donald Trump amid continued anti-racists protests.
Protests are still raging across the US as people express anger over the murder of a blackman in Minneapolis, George Floyd.
Mr. Trump has been criticized for his handling of the ongoing crisis and his statement that when the looting starts then the shooting starts.
Former Ghanaian President, J.J Rawlings said in a statement that “It is heart-warming to see Americans react the way they are to the unfortunate incident.”
“A shameful and unfortunate circumstances such as this could have afforded Trump a grand opportunity to rescue his image a little, but trust him to totally screw it up,” he added.
Mr. Rawlings also noted that “Not only has he screwed it, but he could escalate matters further.”
It is heart-warming to see Americans react the way they are to the unfortunate incident. A shameful and unfortunate circumstances such as this could have afforded Trump a grand opportunity to rescue his image a little, but trust him to totally screw it up!
— Jerry John Rawlings (@officeofJJR) May 29, 2020
More condemnations
Already the Forum of Former Heads of State and Government in Africa has condemned the killing of the blackman George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The Forum in a statement called on African countries to “raise a strong protest” to Floyd’s murder.
The former African presidents also demanded that the “perpetrators of this crime and all other crimes of this sort be punished in the strongest terms.”
The statement signed by former Beninese President Nicéphore Soglo reads “What level of cruelty must you reach that the entire world finally wakes up and manifests its indignation.”
“Who would dare here, their face visible, to treat in such a way a European, an Arab, an Israeli, an Indian, a Chinese, a Japanese, an Argentinian, etc. Enough is enough,” the statement added.
George Floyd died shortly after he was pulled from his car by police officers during his arrest. A white officer then knelt on his neck for five minutes during an altercation.
Floyd passed out after officers arrested for allegedly trying to use forged documents at a local deli.
He later died in hospital which then sparked outrage across the United States and beyond with calls for justice for him.
Video shows blackman ‘murdered’ by police in Minneapolis didn’t resist arrest
Source: Africafeeds.com
