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George Floyd encourages youth to give up gun violence in bittersweet video

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George Floyd (Credit: Floyd family)

George Floyd‘s death has clearly rocked the nation, but as we all grapple with the horrendous video of him being brutalized by police, a new, decidedly more positive clip of Floyd has emerged where he encourages lost youth to “come home” and give up gun violence.

George Floyd (Credit: Benjamin Crump)

READ MORE: Additional video shows George Floyd was not resisting arrest as police claimed

“Our young are clearly lost, man, clearly lost, man,” he continues.

Floyd also condemned adults and those in positions of authority who condone young people using firearms and violence.

READ MORE: Former NBA star Stephen Jackson mourns ‘brother’ George Floyd killed by Minneapolis police

“Man, I knew it was crazy then a n—- my age saying it and condoning this s—, bro,” he recalled, adding, “You know what I’m saying, and half them young n—- shooting guns go home and their knees shaking at night, but they don’t show it to nobody because they aren’t tough then.”

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Speaking of the youth, 17-year-old Darnella Frazier said she is traumatized after witnessing the death of Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.

Source: theGrio

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