Pastor Seth Martin, a resident of Minneapolis spoke to the AFRO about the May 25 death of George Floyd, the calls for the prosecution of the officers and the tension mounting in the Black community.

Four White officers from the Minneapolis Police Department have been fired after a video surfaced of one of them with his knee and essentially his full body weight on Floyd’s neck, as the other officers stood by and watched.

Yet, some believe the killing of unarmed Black men, whether by the hands of law enforcement or White vigilantes, is related to a recent rise in gun purchases by Black Americans and has compelled some to question the effectiveness of nonviolent protests.

Judi Reynolds, a disease intervention specialist and an assistant minister in Baltimore posted about the killing of unarmed Black men via Facebook, following what she describes as a disturbing conversation with her daughter, after she witnessed the video of Floyd’s arrest and death.

“I explained to her that some police officers are intentionally killing Black men for sport,” wrote Reynolds.