Minneapolis mayor calls for peace amid protests, fires, looting and anger erupt after George Floyd's death
"I've seen too many cases before where the police were judged to be guilty in the public's eye but later were found to be not guilty under the law," he said."For sending that, all of a sudden I'm called racist, I need to have a knee put on my neck – all kinds of hateful stuff simply for having an opinion and asking people to get all the facts before they judge."
"To hear that statement made by a mayor or anybody is very troubling," he said."What we saw was disgusting on the part of the officer. It leaves me with mixed emotions. Believing and thinking that we have not gone far enough in this day and time with social media and all that kind of stuff – nobody should condone that. Everybody should condemn it, including the mayor. Skin color had nothing to do with it.
Good Grief!! What a terrible thing to say!
He has joined a group threatening people and divulging addresses its mississippians against lockdown on facebook
If it was happening to your race could you see it ? Just a question. Treat people the way you would want to be treated.
It's a bit hard to make out what happens, like why did the officer go for his mace, and what precisely was happening with 'pulse checks'? Nonetheless, there was not much unreasonable or malicious about this typical method of restraining a large suspect who clearly chose to resist
He didn’t see anything unreasonable because he’s a racist!
This GLUTTON has swallowed more than his fair share of earth's resources. Somebody ought to recommit his matter to growing trees.
Theres a man that needs to be removed from office and never allowed th return
Did y'all miss the part where the person under the officer of the peace's knee died?
He feels safe saying this bc no one could find his neck to kneel on.
You are wrong , but it's an opinion
He should resign, maybe even arrested for hate speech if there's a way to do that.
What would possess him to say this? Does he not see what is happening right now?
HalMarx needs to resign from office, his conduct is disrespectful, rude, crass and completely ignorant. Shame on him.
Yeah? Its only permissible use of force when it's happening to someone else. But should it ever happen to you, then it'll be unreasonable. Pray it never happens to you.
Maybe he can't sympathize because his own neck is so fat it's cushioned.
Mr. Mississippi mayor is an arse.
This is The Guy who played The Sherriff in Mississippi Burning isn't it Who Said in The Movie That The N.A.A.C.P Only Stood for Nigg×rs, ApesAlligatorsCoons & Possums..Lmbo!..Something is Wrong wit WhitePpl We need more Talk Shows in White media to OpenlyTALK investigate
Wow this Mississippi Mayor is what is wrong in America. These racists men should be banned from holding any government offices!
Remember, it is still the place of lunching !!
If this guy can't control his dietary intake how can anyone expect for this guy to keep his 'opinions' to himself?
An emergency meeting was held last night and the aldermen rams residents asked for his resignation. He refused to step down. The people of Petal do not want him.
“You have the whole town with your knee on their neck.” Petal resident to Mayor Hal Marx in regards to his refusal to step down.
Stay in your lane, fat boy. No one care what you think
He might feel different with a knee on his neck.
He sees nothing wrong with a cop putting his knee on the back of man’s neck while that man is handcuffed and subdued? Even had Mr. Lloyd not died, that in & of itself should’ve been grounds for that officer’s dismissal
Says the guy with no neck
ARREST HIM TOO. IGNORANCE 🤬🤬
Look at him, what a rube!
Weight Watchers is waiting for you....
'We can either walk the high road of brotherhood or the low road of man's inhumanity to man.' --Martin Luther King timeout4racism
Fatass
He needs to resign like yesterday!
Thanks for those insightful comments, sentient bowl of gravy.
He should be replaced. Everyone saw plenty wrong with the actions of the police against George Floyd in that video.
The most cracker of all crackers!
Yes, you appear to be a good ole boy
An it's idiots like you who are the problem 😠
A very racist and sad thing to say.
It’s outrageous
Wipe the smile, you hinder the progress to move forward.
That’s not something you would expect from a Mississippi mayor... oh, wait... 😒
Says the man who governs the state which comes last in everything except poverty rates.
The fire of the police dept started from the inside A white cop set the fire How else are you getting inside A white cop broke the windows of auto zone And white cops pushed a peaceful protest into a riot when 89% of residents are white. Means white ppl are burning their own city
The burning of the police dept and these riots were all set up by them.... Thats why they see nothing wrong And thats why you don't see the police.. they pulled them out and sent a guy to do everything else. This is an inside job while blaming the protesters
Truth about the riots of Minnesota GeorgeFloyd GeorgeFloydWasMurdered The riots and burning of the police dept was done by white people This is a peaceful protest It's the white people causing the chao, destroying the area and burning things down
This is exactly what is fueling protests against police brutality. Attitudes and procedures about on the spot arrests have to change.
I swear that he looks like a 8 weeks old baby
What do you expect him to say? Not moved or surprised by his lack of empathy for a black man. He's from the south
Idiot
His town is only 40 acres and established in 1974 with 10000 residents. My town is 224 years older with 24 square miles, 3 square miles of water and about 4400 people. I was going to visit a hospital roommate there because someone strung a rope across the road while on motorcycle
Racist don't care about backlash!
someone is willfully racist
This dude is a racist plain and simple people should pay him a visit
He probably also thinks he is hslim and handsome
Its Mississippi what do you expect
It doesn't surprise me at all, coming from this fat redneck racist segregationist! This is the mindset of ole Mississippi.
Asshole alert 🤨
It’s is disgusting to see the racism and how they treat the African Americans in USA! But more important, everybody regardless race, religion, cultural , political background , sexual orientation must rise the voice to promote change and equal treatment! Wake up USA! And Vote!
Sack him.
Buffoon
How can that fat fuck see anything?
Unfortunate
Fat boy would be best to shut up and go back to eating
That big fat boss hog not surprised one bit Mississippi the most racist state and the poorest state in the nation only state that still wave its Confederate Battle Flag the ppl there so racist they will come to your face and tell you that they're racist and they are proud of it
Definitely not human. He is Jaba
Disgusting
Sad some of the people elected to public office !
What a disgrace. How can he see? The eyes are even closed even with glasses 🤓 on. The belly is out of proportion so he can’t see past his stomach. He shd the be in office.
Mississippi... what were the chances
Disgusting creature represents everything that wrong on so many levels.
Easy for him to say, because he doesn’t have a neck.
That’s because his hood was too far over his eyes.
Moron
Older, obese white guy. Shocker!
Fuck this guy and his way of thinking.
PETAL MAYOR = A RACIST/BIGOT/WHITE SUPREMACIST ENABLER! BLACK MAN ON A STREET FACE DOWN W/HANDS HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK W/COP'S KNEE APPLYING PAIN/PRESSURE ON HIS NECK AS HE CRIES HE CAN'T BREATHE! DIES! INHUMANITY LIVE! MAYOR SEES NOTHING WRONG!
He fucking deserves the blacklash that’s he’s getting. Don’t me 😒
There are none so blind.... But remember, too. What goes around, comes around. Given what this has kicked off, there’ll come a point no one in office will be safe in the US. But you brought it on yourselves.
He is in need of attention so he is acting out his racism just like any white supremacist.
What an awful thing to say! Who elected this dim wit? While the town passes resolutions about far off countries, its own affairs are in a mess!
'If you are talking about the incident in MN,I didn’t see anything unreasonable.If you can say you can’t breathe,you’re breathing.Most likely that man died of overdose or heart attack. Video doesn’t show his resistance that got him in that position.Police being crucified.' 😳 🤦♂️
I can understand that his KKK hood was backwards when they play de video of that CRIME .there is no more blind that the one whom don’t want to see.
One of the good ol’ boys...sweetie bring me some sweet tea.
This is stupid to even report. It's Mississippi, for God's sake. Their is very little intelligent life there.
Y’all need to vote this tool out!
Not a very bright man. Should not be the mayor of any city.
That is ignorant! I saw everything wrong with it! THEY KILLED HIM! Plain and simple
Easy for the mayor to say that. He doesn’t have a neck for someone to kneel on with their knee.
He must be talking about a different incident
Authorizing Blade Runner. Now lethal detaining OK. Who would not fight back an attempt by police to detain if you believe they might kill you. Cooperating with police can kill you, can kill you, can kill you.....
If a cop tried to put a knee to the neck of THIS bloated racist, he would have trouble finding it!!
Memorablelabia Funny: He looks like a piece of crap. And a myocardial infarction waiting to happen.
This is why Colin Kaepernick kneels! White man doesn’t see murder as he watches murder!
He clearly said that when he was hungry.
Bye, bye.
I don’t normally use these words, but of course this redneck cracker wouldn’t see any issues.
Somebody needs new glasses...
That dude is being choked by his neck fat. Fresh.
Too bad no one's knee is big enough to give this fat ass a demonstration.
Is he trying for riots in his town? The entire country is already on the verge of anarchy at the slightest provocation.
For the mayor, Petal, the killing of George Floyd by the cops wasn’t enough. Petal went further and insulted the victim. racism
He has no neck , how can he be sympathetic to people with neck . He is already carrying a weight of ‘neck envy ‘
Does he expect to be elected again?
Mayor of Petal Mississippi nominated for douche of the year. DoucheoftheYear2020
Some people are just pure ignorant
the mayor of town called petal, mississippi is racist? shocker
Moron
Just look at that face and tell me what you see, then tell me what you expect from a face like that from Petal, Mississippi. Go round up them good ole boys Billy Bob and get some rope, there's a negro passing thru Petal.
He looks like the kinda guy who would say some shit like that
Of course he did. That man has racist written all over his face.
Wow 😳 can you say racist dude
“Tweeted the thumb of Mississippi”
I knew this guy was out there somewhere. Just a matter of time.
this never goes out of fashion
Maybe your double chin got in the way of your eyesight
They elected him...
He resembles what he is.
Let the cops put their knee on your throat for 7 minutes till you pass out then get back to us.
What a numnut
Idiot.
BIG STORY !!! 🇺🇸 THIS MAYOR MUST RESIGN IMMEDIATELY!!!🇺🇸
Let’s put a knee on that fat neck of yours.
Top button of his shirt:
The Chinese people support the right of black Americans to pursue democracy and freedom. The descendants of American colonists should meet the demands of the oppressed descendants of black slaves unconditionally. Racist white Americans should be driven out of the country.
Boss Hogg has spoken.
I’m sure your parents are real proud of you. Sad.
Pig
I wonder what exactly he thinks got us here in the first damn place!
Looking like where he is from.
Disgusting
Stupid comment
Are you kidding me Mayor?...you should not be one. Ps. My husband was a Mayor.....he looks at it in opposite opinion. Think this is your last term.
Sheet wearing fat boy
WTF
I took one look at this man. And it told me everything I needed to know. Nuff said.
Now thats racist
Nice chin both of them
Disgusting
🤦♀️
Imagine the suit and tie neck chaffe
Say the correct response on demand
That guy looks like a walking heart attack!
Yo...wow...can this be any more racist...guy is probably a secret member of the KKK
Without reading more into the story, I would be that this ass is a Trump supporter. What an ass..
Once upon a time there was a morbid fat con man, he was a compulsive liar, Potusnoquio, he got cancer of a windmill and covfefe-19 but recovered, later died of a Lysol overdose.
You can see he ain't got it all... Looks like ah redneck wait he ain't got no neck.
Fat fuck
Wendy!
It is Petal , Mississippi. What's the population 500
If this guy gets COVID, he won’t be coming down for breakfast ... ever again.
God help us.
He needs to resign
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🪱Mississippi Mayor is a useful idiot regarding JusticeGeorgeFloyd and is out of touch with the reality regarding the blatant murder of George Floyd 💔
Here’s what is unreasonable: George Floyd is dead!
🤮
He wouldn’t, would he?
the guy died, so there must have been a problem...
Since he want to be insensitive. Time to dig into him. Ok you investigative reporters do your job. He asked you it.
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another dumb white man-u Have to be a very DumbWhiteCop to have that escalate to murder when U could just ticket the guy and hasta/ Paul Manafort skated out of Jail after being convicted but this dumb cop wants to put this black man in jail during a pandemic maddow aCNN
Thank you, Lord, for making my mind silent.
he's a fat-assed, middle-aged white man from mississippi---why should anyone be surprised?
Idiot
that was flat out murder and if this mayor didn't see that, he should be fired because if you don't see that, then you're part of the problem
Really? What rock did you crawl out from under. I’m a retired law-enforcement officer 37 years and I see a lot wrong with it
Former mayor of Petal, Mississippi.
Ignorant cracker.
I’ve been to Petal Mississippi I can believe anyone in Petal would say this. Some of the worst crimes against African Americans have happened in Mississippi. Let’s see how he would like it with all a grown mans weight on his neck. But looking at him he really doesn’t have a neck
Pos
How can anybody watch that video and think it wasn’t unreasonable? It was murder.
The smiling face of arrogance and ignorance.
Fat face can't see a thing..
Remove him from office now
That's cause he's in the south...
This!
Marx is a dead ringer for good 'ol Boss Hogg. If he fell on his face, he'd suffocate in his own fat. No foot on his neck necessary.
Course not
Jackass
This is what represents a leadership.... hmm, hmm ,hmm, do you see anything wrong here, or is it just e. And those pity party members do no respond with why he said it. Call it Jones and let us move along
Fat dude who doesn’t know when to push away from dinner table says...
Fire him if he’s stupid enough to say something like that out loud.
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juliettetorrez Resign now!
What?
😬
Didn’t see anything unreasonable? So he didn’t actually watch it? And has to delete account because he can’t man up to the response?
Even Republicans realize what happened was unwarranted. Tf is he talking about?
Looks like it would be to kneel on your hidden neck
Double redneck
Fuk that guy.
Typical MAGAmaggot. Like all the cultfollowers they have that permanent arrogant hateful smirk.
Got to go deep to find Petal, MS
I guess reasonable means putting your knee, with the full weight of your body, on someone’s neck. So much for police training.
Why do I have the sudden desire to throw a luau
He hasn't deleted his Instagram account yet
The knee to the neck wasn't needed and if he felt the need to keep him down the pressure should be on the back. To continue pushing down on the neck after he went unconcious is manslaughter at best. HOWEVER! I doubt it's a racism issue and more of a training and screening issue.
He's seen worse in Mississippi and is okay with it. Doesn't get the problem. racism
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Even though I am greatly tempted, I will refrain from making derogatory comments about the man's physique. The rest of you, go and make my day.
Maybe he didn't understand because he doesn't have a neck.
Ass.
Lets find the one guy in all of America that thinks its fine and use him for a quote. So dumb. Nobody cares what the racist thinks
Just another day yucking it up with the boys.
Look like a thumb, please somebody put his knee into his neck. Wait he has no neck.
That shows mindset of realDonaldTrump That shows mindset of how democracies are hijacked !
That's because he doesn't know what a neck is.
Thanks for your opinion, Mayor McCheese.
This is the mindset of sick, racist individuals who are void of any humanity.
This guy can't sympathize with anyone with a neck. He has no idea what having a neck is like.
He needs to lose weight.
Doesn't he look like two tons of comorbitity
Nah.. a knee to the back of someone’s neck just because for over 5 minutes is perfectly okay.. buddy, your city is going to feel a major backlash from this
Obviously he is brain dead.
he can't see past his double chin
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