Terrence
Floyd appeared at the intersection in south Minneapolis where his brother died.
Wearing a face mask with the image of his brother's face on it, Terrence Floyd
spent several minutes of silence at the flowers and other memorials that have
sprung up to his brother.
The brother
of George Floyd appealed for peace Monday in the aftermath of riots and arson
fires following the death of his brother in Minneapolis.
"I
understand you're upset," Terrence Floyd said to the crowd through a
bullhorn. But he said civil unrest and destruction is "not going to bring
my brother back at all. It may feel good for the moment, like when you drink,
but when you are done, you're going to wonder what did you do."
Terrence
Floyd said his family is "a peaceful family. My family is
God-fearing". And he said, "in every case of police brutality the
same thing has been happening. You have protests, you destroy stuff ... so they
want us to destroy ourselves. Let's do this another way."
He told the
crowd to vote and to educate themselves. "Let's switch it up, y'all."
He said his brother moved to Minneapolis from Houston and 'loved it here. ...
So I know he would not want you all to be doing this".

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