'It was so incredibly human,' Governor Tim Walz said of the conversation. 'It wasn't Jay-Z international celebrity, it was a dad and quite honestly a black man with visceral pain that he knew.'
Walz, a Democrat, was the first to discuss their call in an interview with CNN affliate WCCO and said Jay-Z told him,"Justice needs to be served here.""It was so incredibly human," Walz said of conversation."It wasn't Jay-Z international celebrity, it was a dad and, quite honestly, a black man with visceral pain that he knew."Jay-Z has been outspoken over the course of his career about racism in America.
— REFORM Alliance June 1, 2020 Jay-Z added,"This is just a first step. I am more determined to fight for justice than any fight my would-be oppressors may have. I prevail on every politician, prosecutor and office in the country to have the courage to do what is right. Have the courage to look at us as humans, dads, brothers, sisters and mothers in pain and look at yourselves.
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