A Mississippi mayor who sparked outrage when he said “if you can talk, you can breathe' about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody is resisting calls to resign.
"Furthermore, these remarks have alienated certain groups of our population, which is counter productive to our diverse community. Over the past few days, the vast number of our constituents who have reached out to us showing their disapproval and disdain have made it obvious that we can no longer accept this reality."
He said he did not think through what he said in his tweets to include sympathy for Floyd and his family. He said what he meant was that no one knows for sure how Floyd died or what occurred before he was pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer. As Marx spoke, members of the audience shouted over him, with some residents saying this was not his first insensitive or racist remark on social media.
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