A Pennsylvania county commissioner is facing widespread calls to resign after remarks he made about the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests in Philadelphia over the death of George Floyd.
Matt Rourke/APMontgomery County Commissioner Joe Gale called the Black Lives Matter movement a"radical left-wing hate group" that was among the"perpetrators of this urban domestic terror."
Black people are 1.3 times more likely to be killed by police while unarmed than white people, according to theGale's comments were met with fury from politicians and the public. "Our democracy celebrates the rights of citizens to express themselves in demonstrations and do so without fear. … To our entire black community: We see you. We hear you. We stand with those who are calling out the systemic racism and violence toward people of color in our country," the statement continued.
Norristown council members said while Gale decried Kenney,"we wonder how it seems you don't have any empathy, compassion, or even the ability to hear your constituents. In this, we believe you have failed us as our county commissioner."
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