FLOYD.
A MAN WHO IS SEEN STRUGGLING TO
BREATHE AS A POLICE OFFICER
KNEELS ON HIS NECK,
AND THEN DIES.
TONIGHT, THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN
REQUESTED
MARX'S RESIGNATION.
HE DECLINED.
 
 
 
 
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN IN PETAL
CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING
THURSDAY
NIGHT CONDEMNING COMMENTS MADE
BY
MAYOR HAL MARX AND CALLING ON
HIM TO
RESIGN.
ALDERMAN: THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
FEEL HE IS OUT OF TOUCH
AND UNFIT TO CONTINUE IN HIS
CAPACITY AS MAYOR.
IN A TWEET THIS WEEK, MARX
OFFERED HIS
OPINION ON THE DEATH OF GEORGE
FLOYD IN
MINNEAPOLIS - A BLACK MAN WHO
DIED AFTER A WHITE OFFICER IS
SEEN ON CAMERA KNEELING ON
HIS NECK.
MARX - SAYING HE DIDN'T SEE
ANYTHING
UNREASONABLE AND CLAIMING FLOYD
LIKELY
DIED OF AN OVERDOSE OR HEART
ATTACK.
CRITICS ARE CALLING MARX RACIST.
AT THURSDAY'S MEETING, THE MAYOR
CLAIMED HIS COMMENT WAS
MISINTERPRETED.
HAL MARX: NOTHING THAT I SAID IN
MY MIND WAS ANYTHING RACIAL.
BOOS NO, LOOK AT MY
WORDS...LOOK.
THE MAYOR REFUSED TO RESIGN.
MARX ATTORNEY INSISTS THE
MAYOR'S COMMENTS
ARE PROTECTED UNDER FREEDOM OF
SPEECH.
MARX, EVEN INSINUATING THAT HE
WOULD FILE A
LAWSUIT IF HE'S FORCED FROM
OFFICE.
MARX: AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I
HAVE 12 MONTHS LEFT IN MY TERM.
YOU'RE GOING TO RISK SPENDING
THOUSANDS OF COUNTLESS
DOLLARS IN COURT AND POSSIBLY
PAY
MY LEGAL FEES TO TRY TO MAKE A
POINT.
CITIZENS WHO SPOKE AT THE
MEETING ALL CALLED
FOR THE MAYOR TO CHANGE HIS MIND
AND
LEAVE OFFICE.
CITIZEN: IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE
ANY LEGACY NOW, THE BEST THING
YOU CAN DO IS STEP DOWN AND
TEACH KIDS HOW TO APOLOGIZE AND
WALK AWAY FROM SOMETHING WITH
DIGNITY.
 
 
 
 
PETAL ALDERMAN VOTED TONIGHT IN
FAVOR OF REDUCING MAYOR MARX'S
SALARY.
ALDERMEN THEN TABLED THE MOTION
UNTIL THEY CAN GET AN OPINION ON
THE MATTER FROM THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
TONIGHT, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF
MISSISSIPPI'S NAACP - REACTING
TO THE
CONTROVERS
AND THAT'S JUST A SICKENING
THOUGHT. THAT TODAY, SO MANY
FOLKS VIEW THE BRUTALIZATION OF
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY, AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN
AS BEING REASONABLE.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COREY WIGGINS
SAYS IT'S UP TO ELECTED
OFFICIALS TO SPEAK OUT
AGAINST INHUMANE TREATMENT. AND
HE SAYS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
THINGS
POLICE DEPARTMENTS CAN DO TOO,
SUCH AS
REVIEW THEIR TRAINING POLICIES,
AND ALSO
RETRAIN OFFICERS.
 
 
 
 
BEGINNING MONDAY...ALL BUSINESS
WILL BE ALLOWED TO
REOPEN...INCLUDING
