Like most of us, Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay says he viewed a video of the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd with a lump in his throat.
Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed Monday in Minneapolis when an officer held him on the ground, kneeling on his neck, as the handcuffed man pleaded that he couldn’t breathe.
On Thursday, Ramsay spoke out.
“I am horrified at what occurred in Minneapolis and struggle for words, but in good conscience cannot remain silent,” the chief said in posts to his Facebook and Twitter accounts.