Gayle King is opening up about her fears for her son facing systematic racism in America.
"I start thinking about all kinds of things about that video. That’s what’s making me so emotional, that his last words were 'Mom,' 'Mama.' This is what’s getting me," King said. In Floyd's last minutes, as recorded in the now infamous video of his killing, he can be heard calling out,"Momma! Momma! I’m through," as bystanders begged police to get off and let him breathe.
"It goes to the primal instinct that we all have, because your mother is your ultimate protector and his mother died two years ago," King explained."We didn’t know that at the time. When I got emotional, I didn’t know that. But we know that now." King also reflected on how these events, and countless other similar incidents of police brutality and systemic racism, make her scared for her adult children, who both live across the country from her in Los Angeles.
"My son is 33 years old, and I'm worried about him, saying, 'Will, please don't walk Scott [his dog], please don't take him for long walks, everything is so volatile,'" King explained."He lives in the Santa Monica area, close to there, so he can hear the police choppers and he can hear the sounds of the city. And Santa Monica as you know is a very affluent town... but I'm worried about him walking his frickin’ dog...
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