Mississippi mayor apologizes for tweets on George Floyd

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 4:06 pm CDT, Sunday, May 31, 2020

PETAL, Miss. (AP) — A white Mississippi mayor who caused an outrage with his tweets about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has apologized but says he won’t resign, prompting protesters to return to City Hall for a third day Sunday to insist the mayor leave office.

Petal Mayor Hal Marx told the Hattiesburg American his remarks on social media about Floyd's death, which occurred after a white police officer kneeled on his neck, “were made in haste and not well-thought out or expressed.”

“I apologize to those who found them to be insensitive, and I apologize to the people of our city,” Marx told the newspaper in an interview Saturday.

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Roughly 200 people protested outside City Hall on Sunday, the third straight day demonstrators have gathered to call for Marx's resignation, the Clarion Ledger reported. Petal's board of aldermen also agreed the mayor should step down.;.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Mississippi-mayor-apologizes-for-tweets-on-George-15306791.php

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Mayor of Petal, Mississippi until 2021

[Jamastiene]

1. Of course, he won't resign.

That would take statesmanship and common decency, things Republicans do not have. What a piece of shit racist he is.

[Grokenstein]

2. Sure looks like an expert to me

...on the subject of difficulty breathing.

[Demovictory9]

3. people havent been kind with comments about the size of his neck and the irony of him defending

a knee to the neck.

[CountAllVotes]

4. We will not forget

Mr Fatasswhole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Demovictory9]

5. it took him until yesterday to apologize.

[SunSeeker]

6. Talking colon polyp.

[stillcool]

7. His tweets were "wrongly characterized"

Why in the world would anyone choose to become a police officer in our society today?” Marx tweeted Tuesday, the day four Minneapolis police officers were fired. Floyd, 46, was handcuffed and pleading for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck Monday.

In a follow-up tweet, the Republican directly referenced the Floyd case, saying he “didn’t see anything unreasonable”: “If you can say you can’t breathe, you’re breathing. Most likely that man died of overdose or heart attack. Video doesn’t show his resistance that got him in that position. Police being crucified.”

Marx told the newspaper that city aldermen and others had wrongly characterized the tweets as racist.

[Mr.Bill]

8. Everybody should mail him fast food gift cards.

Maybe he'll have a heart attack before he finishes his term.

[Karminto]

9. The republican party is the racist party

Trump isn't the only white nationalist in it.

[LudwigPastorius]

10. _

[Nevilledog]

11. That wasn't an apology.

An apology would have been "I'm sorry for the blatantly racist comments I made", not "I apologize to those who found them to be insensitive".

[mwb970]

12. Gee, and he looks so smart, too.

[Historic NY]

13. He wouldn't make it 5 minutes on the ground with a couple of goons on him.

[djinmo]

14. WHAT!!!

Get this OBESE ASSHOLE out of office NOW!!!!!!!!!!

[Joinfortmill]

15. He needs to go

[Bengus81]

16. Recall the asshat..........

Not that hard to do if the outrage is there. Usually only takes 1000 signatures to get it rolling.

[zak247]

17. Dont make him resign

He's entitled to his opinion just like the protesters on the street. Let's don't become fascistic like them.

And maybe leave his weight out of it.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

18. Bring me Solo and the Wookie