AFGE Announces 'Full Support and Solidarity' for Black Lives Matter Cause
June 09, 2020
June 09, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The American Federation of Government Employees issued the following statement:
"Our nation faces a moment of moral crisis.
"We have all witnessed the utter disregard for black life in America as Ahmaud Arbery was chased down and shot to death in Georgia, as Breonna Taylor was gunned down in her own home by police, as Tony McDade was shot to death by police, and as George Floyd died begging for air while a police officer killed him by kn . . .
"Our nation faces a moment of moral crisis.
"We have all witnessed the utter disregard for black life in America as Ahmaud Arbery was chased down and shot to death in Georgia, as Breonna Taylor was gunned down in her own home by police, as Tony McDade was shot to death by police, and as George Floyd died begging for air while a police officer killed him by kn . . .