Just after marking the third year of his tragic death, George Floyd's sister, LaTonya Floyd, raised eyebrows after she came forward to forgive former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for killing her brother.
“America might think Im crazy for saying this, but I have to get this off my chest,” she told FOX 26 Houston. “At this point, three years down the line, I do forgive Derek Chauvin for what he did. It’s not OK that he did it, OK? But I have to forgive him in order to move on with my life.”
She continued: “I’ve been running around in circles, I’ve been going through a whole lot, and if our higher power don’t forgive us, we’re nothing. We’re lost. We’re outta there. And I can’t keep living my life with this anger, that’s gonna form to hate, such as he had. And it’s going to lead to me doing something like that, because I’m mad, I’m angry. I can’t live with that within me. So I pray for him, and I pray he find peace within himself, and I pray that next time, he kneel down, he’s kneeling down to help someone up, not hold ‘em down. God has a plan for everybody. I pray for Derek and I do forgive you, and if you are listening, may the peace of God be with you man.”
This isn't the first time LaTonya has expressed similar sentiment. During her interview with People, she talked about forgiving Chauvin despite him never apologizing for killing George. “He’s not one time never ever, ever apologized to us,” she said. “I don’t like hate, that’s not what I’m about. I’m gonna just tell you as well as the rest of the world that I found it in my heart. I made peace with myself to forgive him because if our higher power didn’t forgive us, we would be nothing. I’m not saying it’s okay, what he did. But for me to go forth and make peace with myself and my life, I have to do that.”
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