After the latest death of an unarmed black man, tensions are high throughout the nation.
Here on the Coast, many are still trying to make sense of the incident and are posing the question of how to prevent similar situations in the future.
His daughter- lives.- - after the latest death of an- unarmed black man, tensions - are high throughout the nation.- here on the coast, many are - still trying to make sense of - the incident and are posing the- question of, how to prevent - similar situations in the - future.
- here's news 25's victoria baile- with details.
- - "the recent incident with mr. floyd has just- reinforced some of the distrust- that the black community has- with law-enforcement," - - - sentiments felt by many after - this video surfaced and - went viral.
- nat video of mr floyd..
- - - - this, as the nation, is still - reeling from the shooting death- of both briana taylor and - ahmaud abbry.
Curly clark is th- president of the moss point - jackson county naacp.
He says - these incidents are always- shocking, no matter where they- happen.
- "one of the things i think people have forgotten is, they- feel like racism is confined to- the south.
When the incident- happened in georgia everyone- said oh yeah well - - - - that's georgia.
When something- happens in mississippi, oh yeah- that's mississippi.
But - when this incident happened in- minnesota it's like oh wow.
The- get - excited.
Racism is racism - whether it's in minnesota - mississippi or wherever " to help residents on the coast- cope with the current - racial climate in the nation, - 100 men hall director rachel- - - - dangermond is offering an - emotional outlet.
- "this saturday we're gonna have a listening booth.
We're gonna- have six booths set up- where they're going to be 6-foo- tables we are at one and there'- gonna be a listener - wearing a mask and people can - drop by take a seat and express- themselves- their emotions of what they're- feeling.
We now have this - situation where we- have three people, three black- people who have just been kille- - - - recently just horrifying lee an- so there's just this outrage an- we want to be able to deal with- it as a community" dangermond says advocating for- these issues is something - - - - near to her heart.- "i have an african-american son and i know for a fact that whit- mothers of white- - - - children do not go through the- angst that i do.
When i see tha- this black man was- jogging and killed brutally.- hunted down and killed i fear - for my son and i just want to - take him somewhere else but - where would i take him i want - white parents of white- children to understand what tha- feels like with that anger is - like that sadness that- hopelessness."
Clark says his message to anyon- who finds themselves in a - possible deadly situation..
Is- - - - to get home safely.
"i think fo black people especially our - young people they're gonna have- to realize that for whatever- reason they're not gonna be - treated equally.
We're not ther- yet we should be there yet but-
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