NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Former President Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey broke their silence Friday about the death of George Floyd.
"I haven't been able to get the image of the knee on his neck out of my head," Winfrey tweeted, adding, "we will not let your name be just a hashtag."
"This shouldn't be 'normal' in 2020 America. It can't be 'normal.' If we want our children to grow up in a nation that lives up to its highest ideals, we can and must be better," Obama said in a statement.
"It will fall mainly on the officials of Minnesota to ensure that the circumstances surrounding George Floyd's death are investigated thoroughly and that justice is ultimately done," Obama writes.
"But it falls on all of us, regardless of our race or station -- including the majority of men and women in law enforcement who take pride in doing their tough job the right way, every day -- to work together to create a 'new normal' in which the legacy of bigotry and unequal treatment no longer infects our institutions or our hearts," he writes.
