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George Floyd's Brother Said Trump 'Didn't Give Me an Opportunity to Even Speak' During 'Fast' Phone Call

George Floyd's Brother Said Trump 'Didn't Give Me an Opportunity to Even Speak' During 'Fast' Phone Call

George Floyd‘s family is speaking out.

Philonise Floyd spoke to MSNBC’s Al Sharpton about the murder of his brother by police, sparking outrage and Black Lives Matter protests around the country, as well as President Donald Trump‘s phone call.

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“It was so fast. He didn’t give me an opportunity to even speak. It was hard. I was trying to talk to him, but he just kept, like, pushing me off, like ‘I don’t want to hear what you’re talking about,’” he said.

“And I just told him, I want justice. I said that I couldn’t believe that they committed a modern-day lynching in broad daylight.”

He also spoke to Joe Biden.

“I asked Vice President Biden — I never had to beg a man before — but I asked him, could he please, please get justice for my brother,” he went on to say.

“I need it. I do not want to see him on a shirt just like the other guys. Nobody deserved that. Black folk don’t deserve that. We’re all dying. Black lives matter.”

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