From RT.com….
Virginia’s black lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax, ignited criticism after appearing to equate calls for him to step down amid accusations of sexual assault to the death of George Floyd in police custody.
Fairfax left many of those following the Virginia Democratic primary debate on Tuesday night scratching their heads after he portrayed himself as the victim of racial discrimination, and compared his situation to those of Floyd and Emmett Till, a teen who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after he was accused of offending a white woman.
Calling the death of Floyd in police custody “horrific,” Fairfax went on to allege systemic racism in American society: “It recalls a history in Virginia and in our nation, where African Americans, and particularly African-American men are presumed to be guilty, are treated inhumanely, are given no due process, and have their lives impacted and in some cases taken away in an instant.”
Fairfax then cited himself as an example of such treatment, invoking previous sexual assault allegations against him.
