Wearing black ribbons, Birmingham City Councilors on Tuesday passed a resolution of support for George Floyd, the Minneapolis man killed by police last week that has led to several protests and civil unrest across the nation as well as in Birmingham.
During Tuesday’s meeting, the nine-member Council passed a unanimous resolution of support for Floyd which was important in light of recent events across the country, said Council President William Parker.
“I think it is important for the city and the council to support Mr. Floyd and his family . . . but also important that we take all of these energies and make sure this doesn’t happen again,” he said.
Some members of the council spoke on Floyd as well as the protests over his death that took place this weekend and the civil unrest.
Councilor Clinton Woods, grandson of Bishop Calvin Woods, a Civil Rights leader and president of the Birmingham chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), said recent events have forced people to talk about racism.
