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Tue Jun 2, 2020, 01:41 PM Jun 2020

Inslee embraces peaceful demonstrators, condemns looters

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday embraced the cause of demonstrators using “their feet and their voices” to protest the killing of George Floyd and vowed to not let the message be drowned out by those who’ve chosen to loot and wreak havoc in communities across the state.

“We just can’t allow violence to hijack peaceful protest,” Inslee said at a televised news conference.

Emotions ran high throughout the weekend and continued Monday as residents wrestled with the May 25 killing of Floyd, an African American man, by a white Minneapolis police officer, who was seen on video pressing his knee on Floyd’s neck until he stopped breathing. That officer is now facing third-degree murder charges.

“I know people are justifiably outraged at the killing,” Inslee said, “again as a result of police irresponsibility.”

But violence and destruction has no place in the demonstrations, and those arrested will be prosecuted, he said.

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