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Jimmy Carter Speaks Out About Protests Ignited By George Floyd's Murder

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Jimmy Carter is speaking out following worldwide protests that were held after George Floyd was senselessly murdered in Minneapolis over the weekend.

The 95-year-old former President of the United States revealed in a statement, via People, that he and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter “are pained by the tragic racial injustices and consequent backlash across our nation in recent weeks.” “As a white male of the South, I know all too well the impact of segregation and injustice to African Americans,” he continued. “In my 1974 inaugural address as Georgia’s governor, I said: ‘The time for racial discrimination is over.’ With great sorrow and disappointment, I repeat those words today, nearly five decades later.” Jimmy continued, “People of

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