{"id":2165,"date":"2020-06-02T11:42:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/?p=2165"},"modified":"2020-06-02T11:43:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:43:20","slug":"stronger-together-jayz-issues-a-statement-after-calling-minnesota-governor-to-discuss-justice-for-george-floyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/stronger-together-jayz-issues-a-statement-after-calling-minnesota-governor-to-discuss-justice-for-george-floyd\/","title":{"rendered":"Stronger Together: Jay-Z Issues a Statement After Calling Minnesota Governor to Discuss Justice for George Floyd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No Justice. No Peace.<\/p>\n<p>Rapper and mogul, Jay-Z, has issued a statement regarding the death of George Floyd after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz revealed that the rapper called him to demand that all officers involved in his murder face justice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hov.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2167 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hov-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hov-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hov-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hov.jpg 928w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To give a bit of context, Jay-Z had a phone conversation with Governor Walz over the weekend, telling the leader that &#8220;justice needs to be served here.&#8221; Walz first shared the details of the call in an interview with WCCO on Sunday (May 31), revealing that Jay-Z reached out to him not as a celebrity, but as a father in pain. This is more of what Walz had to say about the phone call:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I received a call Saturday night \u2014 to understand how big this was \u2014 from Jay-Z,\u201d Walz said. \u201cNot international performer, but dad stressing to me that justice needs to be served. It was so incredibly human\u2026 It was a dad, and I think quite honestly a black man whose visceral pain of this that he knew. His words summarized that justice needs to be served here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-02-at-1.39.28-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2168 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-02-at-1.39.28-AM-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-02-at-1.39.28-AM-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-02-at-1.39.28-AM-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-02-at-1.39.28-AM.png 889w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the statement issued via his label Roc Nation\u2019s official account, Jay-Z confirmed the details in an Instagram post on Sunday, with the caption, &#8220;#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd. Jay-Z thanked Walz for bringing Attorney General Keith Ellison in to take over the George Floyd case, and urged politicians to \u201cdo the right thing and prosecute all those responsible for the murder of George Floyd to the fullest extent of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jay-Z has been outspoken about combatting racism throughout his career and founded the REFORM Alliance in 2019 to advocate for prison reform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Justice. No Peace. 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