In addition to Jey Uso and Naomi, Mustafa Ali has publicly commented on the death of George Floyd. Floyd was a black man who died after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by a white police officer’s knee and the incident has made national headlines. Here is what Ali wrote about the situation:
“I’m a former police officer. I joined the force because I believed the only real way to bring change to policing is from within. I remember being told ’empathy will get you killed.’ No, lack of empathy allows you to kill. We have to change policing from within.
And like always, there’s going to be some comment about ‘you were part of the problem.’ No. I saw the problem and did something to combat it. Countless times, I showed up and put a stop to any sort of harassment/excessive force. You can’t change anything sitting behind a screen.
The point of all this is simple; society and specifically our African American brothers and sisters have a justifiable distrust with the police. It’s the responsibility of the police to fix that issue but they won’t. Thus, it is on us,as a society to force that change from within.”
