Piers Morgan has admitted he was caught speeding on his way to a charity golf event, saying he has 'no complaints' as he was wrong - also using the news to highlight the difference in how authorities often treat white and black people.
Morgan had shared a Twitter clip showing an incident involving a black man and a white police officer, which was from July last year.
A Twitter user had posted it earlier this week in light of George Floyd's death, captioning the video: "Judge for yourself... When is gonna? #icantbreathe #GeorgeFloyd."
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Morgan then quote-retweeting the footage, comparing it to what had happened to him that day, when he was driving to a Paddy Power celebrity golf event with Freddie Flintoff, Peter Crouch and others.
He wrote: "I was caught speeding today, on my way to the #PPGolf charity day. No complaints, I was late, rushing & in the wrong. The police officers who stopped me were respectful, polite & treated me with dignity.
"This black man got none of those things. What an inhuman disgrace."
George Floyd, 46, died after a white police officer called Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes, despite desperate calls for him to stop.
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An independent autopsy revealed that Floyd had died from 'asphyxiation from sustained pressure'.
Chauvin was initially charged with two offences, but one of those has been upgraded from third to second-degree murder.
The incident has triggered a wave of protests across the globe - including in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Floyd was killed - which reflect wider concern regarding systematic discrimination and police brutality that is felt by many members of minority communities in the United States and beyond.
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