Franklin Graham’s Charlotte-based chaplains head to Minneapolis in Floyd case

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Charlotte Observer) - Chaplains with Franklin Graham’s Charlotte-based Billy Graham Evangelistic Association arrived in Minneapolis Friday to offer emotional and spiritual care after the death of a handcuffed black man in police custody.

The police officer who knelt on victim George Floyd’s neck was charged with third-degree murder, The Associated Press reported Friday. Video showed Floyd pleading that he could not breathe, according to the AP.

To his 8.6 million Facebook followers, Graham reacted with anger to Floyd’s death.

“For the third night in a row we saw protests across the country and anger pouring out of the streets,” Graham posted. “I’m angry too. What these police officers did was horrific, evil, inexcusable—no ifs, ands, or buts.”