'It is your duty to fortify your own house, so that you may be a house of refuge in times of organization,' the rapper said in a press conference
continued to erupt on Friday night, rapper Killer Mike gave a tearful address urging rioters to resist the temptation to destroy their own city.
While he has "a lot of love and respect for police officers," Killer Mike, whose father was an Atlanta police officer in the 1940s, said witnessing Floyd's death made him "mad as hell." The 45-year-old rapper tearfully explained that he is "tired of seeing black men die," comparing what the officer did to Floyd to "a zebra in the clutch of a lion's jaw."
Killer Mike said that while he also "wanted to see the world burn," he pled that the protestors "not burn your own house down for anger with an enemy."
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