2020 Imperial Address on Racial Equality

### Location

Chawopolis Palace, Chawopolis City, Federal Republic of North America, Empire of Chawosauria

### Intension

Police reform, racial justice, social and economic equality

### Viewers

* 1,787,997,776,664 (first address)
* 6,789,999,985,886 (second address)

### Result

* Chawosaurians rallied around Shang Parker in favor of police reform and racial equality
* TBD

The **2020 Imperial Address on Racial Equality**, also known as the **George Floyd Imperial Address** or simply the **George Floyd Address**, was delivered by Supreme Leader Shang Jong Parker to address the unrest in the United States following the killing of an African American man, George Floyd and police brutality in the United States. In the address, Emperor Parker called for racial unity of all sides, Parker condemned police brutality while at the same time, condemned the rioting and the looting going on in the U.S. Parker called for police reform, and the end of institutional racism.

Many feared within the Parker administration that this is a politically risky speech, the concept of racial equality is not popular among the Chawosaurian people due to a nationalist vibe that has existed in Chawosauria since the founding of the realm. Parker was already politically benefiting really well from the COVID-19 pandemic and his response to the pandemic itself all due to a patriotic vibe in the midst of a global crisis that could affect Chawosaurians too, and after giving that speech on racial equality, many feared he may have sacrificed his political strengths and risked a race war within Chawosauria.

On the other hand, it could add to the *rally 'round the flag* phenomenon that applied to Parker due to the coronavirus outbreak in the early 2020s.

Despite the speech, Parker's approval ratings is still projected to rise again. Following the address, Chawosaurians rallied around Shang Parker in favor of racial equality and police reform.

## Background

### **Killing of George Floyd**

> *(For further information, view the Killing of George Floyd from Wikipedia)*
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George Floyd was an unarmed black man who was pulled over by the Minnesota Police Department, the police officer was Derek Chauvin, and he had his knee on Floyd's neck. The suffocating Floyd pleaded to breath but Chauvin kept kneeing Floyd till he died. The incident was recorded by people walking by with their smartphones, posting it on social media, and it went viral, putting the breaks on incoming protests that will bump the nation.

### **The proliferation of Protests and Riots from Minnesota to worldwide**

Protests sparked in Minneapolis, but riots broke out as well. There were attempts to contain the riots but parts of the city still burned down, and there was fear and anger from the entire nation. The protests then proliferated nationwide, with governors reacting by sending troops and law enforcement to retain rioters, only seems to escalate the conflict between rioters and law enforcement officers.

President Trump attempted to use this as a political advantage, thinking he can turn the 2020 U.S. presidential election into the 1968 U.S. presidential election, except the riots may have the potential of hurting Trump because he's in charge, differing from 1968 on which the Democrat (Lyndon B. Johnson) was in charge. President Johnson was already unpopular because of the Vietnam War, but the race riots of 1968 along with other protests made the Democrats appeared weak to run a nation. The Democratic Party is not the governing party in 2020, so Trump, by escalating tensions via Twitter, may make himself appear too weak to even run a nation himself, and Trump, like other populist world leaders, proved that running a nation is not for a populist.

Protests and riots expanded nationwide, celebrities, elites, and some politicians offered their sympathies and their empathies to the protesters over police officers, and President Trump has never looked this weak for a President questing for reelection as he sits on a pandemic that he could not handle, a recession that he seems to be escalating by forcing states to reopen too early despite warning signs from health experts, and riots that he'd may escalate if he sent troops to deal with them.

## Shang Jong Parker's Inner Circle

Shang Parker watches the riots and protests on TV in disbelief and horror. Already he's dealing with an international crisis that is the coronavirus, but dealing with the threat of riots proliferating in Chawosauria while already dealing with an anti-coronavirus shutdown rebellion in the Pacific Ocean is just not a good deal with the Parker administration.

Parker gathered his staff on June 1st, to discuss easing racial tensions that may occur in Chawosauria as a result of the George Floyd killing and protests. Black Chawosaurian representatives discussed with Parker on dealing with the lack of police accountability also occurring in Chawosauria, and they recommended police reform, which Parker strongly agreed, and spoke on the phone with communist party leaders in the 25th Chawopolis Palace to discuss police reform and the weakening of institutional racism that is also going on in Chawosauria.

Parker called for the extension of the Civil Rights Act of 2017, with civil rights amendments. Parker ignored calls to tackle police brutality against Christians, Jews, and other religious minorities in Chawosauria due to a lack of electoral advantage in the 2024 Chawosaurian mid-term elections and his own reelection in 2029, so Parker instead turns his primary focus on race alone.

Parker was advised to do a televised address in the Imperial Office on June 3rd, to address institutional racism, but there were warnings that the speech may not be popular among Chawosaurians, but Parker wanted to give it a go because Black Chawosaurians tend to vote for the Communist Party.

## The Speech

### **Transcripts**

#### **First Address to ease racial tensions**

"*My fellow Chawosaurians, as you may have heard of the civil unrest of demonstrations in the United States and all over the world in reaction to racial injustice from all over the world and that the demand for freedom from such institutional racism is loud and clear. We the Empire of Chawosauria should not tolerate any kind of systemic racism here in Chawosauria nor abroad, and it is time that we enact police reform and the abolition of a system exists here in Chawosauria that openly discriminates against the race of a man, woman, and a child. The 25th Chawopolis Palace should meet the demands of those who wish to weaken the strength of institutional racism in Chawosauria with a series of civil rights amendments to the Civil Rights Act of 2017, and we, Chawosaurians, of all races, should come together in a stage of unity. I condemn the unjustified killing of George Floyd, and my sensor condolences to the Floyd family, and the families of those who also lost a mother, father, son, daughter, or a sibling, to race-based police brutality, hate crime, and violence. We Chawosaurians stand with the protests to end racial injustice, and we stand on the island of racial unity. As we celebrate and acknowledge Pride Month, we will tackle all means of racial injustice and systemic racism hear in Chawosauria and call out institutional racism abroad. Thank you all for watching.*"
—Shang Jong Parker, June 3, 2020
The address was short, it attempts to discourage racial disparities, and call for racial unity while at the same time, call for police reform and institutional reform in regard to race.

#### **Second Address on reforms to end institutional racism**

"*My fellow Chawosaurians. Today I want to speak about the new proposed Civil Rights policies involving police reform and institutional reform concerning race. It is clear that after a series of meetings with civil rights leaders that a blue wall of silence that prevents law enforcement officers from reporting or preventing the errors and misconduct of fellow law enforcement officers is a blue shield that should not stand. Accordingly, I proposed to the Chawopolis Palace that this blue shield must come down, and to make some changes on how suspects are to be treated when being detained. Law enforcement officers have used excessive force even to those suspects who do not intend to threaten the life of the officer detaining him or her, a lack of body cameras will no longer acceptable and we must have body cameras on all police officers when that officers have to report the misconduct and/or unlawful use of excessive force is strictly mandatory and any failure to report such crimes will be treated similarly to have witnessed are legally treated when they've failed to report lawbreaking. We, the Empire of Chawosauria, respect and support our law enforcement officers, but they must know that just because they're enforcers of the law does not mean they're above the law, so that's why I ask the Chawopolis Palace to pass police reform laws that expand police accountability when a suspect is unjustly murdered or abused when the suspect poses no threat to the officers themselves. The people of Chawosauria deserves a just and equal society, and I ask you to stand with me and hold your elected representatives accountable into making that happen, we can no longer tolerate a lack of accountability for police misconduct and lawbreaking done by the police. As Martin Luther King once said: the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. Thank You, good night, and thanks for listening.* "
—Shang Jong Parker, June 4, 2020

The second address focused on specific policies combating institutional racism.

### **Analysis**

The first address focused on easing racial tensions and promising to legislate against institutional racism. The second address laid out specific policies unlike the first address. The second address was widely praised.

## Aftermath

Chawosaurians rallied around Shang Parker in favor of racial equality and police reform. Chawosaurians felt encouraged to support the George Floyd protests and wanted to stand with the protests in solidarity.

The 25th Chawopolis Palace felt an obligation to address systemic racism for the first time after years of ignoring systemic racism for a long time. Both communists and social democrats agreed to work together on a civil rights legislation, the Civil Rights Act of 2020.