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Police chief 'absolutely sorry' over George Floyd's death after fiery protests prompt calls for peace

Updated 1913 GMT (0313 HKT) May 28, 2020

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Press secretary defends her record of mail .Minneapolis' police chief acknowledged Thursday his department had contributed to a "deficit of hope" in the city after the death of George Floyd -- and he and other officials called for calm following a night of destructive protests.

"I am absolutely sorry for the pain, devastation and trauma Mr. Floyd's death has left on his family, his loved ones," Minneapolis and the world, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said in a news conference.

"I know there is currently a deficit of hope in our city ... and I know our department has contributed to that deficit as a whole," Arradondo said.

But he also said he cannot allow the kind of looting, fires and business damage that stemmed from street protests Wednesday night.

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And the city's mayor said he's requesting state assistance and allowing Arradondo to use resources from other jurisdictions.

"We must confront our shortcomings with humility as well as hope. We must restore the peace so that we can do this hard work together," Mayor Jacob Frey said. 

Fury has been rising in Minneapolis over Monday's death of Floyd, a black man who died after pleading for help as a police officer pinned him -- unarmed and handcuffed -- to the ground.

On Wednesday night, Minneapolis' second day of protests transitioned to rioting and looting south of downtown, with people smashing their way into stores and setting businesses and other buildings ablaze.

One of Floyd's brothers cried Thursday morning as he said his family wants protests to be peaceful, but stressed people are struggling with seeing another black man die following a police encounter, this one over the passing of an allegedly counterfeit $20 bill at a store.

"I want everybody to be peaceful right now, but people are torn and hurt, because they're tired of seeing black men die," George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, said on BBCUU New Day."