https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1268622566702215169"Not every black American is a criminal. Not every black American is committing crimes. But we are unique in that we are the only people that fight and scream and demand support for the people in our community that are up to no good," she said, a reference to George Floyd.
"You would be hard pressed to find a Jewish person who has spent five stints in prison, who commits a crime and dies while committing a crime and that the Jewish people demand justice for.
"You would be hard pressed to find this in white America ... even in Latino America.
"What I am saying is not any defence for Derek Chauvin. The family of George Floyd deserves justice for the way that he died but I also am not going to accept the narrative that this is the best the black community has to offer.
"For whatever reason it has become fashionable over the last five or six years for us to turn criminals into heroes overnight. It is something I find despicable.
"George Floyd was not an amazing person. George Floyd is being upheld as an amazing human being."
She went on to say that Floyd was high at the time of his death and to detail his criminal history.
"Everyone is pretending that this man lived a heroic lifestyle," she said. "We are embarrassing in that regard. Nobody wants to tell the truth in black America. Our biggest problem is us."
She ended the video by declaring: "I have no apologies to make. George Floyd is not my martyr. He can be yours."
The video received more than 20,000 comments, many of which were supportive. But there were plenty of Americans who took offence at her position.
"George Floyd never asked to be the martyr either, but that's her words," one viewer said.
Another said: "No one says he lived a heroic lifestyle, she did. So easy for her to talk trash about him when he can't stand there and speak up for himself. Shameful!"
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#PressPlay: Conservative commentator #CandaceOwens attacks #GeorgeFloyd's character, calling him a violent criminal, & downplays police brutality 😳😤😡 Thoughts? 👇🏽 via @realcandaceowens
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