Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis opened the Wetumpka City Council meeting Monday night with a prayer that gave his thoughts on a nationwide issue.

George Floyd was a black man who died after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes while detaining Floyd as he pleaded he couldn’t breathe until he lost consciousness. Chauvin has now been arrested and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.