A Houston man who filmed a police officer comforting his young daughter at a George Floyd protest said he wants to thank the man for 'giving him a different perspective.'
Simeon Bartee, 29, attended a George Floyd march in downtown Houston on June 2 with his wife, Sion, and their 5-year-old daughter Simone. He said his daughter became frightened at the number of police patrolling the area and cried as she asked him: “Are they going to shoot us?”
In a now viral video filmed by Bartee, an unidentified Houston police officer can be seen kneeling in front of Simone and telling her:"We are here to protect you, we are not here to hurt you at all.”A police officer comforts a little girl during a protest in Houston, June 2, 2020.iamsimeonb/Twitter via Reuters
"You can protest, you can march, you can do whatever you want -- just don’t break nothing," the officer responded.A police officer comforts a little girl during a protest in Houston, Texas, June 2, 2020.Bartee said the incident has hit close to home because his family has been grappling with an incident of police brutality against Jerome Bartee, his brother, which occurred in 2016.
Bartee said he believes his daughter also received a new perspective after speaking with the officer. He said the officer later told Simone that he had a daughter and he wanted to make it home for his daughter, too.
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