The ex-husband of Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon admits they kids "Fear police" because of George Floyd's tragic death....
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The ex-husband of Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon admits they kids "Fear police" because of George Floyd's tragic death.
The twin offspring of Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey, Moroccan and Monroe are just nine-year-old but after the killing of George Floyd, their kids are already scared of the police and the "energy" that law enforcement officers give off. Nick said that in their conversation of him and his kids, they seem to "perpetuate fear." “I say this in all sincerity, and I even got some push back for this. I made a statement that my children fear the police. And it’s a real statement,” husband of Mariah Carey told Access Hollywood in a June 4 interview.
“I didn’t say, ‘You should be.’ I try to teach fearlessness. I try to teach, ‘You have a power within you that you need to fear nothing.’ But when they see the energy of law enforcement. When ‘Uh oh, here comes the police’ or that mindset of, ‘Sit up straight and don’t talk, keep your hands where they can see them’ — these are things that I’m talking to a three-year-old about (and) nine-year-olds about; they bring those questions to me,” Nick continued.
Nick said a lot of things have changed and also "twisted" around with the current generation of law enforcement in the country. “I remember when I was growing up there was an idea that one wanted to be a police officer. ‘Oh man, I want to help and protect and serve people.’ But now this generation has definitely changed to where they perpetuate fear. And it’s hurtful to have those conversations with your children, but you want to protect them at the end of the day,” Mariah Carey's ex revealed.
“And that was from a child growing up seeing ‘Uh oh the police showed up.’ It wasn’t about safety. It was like, ‘Somebody’s in trouble. Someone’s going to go to jail because the police were called.’ When we’d see the police in our neighborhood, it’s never been a good experience. And that’s why I say we’ve got to rethink and reconstruct what law enforcement is. Specifically in our communities. Law enforcement should be from the community,” Nick advised.
