A grieving daughter called out politicians for 'lack of leadership' in her father's obituary after he died from Covid-19

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A grieving daughter called out politicians for 'lack of leadership' in her father's obituary after he died from Covid-19
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In her father's obituary, this daughter wrote: 'His death is due to the carelessness of the politicians who continue to jeopardize the health of brown bodies through a clear lack of leadership.'

The father of one was a former high school 400-meter-dash state champion and cross-country runner with no underlying health conditions, his daughter said."His death is due to the carelessness of the politicians who continue to jeopardize the health of brown bodies through a clear lack of leadership, refusal to acknowledge the severity of this crisis, and inability and unwillingness to give clear and decisive direction on how to minimize risk," Urquiza said in her father's obituary.

Ducey announced on June 17 that he would allow mayors to create their own restriction. Scottsdale was the first to make it mandatory starting June 19, with other major municipalities including Phoenix, Tucson and Flagstaff issuing their own later.Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego told CNN last week that she had to"beg to be able to implement masking orders.""My father was anything but a number; his life mattered," Uquiza said in the letter to Ducey.

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