Colin Kaepernick ,LeBron James , and more athletes from around thesports world shared their thoughts on the death ofGeorge Floyd on social media.- Floyd died on Monday night after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. Video of the incident spread across social media.
- "When civility leads to death, revolting is the only logical reaction," Kaepernick wrote.
LeBron James, Colin Kaepernick, and many more star athletes from across the sports world have put out statements over social media on the death of George Floyd.
Floyd died on Monday night after a white police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes as Floyd pleaded for his life. Video of the incident was shared on social media.
"Please, please, please, I can't breathe," Floyd said in the video. "Don't kill me."
Four Minneapolis police officers who were involved in Floyd's death were fired, according to Mayor Jacob Frey.
Athletes from various sports leagues across the country shared their thoughts on Floyd's death on social media. Many invoked the protest of Colin Kaepernick, who knelt during the national anthem in protest of police violence and inequality in the justice system during the 2016 NFL season.
Kaepernick himself responded to Floyd's death with a tweet on Thursday. "When civility leads to death, revolting is the only logical reaction," Kaepernick wrote.
—Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) May 28, 2020
Other athletes, from LeBron James to Odell Beckham Jr., also offered up their thoughts.
—Odell Beckham Jr (@obj) May 27, 2020
—Michael Thomas (@Cantguardmike) May 27, 2020
—DeMarcus Lawrence (@TankLawrence) May 26, 2020
—Lisa Leslie (@LisaLeslie) May 27, 2020
—Donté Stallworth (@DonteStallworth) May 26, 2020
—Emmanuel Acho (@thEMANacho) May 27, 2020
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