How the sports world has responded to the death of George Floyd and Minnesota protests

Players, coaches and others have taken to social media to respond.

The death of George Floyd, who died after being pinned to the ground under a Minnesota police officer’s knee earlier in the week, has sparked protests around the nation.

The response from the sports world has come from everywhere — current athletes, former players, coaches and others. They’ve reacted to Floyd’s death, to the conversations about the protests and the police response to them, as well as to the arrest Friday morning of CNN reporter Omar Jimenez. And it includes a tweet from Colin Kaepernick, whose words and peaceful protest images have been cited and written about by many in the context of this week’s violence.

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STILL!!!! 🤬😢😤

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