After witnessing the murdering of George Floyd on May 25, many athletes have been doing their part to shed light on America’s problems with racism with some even participating in protests. For the Jacksonville Jaguars, K’Lavon Chaisson, Ronnie Harrison, Joe Schobert, Shad Khan, and Tony Khan are amongst those who’ve at least spoken out on the matter with more to certainly come.
Running back Leonard Fournette has also spoken out on America’s issues against African Americans and minorities on several occasions and will now be holding a peaceful march in Jacksonville to further do his part. Wednesday night, the fourth-year running back took to social media to announce he’ll be holding the protest sometime next week and welcomed people in Jacksonville to join him.
Sometime next week I will he holding a peaceful protest walk down in Jacksonville I would love for everyone in Duval to come out and support……
— 7⃣ Leonard Fournette (@_fournette) June 4, 2020
The nation’s protests sparked after Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin was filmed with his knee on Floyd’s neck who made it clear that he couldn’t breathe in the process. After being taken to the hospital he was pronounced dead by what medical examiners and a family-commissioned autopsy confirmed to be asphyxiation. That led to Chauvin being arrested and charged with third-degree murder (upgraded to second-degree) and manslaughter.
Fellow officers Thomas Lane, J.A. Kueng, and Tou Thao were also part of the detainment and were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.
In addition to the various Jags who have spoken out about racism, coach Doug Marrone and his family have been active, too, attending a Jacksonville protest held in the San Marco area, per Mark Long of the Associated Press. The march consisted of a crowd of about 3,000 protesters who walked until about 8 PM.
Jaguars coach Doug Marrone, his wife and three kids attended this rally tonight https://t.co/NnemeZ1mOb
— Mark Long (@APMarkLong) June 4, 2020
Fournette’s protest will provide yet another moment for Jacksonville to peacefully come together and will undoubtedly be successful. We’ll be sure to update our readers with a date and time for those who would like to join him.