Boston Celtics big man Enes Kanter followed teammate Jaylen Brown’s lead by joining protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minnesota this week, addressing a protest taking place in Boston.
Brown had driven 15 hours from the greater Boston area to his home state of Georgia to help lead a peaceful protest against the death of Floyd, while Kanter himself had just driven nearly as long from Chicago to arrive in Massachusetts.
The outspoken center made a point of protesting with locals once he arrived in Boston, at one point even taking the mic to address the crowd of protesters while wearing his Celtics jersey.
“Listen everybody, my name is Enes Kanter and I play for the Boston Celtics. First of all, I want to thank you all for what you are doing. I really, really appreciate it. The second thing I want to say, man, is we need change. And change cannot wait!
“I get emotional, but we are on the right side of history, man,” he added. “You know what? Black lives matter, right? Let’s go!”
Wearing a Celtics jersey, @EnesKanter joined protesters in Boston: "I get emotional, but we are on the right side of history."
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— FanSided (@FanSided) May 31, 2020
Kanter, Brown, Karl-Anthony Towns and all the other players joining citizens in demanding equal treatment before the law are doing so at great personal risk.
Let’s hope it sparks a political will to solve this age-old problem once and for all.
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