NBA legends, past and present, took to social media to voice their support of demonstrators this weekend, while many NBA players took to the streets to march alongside protesters
Celtics guard Jaylen Brown drove 15 hours from Boston to his home state of Georgia to lead a peaceful protest march through Atlanta on Saturday night."African Americans have been living in a burning building for many years, choking on the smoke as the flames burn closer and closer," Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
on Saturday."Racism in America is like dust in the air. It seems invisible — even if you're choking on it — until you let the sun in. Then you see it's everywhere." Sunday marked the sixth day of unrest since the death of George Floyd last week in Minneapolis, and protests, demonstrations, and riots raged throughout the weekend. By Sunday night, fires were burning outside the White House.
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