Organizing and participating in MLS' moving tribute as part of the Black Players Coalition was a career highlight for Justin Morrow. Now the TFCLive defender is focused on building on that momentum.
The weeks preceding it were filled with more turmoil for Morrow, though. As protests swept across the United States, spurred by the murder of George Floyd, demanding an end to anti-Black racism and police brutality, Morrow found himself in Toronto — far from his hometown of Cleveland. He remembers watching it unfold, the marches, the protests, the calls for Black lives to be valued. And he remembers wondering what he could do to do his part at this moment in history.
“When we got together for the first time as a group of players, there was so much energy there. And for me, it felt really cathartic to be a part of it,” Morrow said. “So to be a spearhead in this process has been really fulfilling for me, to make sure that I’m doing my part to help make the change.”
Taylor was a 26-year-old Black woman killed by police in Louisville in March, after plainclothes officers entered her home shortly after midnight and exchanged gunfire with her boyfriend. Eight bullets struck Taylor. To this day, nearly five months later, no charges have been filed against the officers who killed her.
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