“It’s big steps. There’s nothing small that’s gonna fix this.' As protests against racial injustice continue across the U.S., Fred VanVleet shared his thoughts on what is needed to build a better future. (loung_s)
“It’s really unfortunate, but what I think is even more unfortunate is that I think we’ve already seen this before,” VanVleet said in an interview Monday of some of the protests turning violent. “We’ve seen this movie before and I think people are tired of the racism and tired of discrimination and the abuse. Unfortunately, [George Floyd] had to lose his life but I think it was a boiling point and people are just fed up and I think it’s time for a change and everybody’s seeing that.
Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man, died last Monday night after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground for several minutes beneath a Minneapolis police officer’s knee. Floyd had been arrested after an employee at a Minneapolis grocery store called the police, alleging Floyd tried to use a counterfeit $20 bill.
After the graphic video circulated widely on social media, the four officers involved in the incident were fired and Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder. In order to make this happen, VanVleet believes some of our society’s systems as we know them need to be overhauled.
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