Reactions to George Floyd's death note 'this ... is why' Colin Kaepernick took a knee.
That was LeBron James, one of many people outraged by the death of a black man in Minneapolis police custody on Monday, after a video went viral showing a white officer kneeling on the man’s neck for several minutes as three other officers stood by.The four officers involved in the death of George Floyd were fired on Tuesday, including Derek Chauvin, who was filmed with his knee on Floyd’s neck.
The image went viral, with artists such as Jamie Foxx and Snoop Dogg also sharing the powerful visual on their Instagram FB, -1.31% pages. “In the words of @tyrinturner ‘now you get it,’” wrote Foxx. “No justice just us,” wrote Snoop Dogg. Comedian Michael Rapaport posted a profanity-laced rant calling the officers “murderers” and linking together a series of recent racial incidents, including white Franklin Templeton worker Amy Cooper being filmed threatening to call the police on a black bird-watcher who had asked her to leash her dog in Central Park. “I’m going to tell them there’s an African American man threatening my life,” she was caught saying on camera. She was fired on Tuesday.
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