Kaepernick, athlete persecuted for protesting on the field, offers to pay for lawyers for protesters arrested in US demonstrations.
He said that given the situation, "revolting is the only logical reaction." "Cries for peace will rain down, and when that happens, they will fall on deaf ears, because their violence brought about this resistance," he added. "We have the right to fight against this," he emphasized in a Twitter post.
247 - American football player and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has created a fund to hire defense lawyers for protesters arrested during protests in the US against the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, by police. The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Floyd was murdered, had its... third night of protests The protests are against police violence against the Black population. The outrage is so great that stores were looted and buildings and cars were burned – including the police station and police vehicles. Many of the protesters were arrested.
He said that given the situation, "revolting is the only logical reaction." "Cries for peace will rain down, and when that happens, they will fall on deaf ears, because their violence brought about this resistance," he added. "We have the right to fight against this," he emphasized in a Twitter post.
Last Monday, the 25th, Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was stopped by a group of authorities as he left a convenience store. After being handcuffed and laid on the ground, Chauvin knelt on his neck. The victim warned that he couldn't breathe, while the killer's colleagues simply watched. He was pronounced dead in the ambulance.
The American football player, who supported the protesters, became a symbol of the struggle for Black people in the US after kneeling on the field during the playing of the US national anthem in protest against police violence against the Black population in 2016. Kaepernick was banned from the fields and, at 32 years old, is unemployed.
The basketball player, LeBron James, He also defended the protests. and cited the American football player's 2016 act in an Instagram post.
O police officer Derek Chauvin, who murdered George Floyd, was arrested, is in custody of Bureau of Criminal Apprehension He was charged with homicide. The other three police officers involved in the operation were not included in the arrest warrant.