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sport">With that gesture, Thuram referred to the late George Floyd, the black American who died earlier this week after a police officer pressed his knee to his neck for minutes.
sport">“He has made a point against racism that we all support,” said trainer Marco Rose of Borussia Mönchengladbach to Sky Sport. “If someone doesn’t like a political message in sports, then I have to say honestly,” I’m behind my boy. ” If you are openly opposed to racism, then that’s all right. ”
sport">The kneeling gesture in protest of police brutality against black Americans started several years ago with Colin Kaepernick, the American football player who was the first sportsman to kneel in 2016 singing the Star Spangled Banner in protest of the excessive police brutality against the black community.
Jadon Sancho takes off his shirt and shows a text in tribute to George Floyd.
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Justice for George
sport">Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund also remembered the death of Floyd in the Bundesliga on Sunday evening. After his first goal against sc Paderborn, Sancho scored three, he pulled up his competition shirt with a shirt underneath that said “Justice for George Floyd”. Teammate Achraf Hakimi, who also scored in the 6-1 win, did the same after his goal.
sport">On Saturday at Schalke 04, the American Weston McKennie played with a band around his upper arm that read an almost identical text: “Justice for George”.
sport">McKennie explained his rationale on Twitter. “It felt good to be able to use my platform to draw attention to a problem that has been around for a long time,” he wrote. “We must represent what we believe in and think it is time to listen to us.”
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