Manchester United soccer striker Marcus Rashford has expressed his fear that society will become "more divided than ever" in the wake of the murder of black-skinned American citizen George Floyd last Monday by police in Minneapolis.
Rashford joined a large number of sports stars who demanded change after the killing of Floyd at the hands of the police, which led to turmoil and riots in various US states and the imposition of a curfew in several major cities.
And confrontations took place in more than twenty cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta, which prompted the authorities in these cities to impose a curfew at night, while several states called in the National Guard forces to help control the civil unrest that the United States had not seen in many years.
From Seattle to New York, tens of thousands demonstrated to demand the charge of premeditated murder and the arrest of others in the case of Floyd, who died of asphyxiation after white policeman Derek Chauven fixed it to the ground with his leg.
The sports world did not stand idly by as many current and former stars in the United States and abroad expressed their displeasure with the abuse of force by the police, including Rashford, who said in a tweet on Twitter, "I know you did not hear my news a few days ago. I was trying to understand what is going on in The world. At a time when I was asking people to unite, to work together and to be united, it seemed to me that we (the community) were more divided than ever. People were in pain and people needed answers. ”
"Black lives are important ... black culture is important ... black communities are important," he added, referring to his support for the Black Lives Mater campaign.
Rushford, 22, joined fellow England national teammate Gaydon Sancho to take up the case.
The German Pavilion of Borussia Dortmund celebrated scoring one of his three goals in the match that his team won Sunday 6-1 against Paderborn in a solidarity gesture with Floyd, by wearing a shirt under the team's shirt that read "Justice to George Floyd". After the match, "one should not be afraid to speak Frankly, right. "
Rashford fears a split in societies after the killing of Floyd .. He says: "Black lives are important"
2020-06-01T13:54:13.608Z
Manchester United soccer striker Marcus Rashford has expressed his fear that society will become "more divided than ever" in the wake of the killing of black-skinned American citizen George Floyd last Monday by police in Minneapolis. Rushford joined a large number of
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