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Seahawks WR D.K. Metcalf shares emotional message after George Floyd's death, mass protests
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver D.K. Metcalf shared an emotional message on Twitter on Saturday night in response to George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis on Monday and the mass protests and riots that have ensued across the country.
Metcalf said he felt compelled to speak out not only because the issue hit close to home, but because staying silent about it would be much worse.
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I watched the George Floyd video a couple days ago, and the one thing that kept sticking out to me was, I have family, friends, brothers that look like George Floyd,” Metcalf said. “To think being black in America can lead to that, it scares me. It breaks my heart that my uncles could go out into the world today and that could be them.
“I wanted to say something because if I didn’t, then I felt like I would be supporting it, and that’s not right. That’s totally not right.”
https://sports.yahoo.com/seattle-seahawks-dk-metcalf-emotional-message-george-floyd-death-minneapolis-protests-riots-011439242.html
