University of Texas Longhorns football players and head coach Tom Herman marched alongside Austin Police Department personnel for about a mile to the Texas State Capitol on Thursday:
Herman has been vocal about racial injustice since the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed black man who died in Minneapolis police custody on May 25 after since-fired officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the back of his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds:
One of Herman's strongest statements came in a conversation with Brian Davis of the Austin American-Statesman:
"There's a double standard maybe a little bit.