Clemson linebacker Mike Jones Jr. began planning the Clemson Community Peaceful Demonstration the moment he saw the video of George Floyd’s murder on May 25th.
Jones knew that he had an opportunity to do more than just post commentary on Twitter to condemn the violence and instead wanted to change things right here in his community, in Clemson and began calling fellow players Darien Rencher, Cornell Powell, Trevor Lawrence and more.
“Coach Venables even reached out to me and said we should do something and that he was behind me,” Jones said.