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Thierry Henry Kneels for First 8 Minutes, 46 Seconds of Impact vs. Revolution

Montreal Impact manager Thierry Henry honored the memory of George Floyd and provided a powerful gesture for the Black Lives Matter movement when he knelt for the first eight minutes and 46 seconds of Thursday's contest against the New England Revolution.

Henry was wearing a shirt with "Black Lives Matter" across the front while kneeling.

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As Ian Quillen of MLS's official website pointed out, the time period is of particular importance because it is how long prosecutors originally said former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck as the latter pleaded for his life and said he could not breathe.