Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz seemed like an unlikely player to speak out about the death of George Floyd and police brutality.
Wentz admitted as much in his Twitter message late Thursday. He grew up in North Dakota and didn’t have much interaction with people of color most of his life. He admitted he couldn’t know “what the black community goes through.”
But he delivered a strong message that conveyed his sadness and disgust at Floyd’s death in police custody after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck and cut off his oxygen.