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Celtics star Jaylen Brown leads protest in Atlanta after George Floyd’s death

After driving more than 15 hours from Boston to Atlanta this weekend, Celtics guard Jaylen Brown led a massive peaceful protest through downtown Atlanta on Saturday night in response to the death of George Floyd earlier this week.

Brown, an Atlanta-area native, put out the call on social media asking for people to meet at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park in downtown Atlanta.

I will be peacefully protesting tommorow

Celtics player @FCHWPO says “I drove 15 from Boston just to be here.