Clippers head coach Doc Rivers issued a statement Sunday on the ongoing and widespread protests across the United States:
"My father was a 30-year veteran of the Chicago police department, and if he were still with us right now, he'd be hurt and outraged by the senseless acts of racial injustice that continue to plague our country," Rivers said. "Being black in America is tough. I've personally been called more racial slurs than I can count, been pulled over many times because of the color of my skin, and even had my home burned down.
"The response we are seeing across the nation, to the murder of George Floyd, is decades in the making.