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Gregg Popovich Posts Emotional Video: 'Our Country Is in Trouble and the Basic Reason Is Race'

Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich opened up about racism and the killing of George Floyd in an emotional video Saturday.

Popovich said he's "embarrassed as a white person" to know Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, could die in such a horrible way while Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin put his knee on Floyd's neck in a "nonchalant" manner for over eight minutes.

"In a strange, counterintuitive sort of way, the best teaching moment of this recent tragedy, I think, was the look on the officer's face," Popovich said in the video, which is part of the #SpursVoices series online.