Like most of the world, the killing of George Floyd affected North Carolina Central men’s basketball coach LeVelle Moton; and, yet, unlike many, Moton could relate to the police brutality aspect to a degree that “triggered my anxiety issue.”
In 2005, while driving with then North Carolina men’s basketball star Raymond Felton, Moton said he was pulled over, “snatched” out of his truck and had a gun pointed at his head by police in Raleigh, N.C.
“Obviously, I was terrified,” Moton said. “They never went over protocol. They never asked for license and registration. They never even realized Ray was in the truck.