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UFC Champion Jon Jones Helps With Cleanup Efforts After Protests in Albuquerque

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones helped clean the streets of Albuquerque on Monday following protests on Sunday night after the death of George Floyd.

Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. He was stopped by police officer Derek Chauvin, who pressed his knee on Floyd's neck for eight minutes. Floyd can be seen on video repeatedly saying "I can't breathe," before his death.

Protests emerged throughout the country following Floyd's death, including in Albuquerque. Jones helped clean and rebuild the city on Monday.

"Lots of work to do out in the streets today men," Jones wrote on Twitter.