The protests in response to police killings of African Americans haven’t been limited to the United States.
On Saturday, U.S. men’s national team standout Weston McKennie paid tribute to George Floyd, the black man who was killed while in police custody in Minnesota earlier this week, the shocking video of which has sparked protests throughout the country and outrage around the world.
McKennie, who hails from Texas, weighed in during a German Bundesliga match Saturday by sporting a “Justice for George” armband on his left sleeve:
The four officers involved in the incident that ended with Floyd’s death were fired, but none were charged until Friday when Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who kept his knee on the handcuffed Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes until he lost consciousness, was arrested for third-degree murder.