The Green Bay Packers offensive line repurposed their Zoom meeting typically used as a "45-minute offseason install" to have an honest discussion about police brutality and racial injustice as the nation continues to protest in the aftermath of George Floyd's May 25 death, according to Packers News' Olivia Reiner.
The meeting happened one week after Floyd, an unarmed 46-year-old black man, died in Minneapolis police custody when since-fired officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the back of his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. Floyd was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
Packers offensive tackle Yosh Nijman used the forum to speak up about how the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012 transformed how he felt he needed to carry himself in public moving forward.