Texas Longhorns football players marched with coach Tom Herman and members of the Austin Police Department to the state capitol building Thursday, joining the national protests against racism after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Texas players marched with coach Tom Herman and members of the Austin Police Department to the state capitol building Thursday afternoon, joining the national protests against racism after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Herman and his wife and other Longhorn coaches joined the players as they walked from the north endzone of Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium about a mile away to the Capitol grounds. Together — players, coaches, police — knelt for 9 minutes, about the same amount of time Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd’s neck.
The Texas football team has reached the Capitol. Everyone is now taking 9-minute knee to remember George Floyd. pic.twitter.com/8Rnx8JDupv
“This protest won’t just stop here,” junior safety Caden Sterns said, according to The Associated Press. “To the white community… if you want change like you say you do, you must change.
