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Barack Obama praises Jim Harbaugh for marching, being on 'right side' of police brutality

Michigan football opens the 2020 season Sept. 5 on the road against Washington, and finishes Nov. 28 on the road against Ohio State. Wochit

Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh's participation in an anti-police brutality protest did not go unnoticed by his players.

It didn't go unnoticed by former President Barack Obama, either.

In a virtual town hall Wednesday night, Obama praised Harbaugh, listing him as an example of "unlikely participants" who have spoken out after the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man who died while in police custody on May 25 in Minneapolis.