Numb -- that was the first word Atlanta Falcons captain and safety Ricardo Allen used to describe his emotions as he watched the video of a fellow black man, George Floyd, being killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis.
Allen's heart ached as the officer kept his knee on Floyd's neck as Floyd said, "I can't breathe." In Allen's eyes, it was an all-too-familiar tale.
"I don't see it as happening to just one person. I keep seeing it as a replay of what has happened hundreds of times," Allen said. ".