The murder of George Floyd, whose death has sparked protests around the globe, infuriates Nuggets guard Jamal Murray.
“When something as blatant as this happens, you can’t shut up and dribble,” Murray said Friday.
Outrage over the police brutality that killed Floyd has spread like fire in the streets of NBA cities, where protests have grown too loud to ignore. This anger roiling inside Murray is deeply personal, etched in emotional scars from policemen that harassed him as a young man in Canada.
We live in a society where inflammatory words go viral at the speed of 5G.