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Packers players past and present speak out about unrest in Minneapolis

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Dad, you’re a leader – what are you going to do?

Former Green Bay Packers running back Darrell Thompson answered the question of his youngest son, Race, with action. The two marched peacefully in Minneapolis on Friday afternoon, protesting the death of George Floyd after Floyd was detained by police Monday. Four police officers were fired and one, Derek Chauvin, was charged Friday with third-degree murder and manslaughter.

Race Thompson, a basketball player at Indiana University, was moved to act in some way, so he and his father did what they felt they could in that moment.