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Heat's Udonis Haslem Urges Police, Community to Work Together Amid Protests

Miami Heat veteran Udonis Haslem spoke on Sunday about the protests happening around the country following the killing of unarmed civilian George Floyd, who was pronounced dead at a hospital after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin had pinned his neck down for minutes during an arrest.

Haslem, who has several family members who work for the Miami Police Department, said he was torn between the need for protests and whether some of the response has been channeled the "right way":

"There definitely has to be justice for George [Floyd]; there definitely has to be protests for what happened to George.