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Michigan football's Jim Harbaugh outraged at George Floyd's death, talks 2020 season

Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh hasn't been able to focus completely on his team the last few days. Instead, he's educating himself on George Floyd's death.

Floyd died in an incident with a Minneapolis police officer Monday. His neck was crushed by the officer's knee while he screamed that he couldn't breathe. The event sparked comment on Twitter from former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

"When civility leads to death, revolting is the only logical reaction," wrote Kaepernick, whom Harbaugh coached from 2011-14. "The cries for peace will rain down, and when they do, they will land on deaf ears, because your violence has brought this resistance.