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Springfield basketball star Anthony Tolliver calls for change after death of George Floyd

The FBI is investigating the death of George Floyd after he was restrained by police in Minneapolis. Storyful

Former Kickapoo High star and current NBA player Anthony Tolliver was outspoken on social media as protesters demand justice for 46-year-old George Floyd, a black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck.

The horrifying video spread quickly on social media on Tuesday, showing the officer driving his knee into Floyd's neck as the man repeatedly says he can't breathe.

"My heart is broken... again!" Tolliver wrote on Instagram. "The disregard for human life is unbelievable.