Missouri men's basketball coach Cuonzo Martin shared his first public comments Sunday on the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, the latest act of deadly violence against an African American that's gripped the nation and sparked uprisings from coast to coast, including protests in St. Louis throughout the weekend.
Martin, 48, a St. Louis native who grew up in East St. Louis, is the only African American head coach at Mizzou. He posted a powerful statement on Twitter and Instagram.
“It has to stop," Martin wrote. "The violence toward people of color, the hate, the racism, the systemic oppression.