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Texas Longhorns football renames Joe Jamail Field in honor of Heisman greats Earl Campbell, Ricky Williams

Austin American-Statesman

Dahr Jamail saw the George Floyd video and cried.

“I was just weeping, thinking how low have we gone?” Jamail said. “That we just stand around and allow this. It’s murder! And it’s become the norm.”

Floyd’s death at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers, captured on video and broadcast all over the world, sent shock waves throughout the country — and right through the heart of the University of Texas campus.

It triggered a worldwide movement highlighting racial inequality, the same issues University of Texas football players highlighted when they marched to the State Capitol last month.