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Jets' Frank Gore Says in 10th Grade Florida Police Held a Gun to His Head

New York Jets running back Frank Gore revealed in a Q&A interview with Steve Serby of the New York Post that police put a gun to his head when he was a 10th-grader growing up in Coconut Grove, Florida.

Gore's comments came amid an answer in response to Serby asking for the veteran running back's thoughts on Black Lives Matter.

"We just need to keep going with it. Me growing up in a tough neighborhood (Coconut Grove, Fla.), I’ve been through some stuff that ... and I was a good kid, man.