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Lions' Justin Coleman Says Hometown Friend Ahmaud Arbery Wanted to Change World

Detroit Lions cornerback Justin Coleman was friends and football teammates with Ahmaud Arbery during high school.

He reflected on a conversation he had with Arbery, who was shot and killed while jogging during the day in Brunswick, Georgia.

"I was just thinking in my head like, dang, your purpose basically was to start this movement and try to change the world cuz now your life does have a purpose," Coleman said Wednesday, per Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. "His name is being continuously talked about every single day now.