NORMAN — OU’s football team emerged from the locker room and headed to the practice field Friday morning.
Instead of walking out individually, they were in rows of three or four. Instead of wearing helmets and pads, they were clad in black shirts. Instead of practicing, they walked silently across the practice field to Lindsey Street, taking a right and heading toward the South Oval.
The Sooners became the latest team to demonstrate against violence by police against the Black community.
“We made this march today of solidarity, not because we have the answers to all that’s going on in our country right now but we are a group of people that are hurt, that are scared, frustrated, but motivated to do our part,” Sooners coach Lincoln Riley said at the Unity Garden in the shadow of Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.