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Alabama's Nick Saban Speaks on Protests: 'We Must Come Together as a Society'

Alabama Crimson Tide head football coach Nick Saban released a statement Sunday following the death of unarmed civilian George Floyd after video showed Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes.

His statement comes after nationwide protests and confrontations between police and protestors. Saban urged people in his statement that they "must come together as a society and treat one another with respect and dignity":

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