Cincinnati Red star Joey Votto has done some soul-searching in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd in police custody, and he didn’t like what he saw in himself when first told of the video.
For that, Votto blamed his privilege and pledged to do better in an op-ed titled “My awakening” published by the Cincinnati Enquirer on Sunday.
Joey Votto says he shrugged off George Floyd video, then wept
Votto opened the column recalling an African American teammate texting him to watch the now-infamous video of police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes.