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'He STILL fears for the life of his black grandchild' - USMNT defender Yedlin reveals emotional message from grandfather

Newcastle right-back DeAndre Yedlin has spoken out against police brutality in the United States in the wake of the death of George Floyd.

Floyd died on May 25 when police officers held him down and one, Derek Chauvin, who was was subsequently charged with third-degree murder, held a knee on the 46-year-old's neck for almost nine minutes.

Floyd's death comes just two months after 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by plain clothes police officers in her own home in Louisville, Kentucky.

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In another high-profile incident, Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was chased down and shot to death while jogging through a neighbourhood in Georgia in February, though Travis and Gregory McMichael were not arrested until video footage was released online in May.