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Student-athletes from Michigan and Eastern Michigan teamed up on Sunday in Ann Arbor, protesting the ongoing racial injustice that is occurring across the country.
Recently, Michigan football player Hunter Reynolds and Eastern Michigan’s Tariq Speights worked together to launch the protest in Ann Arbor, and include student-athletes from both schools. The two universities sit just six miles apart.
According to MLive.com, the protest was peaceful and there were speakers at the beginning and end of the protest, and the march went through several blocks of downtown Ann Arbor.
“It’s just tiring waking up, going on Twitter, and seeing there’s been another instance of police brutality against an African American,” Reynolds said. “Even though it’s tiring, it’s something we have to continue to speak out against.”
The protest comes days after Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He has been paralyzed from the waist down as a result of the shooting, according to the Associated Press.
Below are some of the sights and sounds from Sunday’s protest:
Powerful words at the BLM protest from EMU football coach Chris Creighton pic.twitter.com/66yci38Sdp
— angelique (@chengelis) August 30, 2020
“I think this brings awareness. There may be someone who may think about their decisions and their actions and their speech and the type of comments or jokes that they make” — Naz Hillmon (UM basketball) at BLM protest pic.twitter.com/1E2az5xqU6
— angelique (@chengelis) August 30, 2020
“I’m more than an athlete” marching on Main Street now pic.twitter.com/2V9le6W9l9
— angelique (@chengelis) August 30, 2020
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB