- Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar defended protesters and called racism "more deadly than COVID-19" in an op-ed for the L.A. Times.
- Abdul-Jabbar wrote that while he doesn't like to see protests turn violent, "African Americans have been living in a burning building for many years, choking on the smoke as the flames burn closer and closer".
- He said black protesters are "pushed to the edge" because "they want to live. To breathe".
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- Source: L.A. Times