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'Canada treated me well,' said longtime BCLions cornerback Dante Marsh, who reflected on his experience up north in the wake of recent mass protests across the U.S.

The five-foot-10, 190-pound cornerback spent 11 of his 12 seasons of professional football with the B.C. Lions . Marsh came north after one season with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans, amassing 609 tackles, 31 interceptions , eight fumble recoveries and 41 pass knockdowns in 181 regular-season CFL contests.

“I can recall in third or fourth year sitting at a McDonald’s in Surrey, B.C., with my son , who was six or seven at the time,” said Marsh. “We were just chillin’ and he had his hat on backwards. It certainly wasn’t the first time Marsh had encountered racism, and nowhere near his worst experience. The U.S. has experienced mass protests since the death of George Floyd on May 25. Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died in Minneapolis as video showed former police officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee on Floyd’s neck and ignoring Floyd’s pleas that he couldn’t breathe. Chauvin’s knee remained on Floyd even after he’d stopped moving.

“I think that’s why the temperature of the country is what it is right now because people are tired of seeing blatant slaps in the face.”

 

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