Yedlin shares message from his grandfather after death of Floyd in U.S.

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(Reuters) - Newcastle United's DeAndre Yedlin says his grandfather told him he was glad the American defender was not in the United States as he would otherwise worry for his life after George Floyd, an unarmed black man, died in police custody in Minneapolis.

Video footage showed a white police officer kneeling on the neck of Floyd, 46, for nearly nine minutes before he died on May 25, triggering outrage and protests across the United States.

"I remember being in elementary school, and having to recite the Pledge of Allegiance which ends '...with liberty and justice for all'," said Yedlin, who played for Major League Soccer side Seattle Sounders before moving to the Premier League.

 

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