Tennis: Naomi Osaka adds powerful voice to protests over police brutality in US

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Two-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka joined the chorus of athletes condemning the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of Minneapolis police, posting pictures of protests from the Minnesota city on her Instagram account.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LOS ANGELES - Two-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka joined the chorus of athletes condemning the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of Minneapolis police, posting pictures of protests from the Minnesota city on her Instagram account.

"It's funny to me that the people who wanna wear chains, blast hip hop in the gym, attempt to get dapped up, and talk in slang are suddenly quiet right now," added Osaka, the former world number one who was this week touted by Forbes magazine as the highest-paid female athlete in the world with earnings of US$37.4 million .

Chauvin has been charged with murder and negligent manslaughter, but protests across the country have turned violent.Three-time NBA champion LeBron James contrasted the knee on Floyd's neck with the kneeling protests of former NFL star Colin Kaepernick in 2016. In Germany on Saturday, Schalke's American midfielder Weston McKennie wore a"Justice for George" armband in his team's 1-0 Bundesliga loss to Werder Bremen.

 

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