One of the few African-American pro athletes who resumed playing following the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Weston McKennie displayed his support for George Floyd — thehandcuffed black man who died in police custody in Minnesota after pleading that he could not breathe — wearing an armband with the message “Justice for George” during his German club Schalke 04’smatch on Saturday.

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