After her grandmother, Yvonne Odom, spoke to hundreds of peaceful protesters Wednesday in Delray Beach, 16-year-old tennis phenom Coco Gauff did the same.
“I think it’s sad that I’m here protesting the same thing that she did, 50-plus years ago ” Gauff said. “You need to not be silent, ’cause if you are choosing silence, you are choosing the side of the oppressor.”
To cheers from the audience, Gauff continued, “We have to understand that this has been going on for years … I was eight years old when Trayvon Martin was killed. So why am I here at 16 still demanding change?
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So I’m here to tell you guys that we must first love each other no matter what. We must have the tough conversations with my friends. I’ve been spending all week having tough conversations, trying to educate my non-black friends on how they can help the movement,” she added.
The update is that the four police officers who involved in the murder of George Floyd were fired. A Minnesota court has upgraded the charges against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck to second-degree murder and three other officers present during the incident have been charged with aiding and abetting murder.
