Vanessa Bryant has called for people across the country to “spread love” as protests and riots continued over the weekend.
What’s going on:
- Protests continued across multiple U.S. cities this weekend, hitting Salt Lake City, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and more. The protests began in response to the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck in Minneapolis.
- Vanessa Bryant, the wife of the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant, shared a message on Sunday that called for people to spread love.
- Vanessa Bryant posted a photo of Kobe Bryant wearing an “I Can’t Breathe” shirt, which was snapped when NBA teams wore such shirts in protests to the death of Eric Garner, who was killed in 2014 after a police officer put a chokehold on Garner, killing him.
- Vanessa Bryant wrote: “Life is so fragile. Life is so unpredictable. Life is too short. Let’s share and embrace the beautiful qualities and similarities we all share as people. Drive out hate. Teach respect and love for all at home and school. Spread LOVE. Fight for change- register to VOTE. Do not use innocent lives lost as an excuse to loot. BE AN EXAMPLE OF THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE. #BLACKLIVESMATTER ❤️”
A similar post from LeBron James
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James posted a photo of himself wearing that same “I Can’t Breathe” shirt over the weekend. He captioned the photo, “STILL!!!! 🤬😢😤.”