Like many sportsmen, Thierry Henry spoke on social networks to denounce the actions of the Minneapolis police after the death of George Floyd following an arrest. The former Blues striker, who accompanies his message with a photo of placing him on one knee, the rallying gesture of protesters who demand justice for the 46-year-old American, also denounces the scourge of racism in s inspiring from what he saw in and around football stadiums.
"Why do these things still happen in 2020? Why do these same racists applaud an ethnic minority who plays for the team they support and rape this same minority on the street? ", Explains Henry before pushing his reflection:" Why all the methods we use to eradicate this from our society not work? It has been going on for too long and it goes too far to be tolerated in today's society. ”
Seeming helpless, the 1998 world champion calls on the world to transform, quickly. "We urgently need change, we demand change and, more importantly, we deserve change," he said, before denouncing any form of violence that would not help this fight. "I am not pleading for violence, looting or the destruction of property because that will not solve any problem," he concluded on the subject.
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