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George Floyd's death is upsetting the United States, but the protest chorus is unanimous and Colorado's champion herself has made it clear on social media.
Saturday 30 May 2020 2 minutes reading time
"I can''t breathe". I can't breathe, a desperate appeal from a man like George Floyd, who died after being arrested by the Minneapolis police for the mistreatment received during the operation, by Agent Derek Chauvin who is was then arrested.
It is certainly not only the African American community that has raised a collective protest, which is involving all the United States; among the most popular voices in the world of sport, after those of the very NBA champions led by LeBron James, Mikaela Shiffrin also emerged with a clear, clear thought, entrusted to the instagram profile of the American and world ski star. "I should perhaps think that this is not my problem, that does not affect me directly ... wrong - wrote Mikaela - Come on, now tell me that I am an athlete and I have to stay in my place, that I just have to have fun and not meddle with politics. Then look in the mirror and think about what to say to fall asleep at night.
I hope that each of us, until the world becomes more righteous and acts with respect for each other, can fall asleep every night hearing these words echo in our mind. "I can''t breathe". I can not breathe".
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