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Sports News of Wednesday, 3 June 2020

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#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd: Lewis Hamilton 'completely filled with rage'

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Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he is "completely filled with rage" over the murder of African-American, George Floyd.

Floyd's death at the hands of a Minneapolis cop, Derek Chauvin, has led to almost a week of violent protests across the US urged.

While millions have taken to social media to show solidarity with those protesting Hamilton had previously criticised his Formula 1 colleagues for "staying silent" over the killing of Floyd.

Further comment has now been made in an emotional Instagram post, urged people “not to sit in silence” in the fight against racism.

A lengthy statement to his 16.3million followers on Instagram reads:

Sharing an image of a clenched right fist - a symbol of the Black Power movement - his post read: "This past week has been so dark. I have failed to keep hold of my emotions.

"I have felt so much anger, sadness and disbelief in what my eyes have seen.

"I am completely overcome with rage at the sight of such blatant disregard for the lives of our people.

"The injustice that we are seeing our brothers and sisters face all over the world time and time again is disgusting, and MUST stop.

"So many people seem surprised, but to us, unfortunately, it is not surprising.

"Those of us who are black, brown or in between, see it everyday and should not have to feel as though we were born guilty, don’t belong, or fear for our lives based on the colour of our skin.

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This past week has been so dark. I have failed to keep hold of my emotions. I have felt so much anger, sadness and disbelief in what my eyes have seen. I am completely overcome with rage at the sight of such blatant disregard for the lives of our people. The injustice that we are seeing our brothers and sisters face all over the world time and time again is disgusting, and MUST stop. So many people seem surprised, but to us unfortunately, it is not surprising. Those of us who are black, brown or in between, see it everyday and should not have to feel as though we were born guilty, don’t belong, or fear for our lives based on the colour of our skin. Will Smith said it best, racism is not getting worse, it’s being filmed. Only now that the world is so well equipped with cameras has this issue been able to come to light in such a big way. It is only when there are riots and screams for justice that the powers that be cave in and do something, but by then it is far too late and not enough has been done. It took hundreds of thousands of peoples complaints and buildings to burn before officials reacted and decided to arrest Derek Chauvin for murder, and that is sad. Unfortunately, America is not the only place where racism lives and we continue to fail as humans when we cannot stand up for what is right. Please do not sit in silence, no matter the colour of your skin. Black Lives Matter. #blackouttuesday ?????

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"Will Smith said it best, racism is not getting worse, it’s being filmed. Only now that the world is so well equipped with cameras has this issue been able to come to light in such a big way.

"It is only when there are riots and screams for justice that the powers that be cave in and do something, but by then it is far too late and not enough has been done.

"It took hundreds of thousands of peoples complaints and buildings to burn before officials reacted and decided to arrest Derek Chauvin for murder, and that is sad.

"Unfortunately, America is not the only place where racism lives and we continue to fail as humans when we cannot stand up for what is right.

"Please do not sit in silence, no matter the colour of your skin. Black Lives Matter."

The Sun