Former NBA player Stephen Jackson is mourning the loss of his close friend who was killed by police in Minnesota on Monday. George Floyd who Jackson calls his “twin” was the victim of police brutality in Minneapolis.
The story garnered national attention when images of one of the 4 officers involved in the incident were caught kneeling on the neck of Floyd. According to bystanders, Floyd had repeatedly said that he couldn’t breathe while the officer’s knee was on his neck. Floyd reportedly went unconscious and was officially pronounced dead the same day.
The former San Antonio Spurs Forward flooded his social media accounts with stories and well wishes to his good friend.
“Where we from not many make it out but my Twin was happy I did. I’m gonna continue to make u proud fam. It makes me so angry that after all the things u been through when u get to your best self that they take u out like this,” Jackson wrote in one of his several Instagram posts.