Cowboys QB Prescott pledges $1 mln to improve police training

ByReuters

Published 04/06/2020 at 04:23 GMT

June 4 (Reuters) - Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott says he will donate $1 million to "improve police training and address systemic racism" in the United States through education and advocacy.

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Prescott made the pledge on Wednesday as protests continue over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes in Minneapolis on May 25.

"As a black, multiracial American, I am disgusted and unsettled," Prescott wrote on Instagram.

"As our communities take action, protesting and fighting for the justice of George Floyd and every black life, I am with you.

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"I plan to take action and pledge $1,000,000 to improve our police training and address systematic racism through education and advocacy in our country."

Floyd's death has triggered a wave of outrage and demonstrations. Four Minneapolis police officers are facing charges. (Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford )

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