The Los Angeles Dodgers should have been hosting the NL West
rival Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night. Instead, there’s been no baseball
because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, despite Dodger Stadium not hosting baseball, that didn’t stop the stadium from being lit up on Wednesday night in honor of George Floyd. The 46-year-old Floyd was killed while in police custody last week after an office held a knee to his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds before EMT’s arrived.
Across Los Angeles, families were asked to shine lights for
eight minutes and 46 seconds at 9:00PM PT in Floyd’s honor. The Dodgers
organization did the same, turning the lights on at Dodger Stadium for exactly
8 minutes and 46 seconds.
NBC LA had a helicopter flying over Chavez Ravine and
captured the whole thing in the video above.
On Monday, the Dodgers were among several professional sports teams in Los Angeles to issue a statement following Floyd’s death.
Source: NBC Los Angeles
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