Sharks' Evander Kane asks top athletes to speak out following George Floyd's death

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The death of George Floydin Minnesota has sent shockwaves around the world, and figures from the sports world have begun to weigh in.

LeBron James and Colin Kaepernickare among those who have spoken out on the incident, in which a now-former Minneapolis police officer was recordeddigging his knee into the neck of Floyd,who was unarmed and being held down on the street. San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane wasone of the first members of the hockey community to speak out publicly.

In an appearance Friday on ESPN's "First Take", Kane spoke about what affected him the most from the incident.

"Well, first and foremost, an innocent man dying for no good reason," he said. "It's really disappointing to see this continuing in the world we live in today in 2020. Just the fashion that he was murdered; people watching, people shouting to help that man out, him telling the officer, 'I can't breathe,'the cop in front of that incident pushing people back and not doing anything about it, it's infuriating."