Muhammad Ali’s son said his father would have disliked the Black Lives Matter movement and called it “racist.”
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According to the New York Post, Muhammad Ali Jr. claims his father would have been disgusted by the lootings and violence as a result of the protests amid the deaths of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks. The late boxer’s son said “‘My father would have said, ‘They ain’t nothing but devils.’ My father said, ‘all lives matter.” and wouldn’t agree with the movement.
“It’s not just black lives matter, white lives matter, Chinese lives matter, all lives matter, everybody’s life matters. God loves everyone — he never singled anyone out. Killing is wrong no matter who it is,”
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Junior also claimed Derek Chauvin was doing his job although it was tragic that George Floyd was killed during the arrest.
“The officer was wrong with killing that person, but people don’t realize there was more footage than what they showed. The guy resisted arrest, the officer was doing his job, but he used the wrong tactic.”
He states the movement has created divisiveness amongst the Black community and others despite it spreading awareness about racism in the United States.
“It’s pitting black people against everyone else. It starts racial things to happen; I hate that.”