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00:00 I'm Jill Painter Lopez for Sports Illustrated joined by Melissa Roland.
00:06 And Melissa, so many protests, including in Los Angeles this past weekend with Russell
00:12 Westbrook and DeMar DeRozan headlining some of those along with some Lakers.
00:16 What does that mean to the city of Los Angeles when you see some of the NBA's top stars participating?
00:22 Definitely means a lot, especially I know Russell Westbrook and DeMar DeRozan specifically
00:27 are from Southern California.
00:30 LeBron James posted about the protest.
00:32 Danny Green participated in the protest.
00:34 He was part of a bike ride from Hollywood to Venice.
00:37 So when you see these big stars either participating or talking about the protest, it adds a lot
00:43 of clout to them.
00:44 It adds a voice to them.
00:46 It inspires a lot of other people to join as well.
00:48 So a lot of these guys obviously have huge social media followings.
00:53 So when you see them out there, you think to yourself, why aren't I out there?
00:58 And so I think it also has encouraged a lot of people to participate in the Black Lives
01:04 Matter movement.
01:06 And that's definitely a beautiful thing.
01:09 Definitely a beautiful thing.
01:10 Seeing the pictures and videos also of all those people involved.
01:14 So thank you so much, Melissa.
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