In a guest column for The New York Times, Minneapolis native Larry Fitzgerald shares his reaction to the killing of George Floyd, and the protests that have followed.

Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald grew up in Minneapolis, starring as an All-American at the Academy of the Holy Angels. He still has roots there—his charity, the First Down Fund, donates to Minneapolis-area schools, and his father, Larry Sr., writes for the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.

The tragedy of George Floyd’s death at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department, and the ensuing protests that followed, have understandably struck a chord with Fitzgerald. On Sunday, he wrote down his thoughts in a guest column for The New York Times, in which he professed his love for his hometown and his dismay for the events that have unfolded.

“The city of Minneapolis taught me about love,” Fitzgerald begins. “I was baptized at New Beginnings Baptist Tabernacle Church, learned