This white supremacist nation doesn’t see us as human beings, and their laws and those entrusted to enforce them are a direct reflection of that. Period.

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“To be honest, I wasn’t surprised by the verdict,” Celtics guard Jaylen Brown told reporters on Wednesday. “This society, the way it was built, the intentions were never to protect and serve people of color.”

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Brown wasn’t the only sports figure to speak out in response to Wednesday’s verdict, as plenty more took to social media to air out their frustrations and dismay at this gross miscarriage of justice.

“I’ve been lost for words today!” LeBron James tweeted. “I’m devastated, hurt, sad, mad! We want Justice for Breonna yet justice was met for her neighbors’ apartment walls and not her beautiful life.”

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“This is insulting and devastating news regarding Breonna Taylor’s MURDERERS,” soccer star Megan Rapinoe posted on Instagram. “I am at a loss for words, but please [register] to vote, so we can replace every single one of the evil people.”

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“The white supremacist institution of policing that stole Breonna Taylor’s life from us must be abolished for the safety and well being of our people,” Colin Kaepernick tweeted.

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And as time went on, more and more sports figures expressed their sadness and frustration.

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“This is why police need to be defunded and ultimately abolished!” WNBA star Layshia Clarendon tweeted. “We time and time again hope for a sliver of justice but why would we get that when the system is designed to protect the very folks that are murdering and terrorizing us. This isn’t a bad apple, it’s a rotten tree.”

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A rotten tree whose branches have only grown more emboldened and corrupt under the current administration.