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Tiger Woods praises ‘fantastic’ Black Lives Matter movement but cautions change must come ‘without hurting the innocent’
TIGER Woods praised the “fantastic” Black Lives Matter movement on Tuesday, but warned that change must happen “without hurting the innocent.”
Speaking at the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in , the star golfer, who is Black, said: “I think change is fantastic.”
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“As long as we make changes without hurting the innocent, and unfortunately that has happened, hopefully it doesn't happen in the future, but a and change is fantastic.”
“That's how society develops. That's how we grow. That's how we move forward,” said, . “That's how we have fairness.”
“Unfortunately, we've lost innocent lives along the way, and hopefully we don't lose any more in the future as we move to a much better place socially.”
After , an unarmed Black man, died in custody on May 25, Woods that “education is the best path forward.”
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“My heart goes out to George Floyd, his loved ones and all of us who are hurting right now,” Woods said. “I have always had the utmost respect for our law enforcement.”
“They train so diligently to understand how, when, and where to use force. This shocking tragedy clearly crossed that line.”
“I remember the LA riots and learned that education is the best path forward. ,” Woods added.
“I hope that through constructive, honest conversations we can build a safer, unified society.”
At the Charles Schwab Challenge in in June, that [featured] no players.”
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