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 Ohio, the star golfer, who is Black, said: “I think 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.”
Eight minutes and 46 seconds is the amount of time investigators have said , a white former cop with the Police Department, .
Woods has won the Memorial tournament a record five times.
He said in April he was ready to go for the Masters until it was postponed because of coronavirus, but is now rescheduled for November, with Woods as the defending champion.