Putting out a series of tweets to express his shock, anger and resentment over the brutal murder of African American US Citizen George Floyd, the Windies T20I World Cup-winning captain appealed to the ICC and cricket boards to support the fight against racism which has sparked of unprecendented protests and mass scale demonstrations across the United States on the back of George Floyd’s killing.
“For too long black people have suffered. I’m all the way in St Lucia and I’m frustrated If you see me as a teammate then you see #GeorgeFloyd Can you be part of the change by showing your support. #BlackLivesMatter,” Sammy wrote.
He then further addressed ICC and cricket boards across the world and said: “@ICC and all the other boards are you guys not seeing what’s happening to ppl like me? Are you not gonna speak against the social injustice against my kind. This is not only about America. This happens everyday #BlackLivesMatter now is not the time to be silent. I wanna hear u.”
Sammy further said: “Right now if the cricket world not standing against the injustice against people of color after seeing that last video of that foot down the next of my brother you are also part of the problem.”