CLOSE Ohio State basketball player Seth Towns was detained by police during a protest in Columbus, Ohio on Friday. In a video posted online by Eleven Warriors, Towns shouted “Say his name!” “George Floyd!” the crowd replied from which the video was taken. Floyd died in Minneapolis in police custody on Monday. His death has sparked protests against racial injustice and police brutality across the country. He was 46. Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who knelt on the neck of Floyd, who is black, was fired earlier this week and was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter on Friday. Footage of Seth Towns in police custody earlier Friday at the scene of a protest in Columbus. Towns, an incoming Ohio State basketball transfer, graduated from Harvard Thursday.Towns is no longer in police custody and is safe at home, according to a source. pic.twitter.com/kFptHH63BN — Eleven Warriors (@11W) May 30, 2020 Ohio…
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