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Celtics, Heat kneel in protest over Blake, Capitol protest

by Tim Reynolds
| January 6, 2021 5:37 PM

MIAMI (AP) — The Boston Celtics and Miami Heat knelt for the national anthem Wednesday night, saying they were playing “with a heavy heart” after a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump was able to storm the U.S. Capitol and the decision earlier in the week by a Wisconsin prosecutor not to charge a police officer who shot a Black man last year.

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